ClientEarth position paper to the public consultation ‘Deforestation and forest degradation – reducing the impact of products placed on the EU market’

ClientEarth, alongside other NGOs, has called for years for the development of new demand side and supply side measures, particularly mandatory due diligence throughout the entire supply chain, to address deforestation and associated human rights violations. We welcomed the important step taken by the Commission, which, through the adoption in July 2019 of a Communication, set out a new framework of actions to protect and restore the world's forests.