News

UK Due Diligence legislation: Where do we go from here?

After a lively House of Lords debate, the Environment Bill heads back to the Commons with its due-diligence shortcomings intact.

13/10/2021

Dropping rubber from the EU’s deforestation-free supply chain regulation is not an option

Increased deforestation and farmer poverty would likely result from Commission’s failure to include this commodity in due diligence rules right from the start.

16/09/2021

NGO statements

Dialogue UE-Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana sur la production et le commerce durables du cacao

Cette lettre a été envoyée à M. Patrick Jérôme Achi, Premier ministre de Côte d'Ivoire ; M. Joseph Boahen Aidoo, président-directeur général du Ghana Cocoa Board ; Son Excellence Diana Acconcia, ambassadrice de l'Union européenne...

10/09/2021

Blogs

As the first round of EU-Ghana-Cote d’Ivoire Cocoa Talks wraps up, the way ahead is still unclear

The EU, Ghana & Cote d’Ivoire must commit to concrete actions when talks resume after autumn 2021.

14/07/2021

EU should support national civil society call to strengthen Indonesian palm oil expansion moratorium

Indonesian NGOs propose that the palm oil moratorium is expanded and strengthened.

14/07/2021

News, NGO statements

NGOs urged Commissioner Sinkevičius to keep rubber in the EU due diligence regulation to halt EU-driven global deforestation

A group of NGOs wrote a letter to European Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius to urge him to ensure that natural rubber is kept as a key forest-risk commodity in the upcoming EU law to halt deforestation and forest degradation driven by EU consumption.

01/07/2021

Elsewhere, due diligence moves forward

The United Kingdom and G7 members take steps toward due diligence measures

10/06/2021

EU Law on deforestation: Key land rights risk being ignored in DG Environment’s proposal

Only one of two important upcoming legislative initiatives is expected to integrate human rights. Both must.

08/04/2021

FAQs

What are the causes of deforestation?

Eighty per cent of global forest loss is due to the conversion of forest to agricultural land to produce socalled ‘forest risk commodities’, such as beef, soya and palm oil, which are largely exported.

29/03/2021

NGO statements

Response to the Forest Strategy consultation - A world of strong and healthy forests

Ursula von der Leyen is the first European Union (EU) Commission President to publicly recognise how important forests are to life on our planet. But with the climate crisis and biodiversity collapse looming, time is short to turn...

24/03/2021