}

Indirect supply chains pose major deforestation risk for global cocoa industry

26.03.2020 Study emphasises threats major firms face in not having a full picture of suppliers

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

Feronia guard reportedly acquitted of Congolese activist’s murder

17.02.2020 Local rights group “shocked and outraged" after court dismisses charges against employee

Critics round on Bolivia authorities for prioritising agribusiness over deforestation crisis

31.01.2020 New legislation in Santa Cruz and Beni could see millions of hectares of forest destroyed for agribusiness

UK-based Equatorial Palm Oil under fire for alleged malpractice in Liberia

31.01.2020 Report calls for due diligence law to monitor UK-registered firms operating overseas

EU risks buying 'illegally produced' Mexican avocados as imports surge 70%

29.01.2020 Criminal groups are “embedded in the entire supply chain” in Michoacán, where violence, extortion and illegal land clearing are rife

Poultry excuses? UK chicken retailers’ soy purchases aiding destruction of South American forests

24.01.2020 Supermarkets and fast-food outlets are under fire in a new report for buying soy for chicken feed from traders linked to illegal deforestation

Nestlé dumps Cargill’s Brazilian soy but persists with its palm oil, cocoa supplies

17.01.2020 Food giant's decision to stop sourcing Brazilian soy from Cargill is welcomed, but failure to act on other suspect supply chains raises questions

Feronia’s EU funders look to act after report exposes Congo palm abuses

15.01.2020 Banks commit to addressing reports of worker abuse, environmental pollution and other malpractices at Feronia palm oil sites

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