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The Fixers
29.09.2022 In a joint investigation with Mongabay, we reveal how a failing US law allowed a Brazilian flooring giant to flood America with millions of dollars of suspect wood
The Fixers: Key Findings From The Investigation
29.09.2022 Court leak reveals go-betweens, failing law helped Brazilian flooring giant flood USA with suspect wood
European Parliament votes in favour of strong deforestation-free products law
14.09.2022 MEPs have voted to strengthen key elements of a planned EU regulation on deforestation-free supply chains
Key victories on EU deforestation law, but challenges remain
25.07.2022 The planned EU legislation on deforestation-free supply chains has completed two significant steps on its way to becoming law
Russia’s timber oligarchs
11.03.2022 Industry titans make a killing off multibillion-dollar wood trade with Western firms
Taiga King 2: Back In Business
21.02.2022 Russian tycoon Alexander Pudovkin flooded Europe with dirty wood. He and his customers got away with it
Suspect timber firms lobby for certified wood ‘green lane’ in draft EU anti-deforestation law
09.11.2021 Influential timber industry group run by firms guilty of logging and wood trading abuses calls for proposed EU rules to wave through wood certified by dubious sustainability schemes
Relying on green labels to address our thirst for products of deforestation would be a disaster
08.11.2021 New EU deforestation law must learn the lessons of the past
FSC hall of shame: The ethical wood label’s long line of scandals
25.10.2021 The Forest Stewardship Council label is supposed to guarantee products are sustainably sourced, sadly it is not always the case
NGOs urge ‘immediate’ reform at ethical wood label to fight global deforestation
25.10.2021 Open letter signed by environmental and civil society organisations accuses the Forest Stewardship Council of failing to protect forests and indigenous groups
