Consumer Goods Forum Attempts to “Take Root” of their Role Driving the Deforestation Crisis While Ignoring Actual Root Causes of Land Rights Violations and Violence Towards Human Rights Defenders
The largest and most influential collective of brands and retailers that consume vast amounts of forest-risk commodities recently published their post-2020 plans to address deforestation in their palm oil, pulp…
Environmental NGOs Call Out Consumer Goods Forum and So-Called ‘Forest Positive’ Companies for Failing to Meet Commitments by 2020
New York, NY – Environmental NGOs Rainforest Action Network, SumofUs, Friends of the Earth U.S., and Amazon Watch call out the 400-plus companies in the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) and…
Hundreds of Companies Set to Miss 2020 Deadline to End Deforestation in Supply Chains
A Coalition of NGOs calls for companies to act with greater urgency amid the climate crisis New York, NY – Today, an international coalition of dozens of NGOs and labor…