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Malaysia’s actions position it as a potential leader in the ongoing negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty, due to resume ...
This report analyses the climate impact of supermarket refrigeration, revealing that up to 70 per cent of a supermarket’s non-supply chain emissions stem from cooling – primarily from energy ...
International supermarket giant Ahold Delhaize appears to be lagging behind when it comes to phasing out climate-harming ...
Demand stemming from traditional medicine drives the poaching and illegal trade of threatened species such as tigers, leopards, pangolins, rhinos, bears and musk deer. China continues to legally ...
Lack of consensus regarding trade in African elephant ivory From 24 November to 5 December 2025, CITES parties and observer organisations will meet in Samarkand, Uzbekistan for the 20 th Conference of ...
Loopholes in EU regulations appear to be driving unsustainable and fraudulent palm oil trade. EIA’s new briefing The Palm Oil Black Box – EU trade loopholes analyses EU trade patterns for palm oil and ...
EU trade loopholes Tracking the overall trade in oil palm is complex due to its many derivatives, products and uses. Many of the trade codes used at an international level are not specific to oil palm ...
A new species of pangolin has been discovered, but already it is deemed to be threatened by illegal trade. The Indo-Burmese pangolin (Manis indoburmanica ) is the tenth to be found and was identified ...
The World’s first HFC phase-out The European Union’s revised F-gas Regulation, which came into force in March 2024, will support decarbonisation goals and drive innovation and green investment across ...
Old wheelie bins discarded by UK householders may be funding organised crime and contributing to environmental injustice and human rights violations around the globe. In the first of a new two-part ...
How supermarket soft plastic take-back schemes are misleading customers Together, Everyday Plastic and EIA undertook a year-long investigation into UK supermarket soft plastic take-back schemes – an ...
Namibia’s Government, which has recently faced public scrutiny following the jailing of ministers for environmental-related charges in 2021, claims the move is necessary to feed people affected by the ...