Tag: commodities-and-supply-chains

The Dictator’s Door

From Crimes in Equatorial Guinea's Forests to Home Depot's Customers

Our new investigation into crimes in Equatorial Guinea's forests suggests that Home Depot, the world’s largest home improvement chain, and Jeld-Wen, the self-declared largest door and window manufacturer in the world, have violated the US Lacey Act for years through their failure to conduct proper due care to ensure they do not use illegally sourced wood.

Opening the Rosewood Pandora’s Box

Consideration of Risks and Impacts Associated with Prematurely Lifting the Trade Ban for SC77

Recent trade data shows that the trade suspension of P. erinaceus has slowed, but not stopped, the export of this endangered rosewood species from its range in West Africa. Evidence from the ground also shows that illegal logging and international trafficking of the species are still taking place across the region.

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Three Basins, Three Battlegrounds

Frontline communities defending their rights and rainforests against the onslaught of extractives in Brazil, DRC, and Indonesia

Explore three cases that underline the current threats that extractive industries pose to these key ecosystems, highlight the ways that Indigenous Peoples and local communities are resisting, and offer recommendations for strengthening forest governance from the ground up.

Mercury in Retrograde

An EIA undercover investigation unravels the secret ingredient in many racist and colorist “skin lightening” products: a mercury compound missed by global regulations so far.

Mercury in Retrograde

The Dark World of Toxic Skin Lightening Products

An EIA undercover investigation obtained compelling evidence from seven companies in three countries that they intentionally add toxic mercury into skin lightening products, underlining the urgent need for the Minamata Convention on Mercury to strengthen enforcement and compliance mechanisms.

Desmatamento no assento dianteiro

Pecuária ilegal, desmatamento da Amazônia e a indústria de couro para carros

A floresta amazônica no Brasil está sendo arrasada para fins de pecuária (em grande parte ilegal), com consequências terríveis para os povos indígenas e comunidades tradicionais, bem como para a biodiversidade e o clima global. Investigação da EIA revela a conexão entre assentos de couro para carros fabricados pela indústria automotiva global e o gado […]