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Why calls are growing for the government to axe illegal deforestation from UK supply chains

Supply chain

Why calls are growing for the government to axe illegal deforestation from UK supply chains

Seventy per cent of Brits back government action to prevent the sale of products linked to illegal deforestation overseas, WWF poll finds

clock 23 April 2025 • 5 min read
'A national embarrassment': UK imports goods linked to the destruction of a Liverpool-sized forest each year

Supply chain

'A national embarrassment': UK imports goods linked to the destruction of a Liverpool-sized forest each year

Global Witness analysis reveals UK is continuing to import a raft of goods that are directly driving deforestation around the world

clock 20 March 2025 • 4 min read
Study: Top oil and gas majors rake in $281bn in profits since Russia invaded Ukraine

Energy

Study: Top oil and gas majors rake in $281bn in profits since Russia invaded Ukraine

Research lays bare huge scale of profits achieved by just five leading oil and gas majors as a result of the global energy crunch

clock 19 February 2024 • 5 min read
Companies can't just walk away from their polluting assets - they must remedy their destruction

Supply chain

Companies can't just walk away from their polluting assets - they must remedy their destruction

Mark Carney's Brookfield Asset Management must serve as both an example of what companies must avoid and a lesson on how to be better, argues Veronica Oakeshott from Global Witness

clock 20 December 2022 • 4 min read
Palm oil in top brands' products linked to rainforest destruction in Papua New Guinea, investigation finds

Supply chain

Palm oil in top brands' products linked to rainforest destruction in Papua New Guinea, investigation finds

Global Witness investigation finds slew of big brands and global financiers are directly or indirectly linked to human rights abuses and destruction of critical carbon sinks in Papua New Guinea

clock 08 October 2021 • 4 min read