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MEPs have defended the hopes of European consumers who consistently express the desire for the removal of deforestation-laced products from the EU market.
22/09/2022
The draft text of the EU Regulation on deforestation-free products has advanced, but the Commission and Council positions left issues and omissions
13/07/2022
As the finish line appears in the long process to agree the new EU Regulation on Deforestation-Free products, the ENVI Committee moves forward where the Commission and Council feared to tred.
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have listened to some of the concerns about the Regulation, but key requests, such as a fair price, remain in suspense.
06/04/2022
Under the long-awaited proposed Due Diligence Directive, the majority of EU companies need not change a thing.
04/03/2022
Despite the concerns of many about the devastating effect that pesticides can have on bees and biodiversity generally, the EU continues to engage in this toxic trade.
The Regulation on deforestation-free products should be based on international law and standards rather than a patchwork of producer-country rules.
02/02/2022
A toothless regulation would tick a box but achieve little.
09/11/2021
On 27 January 2021, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) on the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI Committee) voted 34 to 3 to adopt a milestone legislative report on corporate due diligence. The truly...
03/02/2021
After two decades of failed interventions across the cocoa sector, cocoa-farming communities are still battling the effects of poverty, child labour and deforestation. The 2020 Cocoa Barometer report launched 1 December 2020 is a...
16/12/2020
