Publications

Reports

EU 2040 climate target - what does it mean for forests?

In February 2024, the European Commission issued its 2040 climate target Communication, which proposes to reduce net greenhouse gases (GHG) by 90 per cent compared to 1990 levels.

Several elements of the Communication will have...

22/02/2024

Reports

Assessment of the EU Sustainable Cocoa Initiative

Looking back on the journey and to the road ahead

This report sheds light on the achievements and challenges in the implementation of the European Union Sustainable Cocoa Initiative, which aims to deliver on European Green Deal...

31/01/2024

Reports

How to achieve zero deforestation in the cattle sector

Best practices in Brazil and the new EU regulation on deforestation-free products

18/12/2023

Reports

How to tackle labour rights in the EU-Vietnam wood furniture trade

Vietnam is one of the world’s leading wood processing hubs and the European Union is a high value, strategic market for its wood and wooden furniture. Around 600,000 people are employed in wood processing and furniture manufacturing in Vietnam. Little has been said about labour rights in Vietnam’s wood sector.  This report aims to rectify this.  It is based on in-depth interviews with a sample of 40 workers from various sections of different wood processing and furniture manufacturing companies supplying to the EU. 

07/11/2023

Reports

Stemming the tide

The potential of forests to supply the European bioeconomy

26/10/2023

Reports

Zero waste heroes

The European businesses making reuse a reality

29/06/2023

Reports

A gendered perspective of the proposed EU Regulation on deforestation-free products

The EU Regulation on deforestation-free products aims to curb deforestation and forest degradation driven by imports of forest and ecosystem-risk commodities. It is expected to be adopted in 2023.

This new report analyses drafts...

29/09/2022

Reports

Ten things the legislative proposal on EU forest observation, reporting and data collection needs to consider

Member States are presently required to undertake limited EU level forest monitoring. This is problematic since forests are key to meeting EU biodiversity and climate goals, and there is a fast deteriorating trend in both. The...

18/07/2022

Reports

Improving forest governance in relation to palm oil

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This report is also available in Bahasa Indonesia.

The European Union (EU) and Indonesia have been negotiating a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), known as the Comprehensive Economic...

03/02/2022

Reports

FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreements 2.0

A response to the European Commission FLEGT Fitness Check, and options for the future

16/12/2021