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‼️🌳 On #WorldRainforestDay, Earthsight, with the support of CCCA, reveals suspect timber from the Amazon continues to flow into Europe
Dutch companies Hoogendoorn Hout & Van den Berg Houtgroep have sourced thousands of m3 of timber from an Amazon concession operated by Brazilian firm Samise
Dutch companies Hoogendoorn Hout & Van den Berg Houtgroep have sourced thousands of m3 of timber from an Amazon concession operated by Brazilian firm Samise
🎉 This summer we celebrated a major milestone. We have now spent ten years investigating environmental crime and injustice worldwide and exposing the complicity of Western corporations.
Read about our impact in a timeline of our greatest hits ➡️ www.earthsight.org.uk/news/investi...
Read about our impact in a timeline of our greatest hits ➡️ www.earthsight.org.uk/news/investi...
10 years of impact: Explore our investigations
This summer marks 10 years since Earthsight began exposing crime and injustice linked to global commodities.
www.earthsight.org.uk
September 28, 2026 at 9:13 AM
🎉 This summer we celebrated a major milestone. We have now spent ten years investigating environmental crime and injustice worldwide and exposing the complicity of Western corporations.
Read about our impact in a timeline of our greatest hits ➡️ www.earthsight.org.uk/news/investi...
Read about our impact in a timeline of our greatest hits ➡️ www.earthsight.org.uk/news/investi...
One year ago, our research exposing how the US RV industry is using Indonesian plywood sourced from the destruction of Borneo's forests was featured in @nytimes.com.
But last month, the US exempted Indonesian lauan plywood from a new 10% tariff after lobbying by the RV Industry Association.
But last month, the US exempted Indonesian lauan plywood from a new 10% tariff after lobbying by the RV Industry Association.
Unhappy Campers: How America's RV industry is destroying Indonesia's rainforests
Our new investigation reveals that wood used in America’s favourite RVs can be traced to the devastation of Borneo’s rainforests
www.earthsight.org.uk
August 26, 2026 at 9:16 AM
One year ago, our research exposing how the US RV industry is using Indonesian plywood sourced from the destruction of Borneo's forests was featured in @nytimes.com.
But last month, the US exempted Indonesian lauan plywood from a new 10% tariff after lobbying by the RV Industry Association.
But last month, the US exempted Indonesian lauan plywood from a new 10% tariff after lobbying by the RV Industry Association.
How well do certification schemes align (on paper) with the EUDR?
A new report analyses 10 voluntary certification schemes against core EUDR requirements, finding that most do not fully align.
Certification can provide useful information, but cannot guarantee adherence to the law. Read the report⬇️
A new report analyses 10 voluntary certification schemes against core EUDR requirements, finding that most do not fully align.
Certification can provide useful information, but cannot guarantee adherence to the law. Read the report⬇️
How well do certification scheme requirements align (on paper) with the EU Deforestation Regulation?
www.earthsight.org.uk
August 18, 2026 at 11:14 AM
How well do certification schemes align (on paper) with the EUDR?
A new report analyses 10 voluntary certification schemes against core EUDR requirements, finding that most do not fully align.
Certification can provide useful information, but cannot guarantee adherence to the law. Read the report⬇️
A new report analyses 10 voluntary certification schemes against core EUDR requirements, finding that most do not fully align.
Certification can provide useful information, but cannot guarantee adherence to the law. Read the report⬇️
Brazil's Supreme Federal Court will decide the future of the Amazonian Soy Moratorium – the most effective voluntary zero-deforestation agreement.🌳
If abandoned, it could lead to 1.4m extra hectares of Amazon forest loss by 2036.‼️
The ruling has global implications for tackling deforestation.
If abandoned, it could lead to 1.4m extra hectares of Amazon forest loss by 2036.‼️
The ruling has global implications for tackling deforestation.
August 6, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Brazil's Supreme Federal Court will decide the future of the Amazonian Soy Moratorium – the most effective voluntary zero-deforestation agreement.🌳
If abandoned, it could lead to 1.4m extra hectares of Amazon forest loss by 2036.‼️
The ruling has global implications for tackling deforestation.
