How are consumer goods firms faring with their deforestation goals?

Michael Holder
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The Forest Positive Coalition - which includes major consumer goods firms from McDonald's and Sainsbury's to IKEA and Mondelez - unveils its latest progress report for 2024

Leading companies in the global consumer goods sector are continuing to chip away - for want of a better phrase - at their goals to eradicate deforestation and land-use change in their supply chains, with...

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