In the build-up to 21st Conference of the Parties (CoP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Parties to the Montreal Protocol launched formal negotiations on one of the largest, fastest and most cost-effective global climate mitigation measures available – the phase down of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). Read EIA’s full briefing, Bridging […]
The Environmental Investigation Agency’s UK office last week provided evidence of systematic problems in actions of auditors charged with certifying oil palm growers under the voluntary Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) certification scheme. In a new report called, Who Watches the Watchmen? Auditors and the breakdown of oversight in the RSPO, campaigners detail the […]
With the holidays approaching and online shopping sales expected to hit record highs, it’s a perfect time to use Amazon Smile to support EIA’s campaigning efforts around the world. Amazon Smile is a feature of Amazon.com that allows shoppers to shop online throughout the year, not just during the holiday season, and select a charitable […]
Judge neglects Singapore’s treaty obligations under CITES A judge in Singapore has dismissed the case against an importer, Mr. Wong Wee Keong and his company Kong Hoo, for bringing in nearly 30,000 logs of allegedly illegal Malagasy rosewood, valued at $50 million USD. Madagascar has maintained a zero export quota for Malagasy rosewood continuously since […]
EIA’s sister office in the UK has just launched a new report, Who Watches the Watchmen. Download the report here and read their full news release below. LONDON: A new report today exposes critical failures in an international system seeking to assure consumers that the palm oil they buy in many thousands of products is […]
Spurred by the recent murder of Guatemalan environmental and human rights defender Rigoberto Lima Choc, a coalition of twelve global human rights and environmental organizations yesterday alerted the world’s biggest palm oil traders of the gross violations of human rights occurring in the palm oil sector in Mesoamerica. The coalition has issued a letter calling […]