If abandoned, it could lead to 1.4m extra hectares of Amazon forest loss by 2036.‼️
The ruling has global implications for tackling deforestation.
📢 A new study from Cornell University & New York University debunks leather tanneries’ claims that their sector has no direct impact on deforestation.
Researchers found hides make up 8% of a cow’s value at the slaughterhouse level – which can be instrumental to profitability when margins are tight.
Researchers found hides make up 8% of a cow’s value at the slaughterhouse level – which can be instrumental to profitability when margins are tight.
August 5, 2026 at 12:24 PM
📢 A new study from Cornell University & New York University debunks leather tanneries’ claims that their sector has no direct impact on deforestation.
Researchers found hides make up 8% of a cow’s value at the slaughterhouse level – which can be instrumental to profitability when margins are tight.
Researchers found hides make up 8% of a cow’s value at the slaughterhouse level – which can be instrumental to profitability when margins are tight.
⚠️High-street fashion brands have once again been exposed for sourcing dirty cotton from Brazil⚠️
Repórter Brasil’s new investigation traces cotton used by factories supplying Gap, adidas and Levi Strauss & Co. to a producer accused of subjecting workers to conditions analogous to slavery.
Repórter Brasil’s new investigation traces cotton used by factories supplying Gap, adidas and Levi Strauss & Co. to a producer accused of subjecting workers to conditions analogous to slavery.
Farm linked to slave labor holds sustainability certification and ties to luxury brands - Repórter Brasil
Oscar Luiz Cervi, cited over slave labor at a cotton farm, sells his output to Bunge; the US multinational owns Viterra, a cotton exporter that supplies manufacturers producing for brands including Ga...
reporterbrasil.org.br
August 4, 2026 at 10:50 AM
⚠️High-street fashion brands have once again been exposed for sourcing dirty cotton from Brazil⚠️
Repórter Brasil’s new investigation traces cotton used by factories supplying Gap, adidas and Levi Strauss & Co. to a producer accused of subjecting workers to conditions analogous to slavery.
Repórter Brasil’s new investigation traces cotton used by factories supplying Gap, adidas and Levi Strauss & Co. to a producer accused of subjecting workers to conditions analogous to slavery.
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The collapse of the Amazon Soy Moratorium puts millions of hectares of rainforest at risk of legal clearing, a study warns.
Researchers estimate the pact's end could drive 1.4 million hectares of direct deforestation over a decade, releasing carbon equal to Canada's annual emissions.
Researchers estimate the pact's end could drive 1.4 million hectares of direct deforestation over a decade, releasing carbon equal to Canada's annual emissions.
End of Brazil’s Soy Moratorium risks millions of hectares of Amazon rainforest: Study
Millions of hectares of Amazon rainforest are newly at risk of being legally deforested, a new study estimates. The potential increase in deforestation comes as soy companies have terminated their…
mongabay.cc
July 29, 2026 at 9:58 PM
The collapse of the Amazon Soy Moratorium puts millions of hectares of rainforest at risk of legal clearing, a study warns.
Researchers estimate the pact's end could drive 1.4 million hectares of direct deforestation over a decade, releasing carbon equal to Canada's annual emissions.
Researchers estimate the pact's end could drive 1.4 million hectares of direct deforestation over a decade, releasing carbon equal to Canada's annual emissions.
🗓️On 21 October 2026, we’re joining the Good Business Matters mass lobby with @corporatejusticeuk.bsky.social to meet MPs and call for a Business, Human Rights & Environment Act that protects people and the environment from corporate-driven harms. Find out more: www.goodbusinessmatters.org/masslobby
July 28, 2026 at 12:27 PM
🗓️On 21 October 2026, we’re joining the Good Business Matters mass lobby with @corporatejusticeuk.bsky.social to meet MPs and call for a Business, Human Rights & Environment Act that protects people and the environment from corporate-driven harms. Find out more: www.goodbusinessmatters.org/masslobby
🌳‼️Good news from Brazil: the Amazon recorded its lowest burned area since records began in 1985.
