55 results for ‘IKEA’
Ikea House of Horrors - Why the lease changes were illegal RU
По российским законам, нельзя вырубать лес лишь потому, что тебе это позволил сделать чиновник.58 Сперва проводится тщательная оценка того, насколько допустимый объем заготовки является устойчивым. После этого проводятся...
Ikea's House of Horrors
Siberia's climate-critical forests have been destroyed to make flatpacked furniture. Welcome to Ikea's House of Horrors. Continue reading Ikea, the world's biggest furniture retailer, has for years sold...
Rubber-stamping Repression
How EU governments and a global green label made European furniture buyers complicit in torture.Continue reading Watch the report's trailer below. For years, Earthsight can reveal, Europe’s largest...
EU finally bans torture-stained Belarusian furniture trade
The decision will shut down a supply chain long marred by human rights abuses and torture and worth more than a quarter of a billion Euros since the invasion of Ukraine "The new sanctions are a welcome move. The EU must ensure...
Commentary: Biden’s sanctions on Russia should include timber exports
U.S. President Joe Biden responded to the death of dissident Aleksei Navalny with new sanctions that target hundreds of Russian entities and individuals, but these could go further in key areas that are also good for the...
Press Release: EU politicians, NGOs demand probe into ethical wood label’s certification of Belarusian penal colonies
A JOINT PRESS RELEASE BY LIBERECO AND EARTHSIGHTOpen letter signed by MEPs from 9 EU member states, Belarusian politicians, and dozens of civil society groups demands an independent investigation by the Forest Stewardship...
The Belarusian furniture industry is the backbone of Lukashenko’s regime. So why hasn’t the EU sanctioned it yet?
Despite voluntary action by companies after the Ukraine invasion and partial sanctions on wood exports following it, Earthsight has found that Belarus-EU furniture exports are thriving.Trade continues after Earthsight’s report...
Despite landmark law, Europe faces tough test to end role in global forest loss (commentary)
European Union governments today gave the final go-ahead to a new law meant to prevent the bloc driving deforestation overseas through its consumption of beef, soy, palm oil and four other commodities linked to global forest...
EU must strengthen planned corporate sustainability due diligence law to prevent business-as-usual in global supply chains
Long-awaited EU directive on corporate sustainability due diligence nears key votes in European Parliament, where MEPs must improve vital aspects of the text if the law is to have its intended impact Earthsight’s...
Russian “conflict timber” worth over $400 million bought by Japan since Ukraine invasion
March 20, 2023 – Despite its government’s strong public condemnation of Russian aggression against Ukraine, Japan has continued to import Russian timber to the tune of $414 million since the invasion began, helping to bankroll...
