'Urgent priority': UK must tackle supply chain deforestation, government warned

Michael Holder
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Global Resource Initiative (GRI) taskforce also says UK has 'unparalleled opportunities' to green its supply chains as it seeks new global trade deals

The UK should set a legally-binding target to end deforestation across its food, agricultural, and forestry commodity supply chains by 2030 at the latest, at the same time as embedding environmental considerations...

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