Sheridan is a leading U.S. print service provider with twelve production facilities across the U.S. While the company primarily serves domestic customers, a significant portion of its output, particularly in the academic publishing sector, is distributed in the European Union. As regulatory scrutiny over deforestation increases, Sheridan’s clients face mounting pressure to comply with the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).
The Need for a Strategic Compliance Partner
Although Sheridan is not directly subject to EUDR, many of its customers are. To support them, Sheridan needed to ensure that it could provide verified data on the origin, legality, and environmental risk of its paper sourcing. The company recognized that EUDR compliance would soon become a competitive differentiator in the publishing supply chain and began seeking a solution that would allow it to build this capability into its operations.
Sheridan’s evaluation process began as both a response to early customer inquiries and a proactive step to position the business for long-term compliance readiness. The company launched a structured selection process, assessing several solution providers across technical capability, regulatory coverage, and organizational fit.
Why Sheridan Chose TradeAware by LiveEO
Sheridan selected LiveEO’s TradeAware platform based on four key factors identified during the evaluation process:
1. Consultative Approach
From the outset, LiveEO demonstrated a strong understanding of Sheridan’s unique role in the supply chain. Instead of offering a one-size-fits-all solution, the LiveEO team engaged closely with Sheridan to assess its internal structure, data flows, and customer requirements, and proposed a tailored TradeAware setup to match those needs.
2. Expertise in Satellite-Based Risk Analysis
Sheridan was looking for more than just a data aggregator. LiveEO’s proven track record in satellite vegetation monitoring and geospatial intelligence provided confidence that the platform could deliver accurate, scalable assessments of deforestation risk which is critical for EUDR compliance.
3. Human Review of Legality Risks
Sheridan valued the integration of legal expertise into the TradeAware platform, specifically the human-reviewed legality risk assessments conducted in partnership with international law firm CMS. This capability added an extra layer of assurance and made it easier for Sheridan to trust the legal validity of the data it would share with customers.
4. Cultural Fit and Strategic Alignment
LiveEO’s team showed a high level of responsiveness, transparency, and collaboration throughout the selection process. The cultural fit between the two companies, especially the shared focus on long-term partnerships, played an important role in Sheridan’s decision.
“Partnering with LiveEO allows us to establish a platform for gathering information from our suppliers, validating it, storing it, and ultimately sharing it with our customers in a form that is easily submitted to the EU TRACES system. Reaching that decision was a milestone moment in the project.”
— Paul Bozuwa, Executive VP of Strategic Solutions, Sheridan
Looking Ahead
Although Sheridan is still in the early stages of implementation, the company is confident that TradeAware will become a key part of its compliance infrastructure. By choosing LiveEO, Sheridan has taken a decisive step toward embedding EUDR readiness into its operations—positioning itself as a reliable, future-ready partner for publishers navigating an increasingly complex regulatory environment.
“We want to be a leader in the compliance effort so that we can help our customers. If we can solve their problems, then we can create some advantage in our business environment.”
— Paul Bozuwa, Executive VP of Strategic Solutions, Sheridan
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