15 Jun 2023 --- The EU’s incoming law to combat deforestation could fail to achieve the global impacts regulators expect unless the UN delivers a complementary framework to support it. Industry insiders warn that the European transparency rules could simply shift environmentally damaging activities from monitored to unmonitored regions if demand for forest-based products persists. While the regulation compels companies to improve their supply chain ethics through “due diligence,” its positive impacts will be limited without more stringent UN intervention to protect nature and support human rights.
