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FSC digs heels in as pressure builds for it to act on Ikea illegal timber scandal
22.07.2020 A passive response to our Ikea investigation reflects deep-rooted inertia within FSC
Ukraine Prime Minister pledges crackdown on illegal logging after Earthsight exposé
25.06.2020 Government announcement came on same day environment authorities reveal criminal probe started into forestry enterprise linked to Ikea suppliers
Flatpacked Forests
23.06.2020 A new Earthsight investigation reveals Ikea's illegal timber problem and the flawed green label behind it
Earthsight exposes Ikea’s illegal logging links
23.06.2020 Brand’s best-selling chairs made from plundered forests home to some of Europe’s last lynx and bears, a new Earthsight investigation has uncovered
New ISPO regulation underpinning Indonesian palm oil diplomacy branded as 'regressive'
30.04.2020 Recent “reform” of palm oil sustainability scheme criticised for threatening forests and human rights
Norwegian wealth fund divests from Alicorp over palm oil-linked destruction in Peruvian Amazon
10.03.2020 Alicorp purchased palm oil from the Ocho Sur plantation where a reported 7,000ha of forest was destroyed and indigenous communities displaced
Forest 500 report laments “painfully slow” progress of brands to tackle deforestation
19.02.2020 New analysis of corporate efforts to fight against deforestation accuses Amazon, Nike, McDonald’s and dozens of other firms of falling short
Robinson Lumber's perilous trade with Peru's Maderera Bozovich
06.01.2020 No US firm imports more high-risk wood from Peru than Robinson Lumber and they continue to buy from a company with a long rap sheet of alleged illegalities
'Fake' permits underpin world’s biggest palm oil project in Indonesian Papua
20.12.2019 Local officials reported to their superiors as long ago as 2013 that all seven plantation operation permits at the 2,800 square kilometre “Tanah Merah” project were faked, but no action taken
New probe finds EU demand for oak flooring fuelling corruption and violence in Ukraine
19.12.2019 $35m of timber purchased by major EU parquet flooring manufacturers from two Ukraine firms linked to widespread illegal logging, corruption and business malpractices
