Great news from Ukraine!🌳 Following an outcry from local and international NGOs, the Ukrainian parliament voted AGAINST a dangerous law that would abolish public consultations for clear cuts under 10 hectares. Under the guise of war, Ukraine's logging industry is attempting to intensify harvesting in the country's precious Carpathian forests. But thanks to Ukrainian colleagues' tireless work in unprecedented conditions, they did not succeed - this time. Read the letter here: https://bit.ly/47cI4tk WWF-Ukraine Ukrainian nature conservation group (UNCG) Ecoaction - Centre for Environmental Initiatives 🇺🇦
Earthsight
Non-profit Organizations
Private eyes for the planet. We expose environmental and social crime, injustice and the links to global consumption.
About us
Earthsight is a non-profit organisation committed to harnessing the power of primary investigative research and reporting to bring attention to pressing issues of human rights and environmental justice. We aim to get to the core of an issue, using a range of investigative research methods to obtain first-hand, documented evidence of crimes against both people and the planet which is irrefutable and impossible to ignore. By following the money and tracing supply chains, our research also aims to expose the complicity of consumers and financiers in abetting these abuses. Since its foundation in 2007, Earthsight has tackled a wide range of issues, from electronic waste smuggling to conflict timber, and from sweatshops to the ivory trade. The results of Earthsight's research, identifying abuses and tracking the associated products to their end markets, have received high-profile attention in the media and among policy-makers, and have led to changes in the policies of governments, corporations and financial institutions. For the first ten years of its existence, Earthsight operated mainly behind the scenes. Our research lay behind many major exposés by human rights and environment organisations. It also contributed to reports carried on flagship investigative TV documentary series. Since 2016, we have come out from the shadows, choosing our own stories and publishing them in our own name.
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http://www.earthsight.org.uk
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- 11-50 employees
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- 2007
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Earthsight reposted this
The EU Deforestation Regulation is a landmark contribution to the global fight against #deforestation. It has already spurred improvements in producer countries. However, forest destruction is still rampant and the #EUDR is as relevant as ever. This webinar, co-hosted by Fern and Mighty Earth, will provide an opportunity to learn more about how governments, companies and producers are preparing for the EUDR, and how it is creating opportunities for ‘win-win’ business and nature outcomes. 📅 Thursday 5 September ⏰ 14:00-15:30 CEST 📍 online Facilitated by Philippa Nuttall of the Financial Times, speakers include: ➜ Katja Albrecht of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH ➜ MICHAEL EKOW AMOAH of Cocobod ➜ Juliette Cody of Barry Callebaut Group ➜ Mansuetus Darto of Serikat Petani Kelapa Sawit (SPKS) ➜ Raoni Rajão, PhD of Ministério do Meio Ambiente e Mudança do Clima Register here 👇 https://lnkd.in/eN7inarz Learn more about the event 👇 https://lnkd.in/eWJT_YMZ
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Gaps in #cotton #traceability... Find out more in the latest issue of our biweekly #newsletter. Named in the articles: ba&sh, Koltiva, Manfred Borer, Lucy King,Cotton Australia, Debra Guo, Textile Exchange, Brooke Summers, Rajan Bhopal, Gerson Fajardo, Fairtrade International, Forest Stewardship Council, Rainforest Alliance, Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), Round Table on Responsible Soy Association (RTRS), Earthsight, Goodwill Industries International, Karla Magruder, Brittany Dickinson, Robin Wiener, AMERIPEN, Green Bay Packaging, Frontier Waste Solutions, Simon Ferrigno, The Fashion Pact, Phil Patterson, Lenzing Group, Alexander Kohnstamm, Rogier Van Mazijk, Lavinia Muth, Baptiste Carriere-Pradal, Alberto Candiani, Lutz Walter, Nicole Rycroft, Ed Massura,Vickie Rotante, Edward Hertzman, Melissa Dusenberry, Laryssa Wirstiuk, Megan Crabtree #transparency, #sustainablefashion, #fashionbrands
Aware™ presents the Fashion Traceability News Thread #68
GO TRACE - More Traceability, for Responsible Fashion on LinkedIn
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Certification fails across the board to fully meet core requirements of the European Deforestation Regulation. In most cases certificate holders continue to maintain their certificates even when they violate national laws and are implicated in deforestation and forest degradation. 👉 Read this Earthsight blog for a quick update on recent scientific work : https://lnkd.in/dVprkqGN
Academic study confirms green labels fall short of requirements set by upcoming EU deforestation law
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A new academic study has found that green labels fall short of requirements set by the EU Deforestation Regulation. Of the five green labels assessed - FSC, RTRS, RSPO, Fairtrade and Rainforest Alliance - NONE fully aligned with the most important requirements of the EUDR. The study found that all schemes had a lenient attitude towards non-compliance, with actors being allowed to retain certification despite violating laws, increasing the risk of EUDR non-compliance. Earthsight has previously highlighted that this is because the burden of proof set by certification schemes, which allows entities to retain certification despite glaring evidence of wrongdoing, is the opposite of the EUDR’s ‘negligible risk’ approach. All schemes allowed the mixing of certified & non-certified products, meaning there’s a risk that their traceability systems “are associated with deforestation and non-compliance with legislation.” Often, mixed products are certified even if they come from deforested lands. Though some schemes are in the process of introducing changes in light of EUDR requirements, early indications are that these will be insufficient to address the many flaws identified. This study is fresh evidence of why policymakers must continue to ensure that these schemes are not relied on to demonstrate compliance with the EUDR.
