Press Release | July 12, 2022 MEPs back holding banks accountable in stronger EU anti-deforestation law The EU Parliament’s environment committee also backed stronger protections for Indigenous Peoples
Press Release | July 06, 2022 “A sick joke at humanity’s expense” – Global Witness reaction to EU Parliament taxonomy vote MEPs failed to object to the inclusion of fossil gas in proposed sustainable investment rules
Blog Post | July 05, 2022 Brussels takes on Big Tech: The good, the bad and the ugly The Digital Services Act is the most sweeping set of rules to regulate tech companies anywhere in the world. Our take on what these rules do, and don’t, achieve
Press Release | June 28, 2022 EU governments miss chance to strengthen anti-deforestation law, letting banks and the tyre lobby off the hook
Press Release | June 16, 2022 New investigation reveals rubber is the European import that poses biggest threat to West and Central Africa’s tropical forests, linked to 520km2 of deforestation since 2000
Press Release | May 31, 2022 EU Council agrees “reckless” gas plans that threaten the climate and vulnerable communities
Press Release | May 31, 2022 Russian oil embargo agreement an important step forward, but EU must go further
Press Release | May 23, 2022 “Appallingly lax” EU hydrogen plans would lead to more fossil fuels being burned
Press Release | April 01, 2022 European gas lobby groups representing Total, Shell and Eni reject call to back EU plans to quit Russian gas
Briefing Document | May 06, 2021 EU proposals to address the EU’s role in global deforestation: Joint NGO recommendations
Briefing Document | April 21, 2021 Holding companies to account – a blueprint for European legislation
Press Release | July 12, 2022 MEPs back holding banks accountable in stronger EU anti-deforestation law
Press Release | July 06, 2022 “A sick joke at humanity’s expense” – Global Witness reaction to EU Parliament taxonomy vote
Press Release | June 28, 2022 EU governments miss chance to strengthen anti-deforestation law, letting banks and the tyre lobby off the hook
Press Release | June 16, 2022 New investigation reveals rubber is the European import that poses biggest threat to West and Central Africa’s tropical forests, linked to 520km2 of deforestation since 2000
Press Release | May 31, 2022 EU Council agrees “reckless” gas plans that threaten the climate and vulnerable communities
Press Release | May 31, 2022 Russian oil embargo agreement an important step forward, but EU must go further
Press Release | May 23, 2022 “Appallingly lax” EU hydrogen plans would lead to more fossil fuels being burned
Blog Post | October 22, 2021 How much money are EU banks and investors making from deforestation and related human rights abuses?
Blog Post | October 13, 2021 New polling shows massive support for EU law to hold corporations to account