"A group of researchers and consultants developed the Chocolate Scorecard, which surveyed 38 of the world's largest #chocolate brands and producers.
The scorecard rates the companies according to their performance in giving farmers fair wages, managing #agrochemicals, the impact they have on the environment, and whether they rely on the use of child or forced labour."
On Jan. 10, Peru’s Congress approved a new amendment to the country’s forest and wildlife law, which loosens restrictions on deforestation and may affect the rights of Indigenous peoples, experts warn.
According to opponents of this amendment, this change in legislation could pave the way for a large expansion of deforestation across Peru’s forests, with the Amazon at risk.
A new report by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) reveals that about 13,000 hectares (32,000 acres) of Amazon forest in the Peruvian regions of Loreto and Ucayali have been cleared after being purchased by several palm oil and cacao companies between 2012 and 2021.
Serious governance failures by the Peruvian state in the #AmazonRainforest has allowed industrial-scale agrobusiness to deforestate and operate with impunity for years.
Now since Europe plans to ban imports of commodities from ilegal #Deforestation, the Peruvian congress instead of ramping up efforts to fight deforestation, has just approved a law that in practice legalizes deforestation in the forest to keep exporting commodities.