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Big business, beatings and beans: four key takeaways from Earthsight’s report There Will Be Blood
07.06.2022 Earthsight has linked UK, EU markets to rights violations
UK Environment Act’s effectiveness in tackling global forest loss at risk
30.05.2022 Analyses show exemptions would create dangerous loopholes
BMW fails to substantiate allegations against Earthsight’s research
18.05.2022 Lack of convincing evidence shows leather must not be dropped from EU ban
EU must be ready to publicly name and shame bad actors if law on deforestation-free products is to be effective
30.03.2022 Crucial clause must return
World’s largest sovereign wealth fund finds global beef giant guilty of driving illegal deforestation in Brazil
07.01.2022 The blacklisting could pave the way for further action
Paraguay Senate seeks accountability from government following Earthsight illegal deforestation exposé
14.12.2021 Senators want answers from environment authorities over illegal clearances of indigenous lands that Earthsight linked to leather used by global car brands
Suspect timber firms lobby for certified wood ‘green lane’ in draft EU anti-deforestation law
09.11.2021 Influential timber industry group run by firms guilty of logging and wood trading abuses calls for proposed EU rules to wave through wood certified by dubious sustainability schemes
Open letter: Paraguay must halt invasions, deforestation of indigenous Ayoreo lands
01.11.2021 A coalition of NGOs urge authorities to take action
FSC hall of shame: The ethical wood label’s long line of scandals
25.10.2021 The Forest Stewardship Council label is supposed to guarantee products are sustainably sourced, sadly it is not always the case
Open letter: FSC is no longer fit for purpose and must urgently reform
25.10.2021 NGOs and civil society groups urge the ethical wood label to instigate serious change of its practices
