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“The community depends on the forest. In the past, we were spoilt by nature. Everything we needed was here.”
Our latest report exposes deforestation damaging the livelihoods of local & Indigenous communities in Borneo, who rely on the forest for food, livelihoods, and medicine.
Our latest report exposes deforestation damaging the livelihoods of local & Indigenous communities in Borneo, who rely on the forest for food, livelihoods, and medicine.
November 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
“The community depends on the forest. In the past, we were spoilt by nature. Everything we needed was here.”
Our latest report exposes deforestation damaging the livelihoods of local & Indigenous communities in Borneo, who rely on the forest for food, livelihoods, and medicine.
Our latest report exposes deforestation damaging the livelihoods of local & Indigenous communities in Borneo, who rely on the forest for food, livelihoods, and medicine.
🚨 NEW joint statement: EU’s credibility on human rights & climate is on the line.
Ahead of a vote in November that could weaken the #CSDDD, 140+ CSOs urge MEPs to back a strong, fair deal that protects communities & our planet, not corporate interests.
🔗 corporatejustice.org/publications...
Ahead of a vote in November that could weaken the #CSDDD, 140+ CSOs urge MEPs to back a strong, fair deal that protects communities & our planet, not corporate interests.
🔗 corporatejustice.org/publications...
October 31, 2025 at 8:57 AM
🚨 NEW joint statement: EU’s credibility on human rights & climate is on the line.
Ahead of a vote in November that could weaken the #CSDDD, 140+ CSOs urge MEPs to back a strong, fair deal that protects communities & our planet, not corporate interests.
🔗 corporatejustice.org/publications...
Ahead of a vote in November that could weaken the #CSDDD, 140+ CSOs urge MEPs to back a strong, fair deal that protects communities & our planet, not corporate interests.
🔗 corporatejustice.org/publications...
🌳 Borneo’s forests are home to wildlife found nowhere else — orangutans, proboscis monkeys & dozens of unique birds.
Our Risky Business report reveals how timber from bulldozed forests in Indonesia is connected to the supply chains of EU companies importing plywood, decking, and door frames.
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Our Risky Business report reveals how timber from bulldozed forests in Indonesia is connected to the supply chains of EU companies importing plywood, decking, and door frames.
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October 28, 2025 at 9:42 AM
🌳 Borneo’s forests are home to wildlife found nowhere else — orangutans, proboscis monkeys & dozens of unique birds.
Our Risky Business report reveals how timber from bulldozed forests in Indonesia is connected to the supply chains of EU companies importing plywood, decking, and door frames.
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Our Risky Business report reveals how timber from bulldozed forests in Indonesia is connected to the supply chains of EU companies importing plywood, decking, and door frames.
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FSC members MUST reject Motion 45 at this week’s General Assembly, which would remove a strict limit on the amount of Intact Forest Landscapes that FSC-certified firms can degrade through logging.
#FSCGA2025 #ForestsForAllForever
#FSCGA2025 #ForestsForAllForever
October 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
FSC members MUST reject Motion 45 at this week’s General Assembly, which would remove a strict limit on the amount of Intact Forest Landscapes that FSC-certified firms can degrade through logging.
#FSCGA2025 #ForestsForAllForever
#FSCGA2025 #ForestsForAllForever
Our findings show why the #EUDR matters.
Read the full report 🔗 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/risky-b...
Read the full report 🔗 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/risky-b...
October 21, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Our findings show why the #EUDR matters.
Read the full report 🔗 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/risky-b...
Read the full report 🔗 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/risky-b...
🚨 Brussels is backtracking - again!
@ec.europa.eu seeks another delay to the #EUDR, and every second means more forest lost to satisfy European consumption.
The EU Parliament & Council MUST reject this proposal and implement the law by the end of 2025.
🔗 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/eudr-de...
@ec.europa.eu seeks another delay to the #EUDR, and every second means more forest lost to satisfy European consumption.
The EU Parliament & Council MUST reject this proposal and implement the law by the end of 2025.