In 2025, 3.1 million hectares burned, down from a record-breaking 15.8 million hectares affected in 2024. 📉
🔗 brasil.mapbiomas.org/2026/07/21/a...
In 2025, 3.1 million hectares burned, down from a record-breaking 15.8 million hectares affected in 2024. 📉
🔗 brasil.mapbiomas.org/2026/07/21/a...
July 27, 2026 at 10:48 AM
🌳‼️Good news from Brazil: the Amazon recorded its lowest burned area since records began in 1985.
In 2025, 3.1 million hectares burned, down from a record-breaking 15.8 million hectares affected in 2024. 📉
🔗 brasil.mapbiomas.org/2026/07/21/a...
In 2025, 3.1 million hectares burned, down from a record-breaking 15.8 million hectares affected in 2024. 📉
🔗 brasil.mapbiomas.org/2026/07/21/a...
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Why should Andy Burnham prioritise corporate justice?
Read our letter sent to the new Prime Minister on his first day in office to see why new corporate accountability legislation is closely aligned with some of this Government's key priorties
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Read our letter sent to the new Prime Minister on his first day in office to see why new corporate accountability legislation is closely aligned with some of this Government's key priorties
shorturl.at/HkbNX
CJC welcomes new PM and explains why new corporate accountability...
Yesterday, Monday 20 July, Andy Burnham was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of the UK. Read below the letter CJC and our partners sent to welcome him into office. In it, we explain why action to pr...
corporatejusticecoalition.org
July 21, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Why should Andy Burnham prioritise corporate justice?
Read our letter sent to the new Prime Minister on his first day in office to see why new corporate accountability legislation is closely aligned with some of this Government's key priorties
shorturl.at/HkbNX
Read our letter sent to the new Prime Minister on his first day in office to see why new corporate accountability legislation is closely aligned with some of this Government's key priorties
shorturl.at/HkbNX
🚨 @ec.europa.eu has released its final changes to the list of products covered by the EU Deforestation Regulation.
Leather will no longer be covered by this important supply chain law, despite evidence linking EU leather imports to deforestation. #EUDR
🔗 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/eudr-pr...
Leather will no longer be covered by this important supply chain law, despite evidence linking EU leather imports to deforestation. #EUDR
🔗 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/eudr-pr...
July 13, 2026 at 2:05 PM
🚨 @ec.europa.eu has released its final changes to the list of products covered by the EU Deforestation Regulation.
Leather will no longer be covered by this important supply chain law, despite evidence linking EU leather imports to deforestation. #EUDR
🔗 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/eudr-pr...
Leather will no longer be covered by this important supply chain law, despite evidence linking EU leather imports to deforestation. #EUDR
🔗 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/eudr-pr...
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An @earthsight.bsky.social investigation reveals that wood from a Brazilian logging company repeatedly banned for illegal extraction may have entered the Netherlands.
Dutch firms imported the timber via an exporter, sparking calls for strict enforcement of the EU Deforestation Regulation.
Dutch firms imported the timber via an exporter, sparking calls for strict enforcement of the EU Deforestation Regulation.
Dutch importers linked to suspect Amazon timber, investigation finds
Two Dutch timber importers are at the center of a new investigation that shows they may have purchased suspect wood sourced to one of the largest logging companies in Brazil, which had temporarily…
mongabay.cc
July 4, 2026 at 5:14 PM
An @earthsight.bsky.social investigation reveals that wood from a Brazilian logging company repeatedly banned for illegal extraction may have entered the Netherlands.
Dutch firms imported the timber via an exporter, sparking calls for strict enforcement of the EU Deforestation Regulation.
Dutch firms imported the timber via an exporter, sparking calls for strict enforcement of the EU Deforestation Regulation.
