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Deforestation

'Earth's living systems are being compromised': World misses all UN biodiversity targets
'Earth's living systems are being compromised': World misses all UN biodiversity targets

Range of targets on deforestation, habitats, oceans, plastic pollution adopted a decade ago have all been missed or are heading in wrong direction, UN report warns

  • Biodiversity
  • 16 September 2020
Government proposals to combat overseas deforestation can and must be strengthened
Government proposals to combat overseas deforestation can and must be strengthened

Loopholes in the Environment Bill must be closed if the UK is to take responsibility for its global footprint, argues Kerry McCarthy MP

  • Supply chain
  • 11 September 2020
Double materiality: Why nature risk and climate risk are two sides of the same coin
Double materiality: Why nature risk and climate risk are two sides of the same coin

Current regulation and risk disclosure efforts are insufficient for tackling the varying and complex risks posed by nature loss and climate change, UCL research argues

  • Investment
  • 26 August 2020
New law could see UK firms fined for fuelling illegal deforestation
New law could see UK firms fined for fuelling illegal deforestation

Government unveils proposals designed to help curb deforestation linked to demand for forest-related products from UK consumers

  • Policy
  • 25 August 2020
Unilever touts supply chain mapping pilot in fresh bid to tackle deforestation
Unilever touts supply chain mapping pilot in fresh bid to tackle deforestation

The project involves combining satellite imagery with geolocation data to build a more complete picture of the firm's supply chain

  • Supplier
  • 19 August 2020
'We don't want to go through this again': Nature protection critical to preventing pandemics, study finds
'We don't want to go through this again': Nature protection critical to preventing pandemics, study finds

Combatting deforestation and wildlife trade could avoid costing the planet trillions of dollars in economic disruption, Conservation International estimates

  • Biodiversity
  • 23 July 2020
Nature based solutions: Shell Energy debuts new 'carbon neutral' tariffs
Nature based solutions: Shell Energy debuts new 'carbon neutral' tariffs

Energy giant launches new carbon offset tariffs, as polling shows majority of public think lockdown has made them more aware of climate impacts

  • Offsets
  • 03 June 2020
WWF and RSPB: British consumption relies on overseas land area almost the size of the UK annually
WWF and RSPB: British consumption relies on overseas land area almost the size of the UK annually

RSBP and WWF urge government to capitalise on post-Brexit trade deals as well as the Agriculture and Environment Bills to cut deforestation from the UK’s supply chains.

  • Biodiversity
  • 22 May 2020
British supermarkets threaten to boycott Brazilian products over proposed land-grab law
British supermarkets threaten to boycott Brazilian products over proposed land-grab law

Bolsonaro-backed bill – scheduled to be decided today – could lead to the deforestation of an additional 16,000 square kilometres of the Earth's largest rainforest, according to NGO Imazon.

  • Supply chain
  • 20 May 2020
'Urgent priority': UK must tackle supply chain deforestation, government warned
'Urgent priority': UK must tackle supply chain deforestation, government warned

Global Resource Initiative (GRI) taskforce also says UK has 'unparalleled opportunities' to green its supply chains as it seeks new global trade deals

  • Supply chain
  • 31 March 2020
Mondelēz hails progress against deforestation across cocoa supply chain
Mondelēz hails progress against deforestation across cocoa supply chain

US giant which owns Cadbury and Toblerone claims to have mapped almost all of its cocoa suppliers across Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire and Indonesia

  • Supply chain
  • 27 March 2020
Cohabiting with a virus: We must learn to live life on land more sustainably
Cohabiting with a virus: We must learn to live life on land more sustainably

The current pandemic crisis offers a chance to reimagine our approaches to managing natural resources, argues Martin Noponen of the Rainforest Alliance

  • Climate change
  • 20 March 2020
PepsiCo applies strengthened palm oil rules to entire supply chain
PepsiCo applies strengthened palm oil rules to entire supply chain

Drinks giant developed new policy in partnership with the Rainforest Action Network and the International Labor Rights Forum (ILRF) In bid to guard against deforestation and labour rights abuses

  • Supply chain
  • 26 February 2020
Kellogg's strengthens palm oil and deforestation policies after consumer pressure
Kellogg's strengthens palm oil and deforestation policies after consumer pressure

Cereal and snacks giant signs up independent auditor to oversee its palm oil supply chain efforts, and promises to work more closely with smallholders to boost efficiency

  • Supply chain
  • 20 February 2020
Seaweed, cactus and lentils: How Knorr and other food brands are shifting to more sustainable ingredients
Seaweed, cactus and lentils: How Knorr and other food brands are shifting to more sustainable ingredients

A growing number food firms are seeking to diversify the ingredients they use in their products to help build a more sustainable, climate resilient food system, according to the Future 50 Food initiative

  • Supply chain
  • 19 February 2020
'Glasgow & London': COP26 venue tensions rumble on, as government preps forest protection alliance
'Glasgow & London': COP26 venue tensions rumble on, as government preps forest protection alliance

Number 10 spokesperson insists government is determined to deliver Glasgow Summit, but warns it must represent 'value for the UK taxpayer'

  • Politics
  • 13 February 2020
'Turning a blind eye': Are global brands 'ignoring' deforestation?
'Turning a blind eye': Are global brands 'ignoring' deforestation?

Hundreds of major firms, including Amazon, BlackRock, and Tyson Foods, have no commitment to ending deforestation in their supply chains, Global Canopy claims

  • Supply chain
  • 12 February 2020
Booming UK demand for chicken resulting in bulldozing of South American forests, Greenpeace warns
Booming UK demand for chicken resulting in bulldozing of South American forests, Greenpeace warns

UK firms failing to track the impact of the soy used to feed their chickens, report finds

  • Supplier
  • 22 January 2020
Statistic of the decade: Amazon has lost 8.4m football pitches of rainforest
Statistic of the decade: Amazon has lost 8.4m football pitches of rainforest

Royal Statistical Society names its stats of the decade which highlight Amazon rainforest loss, air pollution deaths and rise of SUVs

  • Automotive
  • 23 December 2019
Tesco launches 'sustainable basket metric' to track environmental impact of food
Tesco launches 'sustainable basket metric' to track environmental impact of food

In partnership with WWF supermarket will measure environmental impact of popular foods in a pilot starting next year

  • Supply chain
  • 11 December 2019
Global briefing: Formula E hits the heat of Saudi Arabia
Global briefing: Formula E hits the heat of Saudi Arabia

All the latest green business news from around the world this week

  • Management
  • 22 November 2019
Consumer goods sector's 2020 deforestation goal 'impossible' to meet, CDP warns
Consumer goods sector's 2020 deforestation goal 'impossible' to meet, CDP warns

Non-profit warns not enough concrete action being taken by consumer goods giants to tackle deforestation and commodity risk across their supply chains

  • Supply chain
  • 18 November 2019
Palm oil: Firms 'vastly underestimating' deforestation risk in Indonesia, CDP warns
Palm oil: Firms 'vastly underestimating' deforestation risk in Indonesia, CDP warns

Growing numbers of firms reporting involvement in Indonesian palm oil chain, but far too few are addressing risks posed by deforestation in region, according to new report

  • Supply chain
  • 05 November 2019
Investigators claim palm oil from "orangutan capital of the world" entered supply chains of major brands
Investigators claim palm oil from "orangutan capital of the world" entered supply chains of major brands

Nestle, one of the firms named in the report, said it spoke with its supplier and they denied the NGO's findings

  • Supply chain
  • 01 October 2019
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