Tags: deforestation

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Tackling the deforestation on supermarket shelves

27 April 2022

New legislation is likely to require UK and EU supermarkets to ensure the products they sell are not linked to deforestation - are the necessary checks in place? ...

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Earth Day 2022 - Tweeting about promises is not enough

26 April 2022

The UN Secretary General has accused some business leaders of lying when it comes to claiming to be on track for 1.5 degrees. Protecting nature is one of the best ways to turn words into tangible...

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Addressing commodity-driven deforestation - a new roadmap for the finance sector

11 November 2021

COP26 saw new commitments from financial institutions on deforestation - and the launch of a new Finance Sector Roadmap to help them deliver. ...

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Increasing transparency for financial institutions

3 November 2020

New Trase Finance tool highlights complex map of links to deforestation for financial institutions

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Global Canopy calls on UK government to strengthen proposed deforestation law

6 October 2020

News: Global Canopy urges the UK government to extend due diligence requirements to include legal deforestation

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Golden opportunity to stop deforestation linked to EU consumption

11 September 2020

Global Canopy joins 100+ NGOs to launch #Together4Forests urging EU action

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Fire in the Amazon tropical forest

Why the Amazon is burning

24 August 2020

With this year’s fires in Brazil set to be the worst yet, find out how deforestation for beef and soy is driving this destruction

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Commodity series: It’s time to beef up action to protect the Amazon

13 March 2020

Conversion for cattle is one of the biggest drivers of deforestation in the Amazon, yet 79% of the Forest 500 companies assessed for beef had yet to make a commitment.

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EU due diligence – the time has come

25 February 2020

The latest Forest 500 report highlights how voluntary commitments by companies have not delivered deforestation-free supply chains. Could due diligence legislation make a difference?

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Global brands ignoring deforestation caused by commodities they use

12 February 2020

Amazon, BlackRock and owner of Versace among 242 leading companies and financial institutions which fail to recognise responsibility to act

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