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Earthsight submission on the proposal to remove leather from the EU Deforestation Regulation
02.06.2026 Our input into the EU Commission’s public consultation
Peça à Comissão Europeia para manter o couro na EUDR
20.05.2026 A Comissão Europeia convidou o público a dar a sua opinião sobre os produtos abrangidos pelo Regulamento antidesmatamento da UE (EUDR)
Tell the EU Commission to keep leather in the EUDR
19.05.2026 The EU Commission has invited members of the public to have their say on products covered by the EUDR
EU Commission avoids reopening the EUDR but proposes unjustifiable exemption for leather
04.05.2026 Policymakers cave to leather sector lobbying
Impunity for German car giants assured after ethical supply chain law gutted
23.02.2021 German Cabinet set to approve “toothless” law that fails forests and indigenous peoples
Barclays, HSBC among banks financing “most harmful agribusinesses” with $44bn
16.10.2019 Global Witness report claims more than 300 financial institutions funnelled money into global beef, leather, palm oil and rubber firms linked to deforestation
Two million hectares of Bolivia burns following Morales’ expansion of agriculture frontier
11.09.2019
Local NGOs and Amnesty International call for suspension of Supreme Decree 3973 allowing “controlled burns” and investigation into perpetrators responsible for forest fires crisis
Bolivia legalises and expands ‘savage’ deforestation for China and Russia beef deals
16.08.2019 New decree is said to violate landmark Mother Earth law by opening up an additional 4.5 million hectares to cattle ranchers in El Beni
Global brands’ zero-deforestation pledges prove hollow as 50 million hectares of forest vanish
12.06.2019 An area twice the size of the UK has been cleared for agribusiness globally since 2010 as illegal cultivation practices of multinational firms add to forest destruction
EU needs new laws to ban global deforestation in product supply chains
23.05.2019 Respondents surveyed in 25 countries believe EU should introduce laws to outlaw goods being sold that harm the environment and the result of deforestation
