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How new UK legislation could help the finance sector address deforestation risks

7 September 2021

UK legislation to address deforestation must be stronger if companies are to achieve deforestation-free supply chains - and finance must play a role.

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Hidden deforestation in the fashion industry: how sustainable is “sustainable” fabric?

13 September 2019

As London Fashion Week gets underway, we look at the shift to more "sustainable" plant-based materials - and ask whether there could be hidden deforestation in the fabrics being used...

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Cleared forest in the Amazon

The clock is ticking

19 July 2019

With less than six months to go, the countdown to the 2020 deadline for company action to tackle deforestation is sounding ominously like a doomsday clock.

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Is your beef deforestation-free?

18 June 2019

UK and European consumers could be unintentionally buying deforestation when they purchase beef and leather products.

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Image shows a supermarket shelf of dairy products (containing hidden soy)

European governments and companies failing to address impacts of consumption on tropical forests

11 June 2019

New joint analysis with Trase shows European governments are not doing enough to support companies in making supply chains deforestation-free

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Image shows oil palm plantations eating into forest in West Kalimantan

How to drive a wider shift to deforestation-free supply chains?

16 May 2019

The latest scientific evidence makes it clear that voluntary commitments alone are not enough to end deforestation - a panel event in Brussels discussed whether legislation could play a part.

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A Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) crossing a soy field in the Cerrado

Extending the ambition of company commitments to zero deforestation in soy supply chains

18 April 2019

Soy expansion in parts of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina is a key driver of deforestation, particularly in areas important for biodiversity such as the Brazilian Cerrado and the Argentine Chaco.

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