🔗 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/eudr-de...
September 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
🚨 Brussels is backtracking - again!
@ec.europa.eu seeks another delay to the #EUDR, and every second means more forest lost to satisfy European consumption.
The EU Parliament & Council MUST reject this proposal and implement the law by the end of 2025.
🔗 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/eudr-de...
@ec.europa.eu seeks another delay to the #EUDR, and every second means more forest lost to satisfy European consumption.
The EU Parliament & Council MUST reject this proposal and implement the law by the end of 2025.
🔗 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/eudr-de...
Meanwhile the #EUDR – which can rid EU supply chains of dirty soy – is under threat once again
EU policymakers should be focused on implementing the law, not picking it to pieces at the demand of industry lobbyists
🔗 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/a-year-...
EU policymakers should be focused on implementing the law, not picking it to pieces at the demand of industry lobbyists
🔗 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/a-year-...
September 22, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Meanwhile the #EUDR – which can rid EU supply chains of dirty soy – is under threat once again
EU policymakers should be focused on implementing the law, not picking it to pieces at the demand of industry lobbyists
🔗 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/a-year-...
EU policymakers should be focused on implementing the law, not picking it to pieces at the demand of industry lobbyists
🔗 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/a-year-...
Secret Ingredient: A year of inaction⚠️
In September 2024, our investigation linked soy used in feed for chicken sold by McDonald’s and Europe’s leading supermarkets to deforestation, land grabbing, corruption and rights abuses in Brazil’s Cerrado.
So, what's happened since?
In September 2024, our investigation linked soy used in feed for chicken sold by McDonald’s and Europe’s leading supermarkets to deforestation, land grabbing, corruption and rights abuses in Brazil’s Cerrado.
So, what's happened since?
September 22, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Secret Ingredient: A year of inaction⚠️
In September 2024, our investigation linked soy used in feed for chicken sold by McDonald’s and Europe’s leading supermarkets to deforestation, land grabbing, corruption and rights abuses in Brazil’s Cerrado.
So, what's happened since?
In September 2024, our investigation linked soy used in feed for chicken sold by McDonald’s and Europe’s leading supermarkets to deforestation, land grabbing, corruption and rights abuses in Brazil’s Cerrado.
So, what's happened since?
⚠️ But progress is unsteady and the Cerrado's future is far from guaranteed.
Last year, it lost more land to deforestation than any other biome in Brazil.
Our upcoming analysis will show agribusiness continues to drive the destruction - watch this space! 👀
Last year, it lost more land to deforestation than any other biome in Brazil.
Our upcoming analysis will show agribusiness continues to drive the destruction - watch this space! 👀
September 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
⚠️ But progress is unsteady and the Cerrado's future is far from guaranteed.
Last year, it lost more land to deforestation than any other biome in Brazil.
Our upcoming analysis will show agribusiness continues to drive the destruction - watch this space! 👀
Last year, it lost more land to deforestation than any other biome in Brazil.
Our upcoming analysis will show agribusiness continues to drive the destruction - watch this space! 👀
“Women who defend land rights and natural resources against mega-projects face greater risks and are among the most at-risk human rights defenders globally.”
Their rights must be protected, and corporations must be held accountable.
Read CJC's new briefing 🔗 bit.ly/4gmL2jy
Their rights must be protected, and corporations must be held accountable.
Read CJC's new briefing 🔗 bit.ly/4gmL2jy
September 9, 2025 at 9:39 AM
“Women who defend land rights and natural resources against mega-projects face greater risks and are among the most at-risk human rights defenders globally.”
Their rights must be protected, and corporations must be held accountable.
Read CJC's new briefing 🔗 bit.ly/4gmL2jy
Their rights must be protected, and corporations must be held accountable.
Read CJC's new briefing 🔗 bit.ly/4gmL2jy
What a way to start the week – we’ve just received a copy in the post of @nytimes.com featuring our investigation on the front page!
