A new investigation by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), Deforestation in the Driver’s Seat, reveals how leather seats used in many of the most iconic car brands are linked to illegal deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Investigators analyzed cattle transport documents from the Amazon state of Rondônia and conducted interviews and field research to document […]
Washington DC— Responding to a petition from EIA and others, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a proposed rulemaking to ban the use of many super-pollutant hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in new air conditioners, refrigeration as well as foams and aerosols. The estimated additional emission reductions of the rule are up to 903 million […]
A number of important tasks lie ahead of the Members of the Executive Committee to the Multilateral Fund (ExCom MLF) at its 91st meeting. First and foremost, the Members need to make progress on the cost guidelines for the HFC phase-down under the Kigali Amendment, including the starting point for sustained aggregate reductions, incremental operating […]
LA HAYA, 1o DE DICIEMBRE DE 2022 – Hoy, los/las líderes y lideresas indígenas de AIDESEP y FECONAU presentaron una denuncia ante el Punto Nacional de Contacto (PNC) de las Directrices para Empresas Multinacionales de la OCDE en los Países Bajos contra Louis Dreyfus Company B.V., una compañía holandesa líder en el comercio de productos […]
THE HAGUE, DECEMBER 1, 2022 – Today, indigenous leaders of AIDESEP and FECONAU filed a complaint to the National Contact Point (NCP) of the OECD Guidelines in the Netherlands against Louis Dreyfus Company B.V., a major Dutch-based leader in trade of agricultural commodities. The case also has the support of a coalition of Peruvian and […]
Campaigners from EIA’s UK and US offices have returned from the 19th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties ( CoP19) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Panama – and declared it an overall win for wildlife. As well as CoP19, the summit from 14-25 November also featured the 75th and 76th […]