The EU Commission is proposing to add language specifically excluding ‘waste’ palm oil from the scope of the EU Deforestation Regulation, according to a draft leaked last week.
This would see more than ¼ of all palm oil imports to the EU from Indonesia and Malaysia exempt from the #EUDR.
This would see more than ¼ of all palm oil imports to the EU from Indonesia and Malaysia exempt from the #EUDR.
July 9, 2026 at 11:24 AM
The EU Commission is proposing to add language specifically excluding ‘waste’ palm oil from the scope of the EU Deforestation Regulation, according to a draft leaked last week.
This would see more than ¼ of all palm oil imports to the EU from Indonesia and Malaysia exempt from the #EUDR.
This would see more than ¼ of all palm oil imports to the EU from Indonesia and Malaysia exempt from the #EUDR.
Yesterday, Earthsight and @mightyearth.org assembled outside Lineapelle London, a major leather trade fair, to ask tanneries and fashion brands: do you know where your leather comes from? 📢
Brands using leather must demand that all the leather they buy is deforestation-free and legally sourced.‼️🐄
Brands using leather must demand that all the leather they buy is deforestation-free and legally sourced.‼️🐄
July 1, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Yesterday, Earthsight and @mightyearth.org assembled outside Lineapelle London, a major leather trade fair, to ask tanneries and fashion brands: do you know where your leather comes from? 📢
Brands using leather must demand that all the leather they buy is deforestation-free and legally sourced.‼️🐄
Brands using leather must demand that all the leather they buy is deforestation-free and legally sourced.‼️🐄
‼️The UK Government has announced new regulations aiming to end UK consumption of products grown on illegally deforested land.
UK businesses will need to ensure forest-risk commodities they sell are not produced from illegal deforestation.
UK businesses will need to ensure forest-risk commodities they sell are not produced from illegal deforestation.
June 23, 2026 at 9:54 AM
‼️The UK Government has announced new regulations aiming to end UK consumption of products grown on illegally deforested land.
UK businesses will need to ensure forest-risk commodities they sell are not produced from illegal deforestation.
UK businesses will need to ensure forest-risk commodities they sell are not produced from illegal deforestation.
‼️🌳 On #WorldRainforestDay, Earthsight, with the support of CCCA, reveals suspect timber from the Amazon continues to flow into Europe
Dutch companies Hoogendoorn Hout & Van den Berg Houtgroep have sourced thousands of m3 of timber from an Amazon concession operated by Brazilian firm Samise
Dutch companies Hoogendoorn Hout & Van den Berg Houtgroep have sourced thousands of m3 of timber from an Amazon concession operated by Brazilian firm Samise
June 22, 2026 at 10:01 AM
‼️🌳 On #WorldRainforestDay, Earthsight, with the support of CCCA, reveals suspect timber from the Amazon continues to flow into Europe
Dutch companies Hoogendoorn Hout & Van den Berg Houtgroep have sourced thousands of m3 of timber from an Amazon concession operated by Brazilian firm Samise
Dutch companies Hoogendoorn Hout & Van den Berg Houtgroep have sourced thousands of m3 of timber from an Amazon concession operated by Brazilian firm Samise
Indonesian paper giant, APRIL, has said it will buy wood fibre from companies that cleared over 47,000 hectares of tropical forest since 2020.🪵
We've joined 22 other NGOs to condemn the decision, calling on them to uphold their sustainability commitments & reject suppliers linked to deforestation.
We've joined 22 other NGOs to condemn the decision, calling on them to uphold their sustainability commitments & reject suppliers linked to deforestation.
Indonesia’s second-biggest pulp and paper producer buying from country’s worst deforesters
APRIL will buy from timber companies which have together cleared more than 47,000 hectares of precious tropical forest since 2020
www.earthsight.org.uk
June 3, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Indonesian paper giant, APRIL, has said it will buy wood fibre from companies that cleared over 47,000 hectares of tropical forest since 2020.🪵
We've joined 22 other NGOs to condemn the decision, calling on them to uphold their sustainability commitments & reject suppliers linked to deforestation.