Despite high-profile coverage exposing how its demand for wood is fueling the destruction of Borneo’s rainforests, the US RV industry remains silent. 🤐
Despite high-profile coverage exposing how its demand for wood is fueling the destruction of Borneo’s rainforests, the US RV industry remains silent. 🤐
September 8, 2025 at 10:46 AM
What a way to start the week – we’ve just received a copy in the post of @nytimes.com featuring our investigation on the front page!
Despite high-profile coverage exposing how its demand for wood is fueling the destruction of Borneo’s rainforests, the US RV industry remains silent. 🤐
Despite high-profile coverage exposing how its demand for wood is fueling the destruction of Borneo’s rainforests, the US RV industry remains silent. 🤐
🌲🚐 Our new investigation reveals how America’s RVs are driving rainforest destruction in Indonesia.
🔗 earthsight.org.uk/news/unhappy...
🪵500 rainforest trees destroyed every day.
🦧Orangutan habitat bulldozed.
This is what "sustainability" looks like in the RV industry 👇
🔗 earthsight.org.uk/news/unhappy...
🪵500 rainforest trees destroyed every day.
🦧Orangutan habitat bulldozed.
This is what "sustainability" looks like in the RV industry 👇
August 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
🌲🚐 Our new investigation reveals how America’s RVs are driving rainforest destruction in Indonesia.
🔗 earthsight.org.uk/news/unhappy...
🪵500 rainforest trees destroyed every day.
🦧Orangutan habitat bulldozed.
This is what "sustainability" looks like in the RV industry 👇
🔗 earthsight.org.uk/news/unhappy...
🪵500 rainforest trees destroyed every day.
🦧Orangutan habitat bulldozed.
This is what "sustainability" looks like in the RV industry 👇
A love of nature and the great outdoors is the #1 reason Americans give for buying RVs.
But many of these vehicles are linked to the destruction of vast swathes of rainforest and orangutan habitat.
Explore our latest investigation 🔗 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/unhappy...
But many of these vehicles are linked to the destruction of vast swathes of rainforest and orangutan habitat.
Explore our latest investigation 🔗 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/unhappy...
August 19, 2025 at 12:49 PM
A love of nature and the great outdoors is the #1 reason Americans give for buying RVs.
But many of these vehicles are linked to the destruction of vast swathes of rainforest and orangutan habitat.
Explore our latest investigation 🔗 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/unhappy...
But many of these vehicles are linked to the destruction of vast swathes of rainforest and orangutan habitat.
Explore our latest investigation 🔗 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/unhappy...
BREAKING: The European Parliament has voted on a non-binding Austrian EPP resolution calling for measures to weaken the #EUDR.
Our reaction ⬇️🧵
Our reaction ⬇️🧵
July 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
BREAKING: The European Parliament has voted on a non-binding Austrian EPP resolution calling for measures to weaken the #EUDR.
Our reaction ⬇️🧵
Our reaction ⬇️🧵
Apyterewa is the most heavily deforested Indigenous land in the Brazilian Amazon, with an area larger than New York City cleared in recent years.
We've exposed the companies connected to cattle raised there illegally, including suppliers to luxury EU brands. 🔗 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/hidden-...
We've exposed the companies connected to cattle raised there illegally, including suppliers to luxury EU brands. 🔗 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/hidden-...
July 8, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Apyterewa is the most heavily deforested Indigenous land in the Brazilian Amazon, with an area larger than New York City cleared in recent years.
We've exposed the companies connected to cattle raised there illegally, including suppliers to luxury EU brands. 🔗 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/hidden-...
We've exposed the companies connected to cattle raised there illegally, including suppliers to luxury EU brands. 🔗 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/hidden-...
O PREÇO OCULTO DO LUXO: revelamos como bolsas de couro estão expostas ao desmatamento ilegal e à grilagem de terras na Amazônia.
Nossa investigação levanta dúvidas sobre as cadeias de fornecimento de marcas de luxo.
📖 Leia o relatório completo em inglês: www.earthsight.org.uk/news/hidden-...
