Climate change: new rules for companies to help limit global deforestation

September 16, 2022 EcoVadis EN


  • An area larger than the EU was lost to deforestation from 1990 to 2020, with EU consumption representing around 10% of losses
  • Parliament also wants pigmeat, sheep and goats, poultry, maize, rubber, charcoal and printed paper products covered by the new rules
  • Human rights and the rights of indigenous people to be added as requirements


Read the full article at: www.europarl.europa.eu

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