Academic study confirms green labels fall short of requirements set by upcoming EU deforestation law
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📣This is Week 3 of 10 Weeks of Impact! And we're looking at Earthsight's campaign 'Fashion Crimes', which is working to expose the connection between fast fashion giants in the West and destruction of the Cerrado biome in Brazil, following a year long investigation. Their investigation has found that cotton used by Zara and H&M, which is certified as ethical by the world's largest cotton certification scheme 'Better Cotton', is actually linked to land grabbing, human rights violations, illegal deforestation and corruption by two large agribusinesses in Brazil. They argue that the failure of the fashion sector to monitor and ensure legality in its cotton supply chains, means that governments in wealthy consumer markets must regulate them. Find out more about their work here: https://loom.ly/Kc14XE8 #ClimateJustice #SocialJustice #Changemakers #SpaceForChange
Fashion Crimes
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The Brazilian government wants to protect the Amazon by allowing MORE logging. However, studies have shown that the adverse impacts of selective logging on tropical forests are much greater than previously thought. 🌳 Selective logging was shown to reduce forests' capacity to provide ecosystem services at a rate comparable to - and sometimes greater than - deforestation! Such studies cast doubt over claims that the best way to protect forests is by logging them. Read more here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eHdPzxqa Firms operating timber concessions in remote areas of Brazil have been ineffective at stopping illegal encroachments. The government should be wary of false solutions to preserve the Amazon and consider expanding and safeguarding protected forests instead.
Brazil to allow miles of selective logging in effort to preserve the Amazon
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New Earthsight analysis reveals that EU consumers have been buying beef & leather from firms uncovered by the Environmental Investigation Agency as linked to illegalities in the Brazilian Amazon. This is just the latest example of scandal after scandal that demonstrates how EU consumption drives devastating deforestation. At a time when the groundbreaking #EUDR is under threat from lobbyists seeking to delay and weaken it, this analysis serves as a timely reminder that without the law, European consumption will continue to drive deforestation and rights abuses overseas. We showed that cattle raised illegally within the Apyterewa indigenous territory have been traced to JBS and Frigol S/A supply chains. JBS has been plagued for decades with allegations of deforestation, land grabbing and human rights abuses in Brazil. ➡ We found that between January and November 2023, JBS was responsible for 51 per cent of Brazilian beef exports to the EU. ➡ According to Earthsight’s analyses of shipment records, JBS exported approximately 9,333 tonnes of leather to the EU in 2023, with Italy and Spain accounting for the highest import volumes. Industry pushback to the EUDR has been ramping up as its enforcement draws closer. The EUDR needs timely & effective enforcement. EU corporations have failed to clean up supply chains despite years of warnings. This is devastating indigenous communities in Brazil. With each passing year, the world’s biomes & climate are pushed further towards irreversible tipping points. 🌴🪵 Read the full analysis here 🔗 https://bit.ly/46bWXM4
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Good morning America! ☀ You may be interested to know that the ATLANTIC NAVIGATOR II ship is offloading its cargo of Russian conflict timber, soon to be distributed across the USA, as we speak. This ship was at the centre of an international scandal in March when it was detained and then released by German customs. The US must stop lining the pockets of Russian oligarchs and ban this tainted trade, as the EU and UK have already done. Read more here 🔗 https://t.co/n0vcbVbrja You can also track the ANII live👉 https://bit.ly/3WqVZrS
Cargo ship loaded with €40m of Russian conflict timber seized in Germany
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