We've joined 22 other NGOs to condemn the decision, calling on them to uphold their sustainability commitments & reject suppliers linked to deforestation.
🙌 Over 2000 concerned citizens and organisations from across Europe and beyond raised their voices to urge the EU Commission to keep leather in the EUDR, showing they care about the EU's impact on forests and want to see industries held accountable.✊
www.earthsight.org.uk/news/leather...
www.earthsight.org.uk/news/leather...
Earthsight submission on the proposal to remove leather from the EU Deforestation Regulation
Over 2000 concerned citizens and organisations from across Europe and beyond raised their voice to urge the EU Commission to keep leather in the EUDR
www.earthsight.org.uk
June 2, 2026 at 9:10 AM
🙌 Over 2000 concerned citizens and organisations from across Europe and beyond raised their voices to urge the EU Commission to keep leather in the EUDR, showing they care about the EU's impact on forests and want to see industries held accountable.✊
www.earthsight.org.uk/news/leather...
www.earthsight.org.uk/news/leather...
📅 Join us tomorrow at SOAS, where our Latin America Senior Researcher, Lara Shirra White, will be speaking about the importance of consumer country legislation in tackling Amazon deforestation. 👇
📌 Join us at @soasuni.bsky.social #Economics for Amazon Dialogues 2026: Economics, #Deforestation🌳 and Global #Justice ⚖️🌎
🎤 Organised in collaboration with the Embassy of #Brazil in #London 🇧🇷
Info and registration 🔗 www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
🎤 Organised in collaboration with the Embassy of #Brazil in #London 🇧🇷
Info and registration 🔗 www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
June 1, 2026 at 3:21 PM
📅 Join us tomorrow at SOAS, where our Latin America Senior Researcher, Lara Shirra White, will be speaking about the importance of consumer country legislation in tackling Amazon deforestation. 👇
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Strong EU Deforestation Regulation = traceable and deforestation-free leather. The leather lobby is pushing back. Public consultation closes 1 JUNE. Have your say: tinyurl.com/zk8puwwh
@earthsight.bsky.social @clientearth.bsky.social @eia-news.bsky.social @mightyearth.org @umwelthilfe.bsky.social
@earthsight.bsky.social @clientearth.bsky.social @eia-news.bsky.social @mightyearth.org @umwelthilfe.bsky.social
May 28, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Strong EU Deforestation Regulation = traceable and deforestation-free leather. The leather lobby is pushing back. Public consultation closes 1 JUNE. Have your say: tinyurl.com/zk8puwwh
@earthsight.bsky.social @clientearth.bsky.social @eia-news.bsky.social @mightyearth.org @umwelthilfe.bsky.social
@earthsight.bsky.social @clientearth.bsky.social @eia-news.bsky.social @mightyearth.org @umwelthilfe.bsky.social
📢 CLOSING SOON: The @ec.europa.eu consultation on the EUDR ends on 1 June.
If beef from deforested land is banned, why should leather from the same cow still be allowed into the EU?
Removing leather would weaken the law and reward laggards.
Have your say 🗣️ www.earthsight.org.uk/news/have-yo...
If beef from deforested land is banned, why should leather from the same cow still be allowed into the EU?
Removing leather would weaken the law and reward laggards.
Have your say 🗣️ www.earthsight.org.uk/news/have-yo...
May 27, 2026 at 12:51 PM
📢 CLOSING SOON: The @ec.europa.eu consultation on the EUDR ends on 1 June.
If beef from deforested land is banned, why should leather from the same cow still be allowed into the EU?
Removing leather would weaken the law and reward laggards.
Have your say 🗣️ www.earthsight.org.uk/news/have-yo...
If beef from deforested land is banned, why should leather from the same cow still be allowed into the EU?
Removing leather would weaken the law and reward laggards.
Have your say 🗣️ www.earthsight.org.uk/news/have-yo...
Have your say! 🗣️
The EU Commission’s proposal to remove leather from #EUDR is open for feedback until 1 June.
