Forest 500 insights

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Is your Christmas dinner driving deforestation?

17 December 2020

Food and gifts given at Christmas often contain ingredients linked to tropical deforestation

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Recognising women in forest-risk supply chains

8 March 2019

Women play an important - and sometimes unrecognised role - in agricultural commodity supply chains. Companies must recognise their rights.

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New commitments for Brazil’s Cerrado?

5 March 2019

Cargill has announced a new soy policy for South America and a group of traders have signed up to a new monitoring initiative, but are these commitments enough to protect the Cerrado?

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Why is FPIC important for deforestation-free supply chains?

25 January 2019

Ensuring communities have given Free and Prior Informed Consent (FPIC) is crucial for companies sourcing from tropical forest areas, yet few companies appear to recognise this right in their...

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The countdown to 2020

14 January 2019

The countdown to the 2020 deadline for delivering zero deforestation is underway - and all Forest 500 companies need to act

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Facing up to the risks of illegality in your supply chain

29 November 2018

Almost half of all tropical deforestation is due to the illegal conversion of forests for commercial agriculture, according to a new report from the New York Declaration on Forests Assessment...

Leading on deforestation: maintaining progress to 2020 and beyond.

12 November 2018

The impacts of the New York declaration on Forests assessment on Forest 500 signatories.

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