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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
Leather industry continues desperate lobby attempts to remain unregulated, putting forests and people at risk
08.07.2022 As revealed by new documents
REVEALED: European leather industry peddling misinformation in bid to escape deforestation-free law
15.06.2022 Leather may remain unregulated under a planned EU law on deforestation-free products as industry associations lobby against its inclusion with worrying signs of potential success
Big business, beatings and beans: four key takeaways from Earthsight’s report There Will Be Blood
07.06.2022 Earthsight has linked UK, EU markets to rights violations
BMW fails to substantiate allegations against Earthsight’s research
18.05.2022 Lack of convincing evidence shows leather must not be dropped from EU ban
EU must be ready to publicly name and shame bad actors if law on deforestation-free products is to be effective
30.03.2022 Crucial clause must return
Russia’s timber oligarchs
11.03.2022 Industry titans make a killing off multibillion-dollar wood trade with Western firms
Civil society position statement on the proposed EU regulation on deforestation-free products
03.02.2022 Earthsight and over 100 civil society organisations call for tougher draft EU anti-deforestation law in open letter
Paraguay Senate seeks accountability from government following Earthsight illegal deforestation exposé
14.12.2021 Senators want answers from environment authorities over illegal clearances of indigenous lands that Earthsight linked to leather used by global car brands
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
