Deforestation

Nestlé, P&G Investigate Palm Oil Sourcing After Environmetal Group's Deforestation Report

Consumer brands including Nestle and Procter & Gamble said they conducted investigations after an environmental group said palm oil sourced from an ill...

EU Lawmakers In Talks To Further Weaken Deforestation Law, Document Shows

Centre-right lawmakers in the European Parliament have made proposals to further weaken the European Union's beleaguered law to ban commodity imports linke...

France's Danone Cuts Out Brazilian Soy Ahead Of Tough New EU Rules

Danone has stopped sourcing soy from Brazil and now buys from countries in Asia, its finance chief told Reuters, ahead of a European Union rule requiring c...

How Marfrig Is Working To Ensure A 100% Sustainable, Traceable, Deforestation-Free Supply Chain

Marfrig, one of the world's largest beef producers, has set an ambitious target in its sustainability plan.

Indonesia Concerned Over EU Deforestation Law Rules, Not Implementation Timeframe

Indonesia has said that a proposed European Commission delay in the rollout of its anti-deforestation law was a good step but a more pressing issue was imp...

Cocoa Traceability Rates Fail To Improve As EU Deforestation Law Looms

The volume of cocoa in Ivory Coast and Ghana that can be fully traced did not increase last year, a major UN-backed report has found.

Brazil Asks EU To Hold Off On Implementing Deforestation Law

Brazil has asked the European Union not to implement regulations in its deforestation law at the end of the year as scheduled and asked for it to be revise...

China And Brazil To Test Beef Traceability Plan

China, the world's largest beef importer and Brazil, the biggest supplier, will set up a pilot scheme as part of efforts to make beef production more susta...