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Deforestation
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Sustainability in Business
EU Deforestation Regulation Entry into Force Proposed to be Delayed Until the End of 2025
By Guillermo Giralda Fustes, Thomas Delille, Christina Economides
On 2 October 2024, the European Commission (EC) published four long awaited documents relating to the implementation of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). Importantly, the EC has introduced a legislative…
Eye on ESG
THE UK FOREST RISK COMMODITY REGULATION (“UKFRC”) ONE TO WATCH IN THE COMING YEAR
By Tim Baines, Michael Hutchinson, Nikolay Mizulin, Irina Antoshevska
Deforestation is now the second leading cause of climate change globally, after burning fossil fuels, and is responsible for around 11% of all greenhouse gas emissions. In the last 60…
Sustainability in Business
The EU Deforestation-free Regulation in a Nutshell
The EU’s Deforestation-free Regulation, (EUDR) has been in force since 29 June 2023 and will apply from 30 December 2024, when an array of new obligations will affect the supply…
The Right Coast
The Brazilian Special-Forces Unit Fighting to Save the Amazon | The New Yorker
In a clearing in the Brazilian Amazon, I stood with a group of armed men, discussing a viral TikTok video. The video, shot from a helicopter full of illegal miners,…
Eye on ESG
DEFORESTATION REGULATION: IMPACTS OF A POSSIBLE DELAY IN RISK CLASSIFICATION OF COUNTRIES AND OTHER RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
By Nikolay Mizulin, Paulette Vander Schueren, Dr. Dylan Geraets, Irina Antoshevska
On 9 June 2023, the European Union published Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on the making available on the Union market and the export from the Union of certain commodities and products…
Global Supply Chain Law Blog
Countdown to Compliance With European Union’s Deforestation Regulation
By Sarah Rathke
Companies are preparing to comply with the European Union’s new deforestation regulation (EUDR). On June 29, 2023, the European Parliament and Council formally adopted the EUDR. The EUDR goes into…
Eye on ESG
New lawsuit filed by Brazil’s Federal Government further strengthens climate litigation trends against private entities in Brazil
By Luiz Gustavo Bezerra, Gedham Gomes, Oliver Williams
On 12 September 2023, Brazil´s Attorney General Office, representing the Brazilian Federal Environmental Agency, filed a climate litigation lawsuit against a livestock farmer, seeking compensation for the deforestation of the…
Environment, Land & Resources
European Deforestation Regulation Enters Into Force
The regulation aims to minimise the EU’s contribution to deforestation and forest degradation. By Paul A. Davies, Michael D. Green, and James Bee The European Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) entered into…
Trade Compliance Resource Hub
EU adopts Regulation (EU) 2023/1115: what you need to know
By Yves Melin, Julie A. Vaughan, Isabel Fressynet, Jin Woo Kim, Anna Golouchko
In May 2023, the European Union (EU) adopted Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on the making available on the Union market and the export from the Union of certain commodities and products…
Eye on ESG
European Union Publishes Deforestation Regulation
By Paulette Vander Schueren, Irina Antoshevska, Dr. Dylan Geraets, Nikolay Mizulin
On 31 May 2023, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union adopted Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 regarding the marketing and export of certain commodities and products associated with…