Tags: sustainability commitments

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How can sustainable palm oil become the norm?

22 August 2018

Everyone loves orangutans, and everyone thinks we should protect rainforests – prompting more and more companies to commit to sourcing sustainable palm oil. But why then is sustainable palm oil so...

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Spotlight on palm oil - how well do companies perform?

13 August 2018

A new campaign from Greenpeace puts the spotlight on the companies buying palm oil - we look at how they perform.

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Graph shows that more companies have policies for timber and palm oil than for cattle and soy.

Waking up to soy: will new commitments get us closer to the 2020 deadline?

16 July 2018

Tesco and Louis Dreyfus have announced new sustainability policies for soy, but with the clock ticking for the 2020 deadline to deliver on zero deforestation commitments, will this be enough?

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We can achieve deforestation-free supply chains, but collaboration is key

11 June 2018

Many companies are now trying to address the challenge of removing deforestation from their complex supply chains. While nobody wants to be responsible for driving the destruction of vast areas of...

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Adding more companies to the Forest 500

31 May 2018

This year we are adding an extra 100 companies to the Forest 500 to allow greater visibility of the corporate powerbrokers linked to tropical deforestation than ever before. ...

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Weak by design: company commitments fall short on deforestation

1 February 2018

New research published in Nature Climate Change highlights the gap between company commitments and action to protect forests. Dr Sarah Lake looks at how companies can move forward to overcome this...

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Taking a bite-sized approach to Davos' global problems

31 January 2018

The annual gathering of the global elite for the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos tends to focus attention on the big challenges facing the world: global poverty, growing inequality, and climate...

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Is that tropical forest in your coffee cup?

8 January 2018

Proposals for a “latte tax” in the UK have focused attention on the growing mountain of disposable cups ending up in landfill. While this is clearly an important problem that must be tackled, less...

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Companies still falling short on deforestation: more action needed

14 December 2017

The latest Forest 500 results show a lack of overarching deforestation policies across all sectors - and policies in the beef and leather supply chains are particularly scarce .

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Companies failing on pledges to halt tropical deforestation by 2020

12 December 2017

The 2017 annual assessment of the Forest 500 powerbrokers shows the 250 companies with the greatest influence over forests are failing to adequately address deforestation risks.

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