Request not to delay any further the adoption of the legislative proposals on: (i) minimising the risk of deforestation and forest degradation associated with products placed on the EU market; and (ii) sustainable corporate governance

ClientEarth and a coalition of organisations are urging the European Commission to proceed without further delay in adopting two key legislative proposals: one to minimise deforestation and forest degradation linked to products on the EU market, and another on sustainable corporate governance. The authors express concern that these proposals, originally scheduled for the second quarter of 2021, have been delayed past the summer recess without official explanation. They argue these initiatives are essential for the European Green Deal, human rights, and biodiversity, noting strong support from the European Parliament, the Council, and public consultations, where over 1.1 million citizens supported the deforestation law and over 80% of respondents supported a due diligence framework.

• The European Commission has delayed the adoption of legislative proposals on sustainable corporate governance and the minimisation of deforestation and forest degradation associated with EU market products, moving the timeline from late July to after the summer recess.
• There is significant institutional pressure for these laws, with the European Parliament adopting resolutions on 22 October 2020 regarding global deforestation and on 10 March 2021 regarding corporate due diligence and accountability.
• Public consultations show high levels of support: over 1.1 million citizens supported a strong EU law to protect forests and human rights, and more than 80% of respondents supported an EU legal framework for due diligence.

APA

Berthier, A. (2021). Request not to delay any further the adoption of the legislative proposals on: (i) minimising the risk of deforestation and forest degradation associated with products placed on the EU market; and (ii) sustainable corporate governance. ClientEarth. https://www.clientearth.org/media/utefmsen/clientearth-request-to-not-delay-the-adoption-of-deforestation-and-scg-proposals.pdf

Chicago

Berthier, Anais. Request not to delay any further the adoption of the legislative proposals on: (i) minimising the risk of deforestation and forest degradation associated with products placed on the EU market; and (ii) sustainable corporate governance. ClientEarth, 2021. https://www.clientearth.org/media/utefmsen/clientearth-request-to-not-delay-the-adoption-of-deforestation-and-scg-proposals.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{berthier2021request, author = {Berthier, Anais}, title = {{Request not to delay any further the adoption of the legislative proposals on: (i) minimising the risk of deforestation and forest degradation associated with products placed on the EU market; and (ii) sustainable corporate governance}}, publisher = {ClientEarth}, year = {2021}, month = jun, url = {https://www.clientearth.org/media/utefmsen/clientearth-request-to-not-delay-the-adoption-of-deforestation-and-scg-proposals.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }