WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today the Environmental Investigation Agency released a briefing that highlights a significant deficit in implementation and enforcement within the U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and its Annex on Forest Sector Governance. Illegal logging in Peru and the associated trade remains a serious and unabated problem. In 2007, in response to the crisis of […]
Today the Environmental Investigation Agency released a briefing that highlights a significant deficit in implementation and enforcement within the U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and its Annex on Forest Sector Governance. Illegal logging in Peru and the associated trade remains a serious and unabated problem. In 2007, in response to the crisis of illegal logging […]
U.S. flooring retailer forecasts 10 million dollars in losses from criminal charges by the Department of Justice By Susanne Breitkopf, EIA Forests Policy Manager Update: On June 15, Lumber Liquidators announced the termination of Chief Merchandizing Officer William K. Schlegel. Schlegel oversaw the company’s wood sourcing and frequently visited China for business according to witnesses […]
To read in Romanian, click here. BUCHAREST — The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), an environmental organization with offices in Washington, D.C. and London, has released a new video exposing the leadership of the largest forest products company in Romania, the Austrian-based Holzindustrie Schweighofer, willingly and knowingly accepting illegally harvested timber and incentivizing additional cutting through […]
EIA has exposed the largest forest products company in Romania, Holzindustrie Schweighofer, of buying illegally harvested timber and incentivizing additional cutting through a bonus system. Romanian media released a leaked letter from the CEO of Holzindustrie Schweighofer to the Romanian Prime Minister demanding a recent forest law be amended, threatening consequences to trade relations between […]
The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), an environmental organization with offices in Washington, D.C. and London, has released a new video exposing the leadership of the largest forest products company in Romania, the Austrian-based Holzindustrie Schweighofer, willingly and knowingly accepting illegally harvested timber and incentivizing additional cutting through a bonus system.