Publications & Insight

Forest Watch

France introduces mandatory re-use in restaurants, even as industry undermines EU efforts

France’s packaging law could offer practical insights for the EU’s new packaging Regulation

09/05/2023

Forest Watch

Loss of tropical forests, and of the rainfall they generate, threatens agricultural production

Cocoa producers are already seeing that agricultural expansion can lead to lower yields

09/05/2023

Forest Watch

JURI Committee moves Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive in the right direction

The European Parliament’s plenary vote on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive must ensure there is a strong mandate to defend human rights in trilogue negotiations

09/05/2023

News

Europe’s chance to end its destructive forestry model

Europe exported a destructive forestry model around the world but now has the chance to put a stop to it at home, something EU countries must ensure is properly rolled out.

Over the past 50 years, a forestry model that has caused...

04/05/2023

Press Releases

Poll: Europeans troubled by the rise of paper packaging and think governments are responsible for reducing it

Poll: Overwhelming majority of Europeans are troubled by the rise in paper and cardboard packaging, and three quarters think governments should be responsible for reducing it. 

Packaging and especially disposable paper packaging...

04/05/2023

Unwrapping a disaster

Consumers are concerned about rising packaging levels. Dealing with outsized delivery boxes is frustrating. Discarding dirty food containers is inconvenient. Deciphering recycling symbols can be bewildering. 

26/04/2023

NGO Statements

Vattenfall must stop destroying forests and worsening climate chaos

Vattenfall is today preventing young climate activists from attending their annual general meeting. In Vattenfall’s Notice to attend, it says: "The Annual General Meeting is open to the general public. In connection with the...

26/04/2023

Forests in the Nature Restoration Law

European forests are losing biodiversity at an alarming rate with only 14 per cent of protected forest habitats in good condition. Intensive management is undermining sustainability.

To reverse this we must:

strictly protect...

20/04/2023

Briefing Notes

Why the EU Deforestation Regulation won’t sugar coat the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement

In June 2019, after more than 20 years of tortuous negotiations, a bilateral trade agreement was agreed between the European Union (EU) and the Mercosur bloc of nations - Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay (European Union...

20/04/2023

Briefing Notes, NGO Statements

EU rules on packaging

NGO perspectives on the urgent need to reduce paper packaging

14/04/2023