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Poll: British public 'overwhelmingly' backs robust supply chain deforestation laws

Business Green

Demand for such products continues to grow rapidly around the world and is widely blamed for fuelling mass deforestation - both legal and illegal - in Asia, Africa, and South America, where forests are frequently cleared to make way for commodity cultivation and production.

Law 101
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'More emissions than Exxon': Is meat the next target for divestment?

Business Green

Agriculture's impact on local communities is a pertinent issue in South America and Southeast Asia where land conversion seriously impacts Indigenous peoples. In mid-July, Extinction Rebellion UK blockaded a McDonald's supplier to protest meat-eating as damaging to the climate.

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Simplification and satellites: Inside Mars' zero deforestation palm oil strategy

Business Green

The names of these mills - all in South America and Asia Pacific - are public and all produce oil certified by the RSPO. The most successful example of this simplification is in Mars' Asia-Pacific group of businesses, where one mill replaced 780.

Asia 52
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Will sweat help us survive climate change?

Grist

Even South America, in the throes of winter, saw unbelievable heat: A town in the Chilean Andes topped 100 degrees F — another all-time high. And more heat will come, bringing parts of Mexico’s coasts and more of South Asia into the danger zone. That’s not ethical.” Rykaczewski said.