Nossa investigação levanta dúvidas sobre as cadeias de fornecimento de marcas de luxo.
📖 Leia o relatório completo em inglês: www.earthsight.org.uk/news/hidden-...
June 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
O PREÇO OCULTO DO LUXO: revelamos como bolsas de couro estão expostas ao desmatamento ilegal e à grilagem de terras na Amazônia.
Nossa investigação levanta dúvidas sobre as cadeias de fornecimento de marcas de luxo.
📖 Leia o relatório completo em inglês: www.earthsight.org.uk/news/hidden-...
Nossa investigação levanta dúvidas sobre as cadeias de fornecimento de marcas de luxo.
📖 Leia o relatório completo em inglês: www.earthsight.org.uk/news/hidden-...
Illegal cattle ranching is a threat to the world’s forests.
Laws like the EU Deforestation Regulation can help ensure European consumption stops driving the destruction.
Policymakers must stand firm and implement the #EUDR as planned. ✊
Laws like the EU Deforestation Regulation can help ensure European consumption stops driving the destruction.
Policymakers must stand firm and implement the #EUDR as planned. ✊
June 24, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Illegal cattle ranching is a threat to the world’s forests.
Laws like the EU Deforestation Regulation can help ensure European consumption stops driving the destruction.
Policymakers must stand firm and implement the #EUDR as planned. ✊
Laws like the EU Deforestation Regulation can help ensure European consumption stops driving the destruction.
Policymakers must stand firm and implement the #EUDR as planned. ✊
What is the real cost of a luxury handbag? 👜
🌳 Illegal deforestation
🪓 Invasions of Indigenous land
Our latest investigation traces leather from cattle raised on illegally cleared Amazon land through tanneries in Brazil and Italy, to high-end handbags sold by Coach.
🌳 Illegal deforestation
🪓 Invasions of Indigenous land
Our latest investigation traces leather from cattle raised on illegally cleared Amazon land through tanneries in Brazil and Italy, to high-end handbags sold by Coach.
June 24, 2025 at 8:43 AM
What is the real cost of a luxury handbag? 👜
🌳 Illegal deforestation
🪓 Invasions of Indigenous land
Our latest investigation traces leather from cattle raised on illegally cleared Amazon land through tanneries in Brazil and Italy, to high-end handbags sold by Coach.
🌳 Illegal deforestation
🪓 Invasions of Indigenous land
Our latest investigation traces leather from cattle raised on illegally cleared Amazon land through tanneries in Brazil and Italy, to high-end handbags sold by Coach.
🚌🛑Our new analysis shows how the EU Commission's Omnibus package could let major European retailers off the hook for environmental and human rights abuses we’ve exposed in their supply chains. @ec.europa.eu #NoToOmnibus
🔗 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/omnibus...
🔗 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/omnibus...
May 2, 2025 at 8:35 AM
🚌🛑Our new analysis shows how the EU Commission's Omnibus package could let major European retailers off the hook for environmental and human rights abuses we’ve exposed in their supply chains. @ec.europa.eu #NoToOmnibus
🔗 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/omnibus...
🔗 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/omnibus...
“Companies profit, forests fall: everyone pays the price.”
@globalcanopy.org's #Forest500 report is out!🌳
With major forests like the #Amazon at risk of reaching a tipping point, urgent action is needed to tackle #deforestation in global supply chains.
👉 forest500.org/reports/
@globalcanopy.org's #Forest500 report is out!🌳
With major forests like the #Amazon at risk of reaching a tipping point, urgent action is needed to tackle #deforestation in global supply chains.
👉 forest500.org/reports/
April 29, 2025 at 9:46 AM
“Companies profit, forests fall: everyone pays the price.”
@globalcanopy.org's #Forest500 report is out!🌳
With major forests like the #Amazon at risk of reaching a tipping point, urgent action is needed to tackle #deforestation in global supply chains.