Tell the Commission that removing leather would weaken the EUDR’s ability to address global deforestation.🌳
Make your voice heard ➡ www.earthsight.org.uk/news/have-yo...
The EU Commission’s proposal to remove leather from #EUDR is open for feedback until 1 June.
Tell the Commission that removing leather would weaken the EUDR’s ability to address global deforestation.🌳
Make your voice heard ➡ www.earthsight.org.uk/news/have-yo...
Tell the EU Commission to keep leather in the EUDR
The EU Commission has invited members of the public to have their say on products covered by the EUDR
www.earthsight.org.uk
May 19, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Have your say! 🗣️
The EU Commission’s proposal to remove leather from #EUDR is open for feedback until 1 June.
Tell the Commission that removing leather would weaken the EUDR’s ability to address global deforestation.🌳
Make your voice heard ➡ www.earthsight.org.uk/news/have-yo...
The EU Commission’s proposal to remove leather from #EUDR is open for feedback until 1 June.
Tell the Commission that removing leather would weaken the EUDR’s ability to address global deforestation.🌳
Make your voice heard ➡ www.earthsight.org.uk/news/have-yo...
📰 Great piece out today on the EU Commission's plan to drop leather from the EUDR ➡️ bit.ly/4uraREJ
Cattle ranching drives deforestation globally and in the Amazon. Keeping leather in scope could deliver nearly €2bn in environmental benefits per year. Instead, forests & communities will lose out.
Cattle ranching drives deforestation globally and in the Amazon. Keeping leather in scope could deliver nearly €2bn in environmental benefits per year. Instead, forests & communities will lose out.
May 5, 2026 at 3:18 PM
📰 Great piece out today on the EU Commission's plan to drop leather from the EUDR ➡️ bit.ly/4uraREJ
Cattle ranching drives deforestation globally and in the Amazon. Keeping leather in scope could deliver nearly €2bn in environmental benefits per year. Instead, forests & communities will lose out.
Cattle ranching drives deforestation globally and in the Amazon. Keeping leather in scope could deliver nearly €2bn in environmental benefits per year. Instead, forests & communities will lose out.
The European Commission has revealed its “simplification package” for the EUDR, including a proposal to remove leather from the scope.
‼️Let’s be clear: this isn’t simplification‼️
Removing leather protects industry interests and caves in to sustained lobbying: www.earthsight.org.uk/news/eudr-si...
‼️Let’s be clear: this isn’t simplification‼️
Removing leather protects industry interests and caves in to sustained lobbying: www.earthsight.org.uk/news/eudr-si...
EU Commission avoids reopening the EUDR but proposes unjustifiable exemption for leather
The Commission has caved to the European leather sector’s lobbying to exempt itself from the regulation
www.earthsight.org.uk
May 4, 2026 at 10:48 AM
The European Commission has revealed its “simplification package” for the EUDR, including a proposal to remove leather from the scope.
‼️Let’s be clear: this isn’t simplification‼️
Removing leather protects industry interests and caves in to sustained lobbying: www.earthsight.org.uk/news/eudr-si...
‼️Let’s be clear: this isn’t simplification‼️
Removing leather protects industry interests and caves in to sustained lobbying: www.earthsight.org.uk/news/eudr-si...
18 MPs and peers from across party lines have called on the UK government to implement a law designed to end the import of commodities grown on illegally deforested land. ⬇️
The world’s forests can’t wait; 8.1 million hectares were lost in 2024. The time to implement this important law is now.
The world’s forests can’t wait; 8.1 million hectares were lost in 2024. The time to implement this important law is now.
April 28, 2026 at 11:31 AM
18 MPs and peers from across party lines have called on the UK government to implement a law designed to end the import of commodities grown on illegally deforested land. ⬇️
The world’s forests can’t wait; 8.1 million hectares were lost in 2024. The time to implement this important law is now.
The world’s forests can’t wait; 8.1 million hectares were lost in 2024. The time to implement this important law is now.