👉 forest500.org/reports/
@globalcanopy.org's #Forest500 report is out!🌳
With major forests like the #Amazon at risk of reaching a tipping point, urgent action is needed to tackle #deforestation in global supply chains.
👉 forest500.org/reports/
🌎 On #EarthDay, we're calling on the UK government to fulfill its 2021 promise to ban commodities produced on illegally deforested land.
The delay has already cost forests worldwide.
We demand ambitious regulations before #COP30 in November 🔗 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/earth-d...
The delay has already cost forests worldwide.
We demand ambitious regulations before #COP30 in November 🔗 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/earth-d...
April 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🌎 On #EarthDay, we're calling on the UK government to fulfill its 2021 promise to ban commodities produced on illegally deforested land.
The delay has already cost forests worldwide.
We demand ambitious regulations before #COP30 in November 🔗 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/earth-d...
The delay has already cost forests worldwide.
We demand ambitious regulations before #COP30 in November 🔗 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/earth-d...
In 2024 alone, over $2.1 billion of Russian birch plywood was imported to the US.
Russian timber now represents more than 50% of all US-bound Russian shipments.
It’s one of the few major trade flows untouched by US sanctions.
Russian timber now represents more than 50% of all US-bound Russian shipments.
It’s one of the few major trade flows untouched by US sanctions.
April 16, 2025 at 9:52 AM
In 2024 alone, over $2.1 billion of Russian birch plywood was imported to the US.
Russian timber now represents more than 50% of all US-bound Russian shipments.
It’s one of the few major trade flows untouched by US sanctions.
Russian timber now represents more than 50% of all US-bound Russian shipments.
It’s one of the few major trade flows untouched by US sanctions.
A huge thank you to everyone who shared the report, wrote articles, interviewed our team, and advocated for systemic change in the sector. This isn’t the end of the fight. ✊
If you haven’t done so already, read the report in full ➡️ www.earthsight.org.uk/fashion-crimes
If you haven’t done so already, read the report in full ➡️ www.earthsight.org.uk/fashion-crimes
April 11, 2025 at 8:20 AM
A huge thank you to everyone who shared the report, wrote articles, interviewed our team, and advocated for systemic change in the sector. This isn’t the end of the fight. ✊
If you haven’t done so already, read the report in full ➡️ www.earthsight.org.uk/fashion-crimes
If you haven’t done so already, read the report in full ➡️ www.earthsight.org.uk/fashion-crimes
Last year, Better Cotton found itself at the centre of the scandal.
Since then, it’s failed to acknowledge the land grabbing that underpins agricultural expansion in Brazil. This has left traditional communities and the Cerrado at the mercy of greedy agribusinesses.
Since then, it’s failed to acknowledge the land grabbing that underpins agricultural expansion in Brazil. This has left traditional communities and the Cerrado at the mercy of greedy agribusinesses.
April 11, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Last year, Better Cotton found itself at the centre of the scandal.
Since then, it’s failed to acknowledge the land grabbing that underpins agricultural expansion in Brazil. This has left traditional communities and the Cerrado at the mercy of greedy agribusinesses.
Since then, it’s failed to acknowledge the land grabbing that underpins agricultural expansion in Brazil. This has left traditional communities and the Cerrado at the mercy of greedy agribusinesses.
Even though deforestation rates in the Cerrado reduced by a quarter from 2023 to 2024, the expansion of cotton remains a threat.
Since Fashion Crimes, Brazil has overtaken the US as the world’s largest exporter of cotton – a position that could cost the biome its future.
Since Fashion Crimes, Brazil has overtaken the US as the world’s largest exporter of cotton – a position that could cost the biome its future.
April 11, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Even though deforestation rates in the Cerrado reduced by a quarter from 2023 to 2024, the expansion of cotton remains a threat.
Since Fashion Crimes, Brazil has overtaken the US as the world’s largest exporter of cotton – a position that could cost the biome its future.
Since Fashion Crimes, Brazil has overtaken the US as the world’s largest exporter of cotton – a position that could cost the biome its future.