Our successes

Climate campaign

• We exposed the illegal HFC refrigerant trade in Europe – ‘the biggest eco-crime no-one’s heard of’ (2021) Read more
• We launched a cooling products list to help companies cut their collective carbon footprint (2021) Read more
• EIA-commissioned research underpins the huge climate win of moving to propane-based air-conditioning (2020) Read more
• Reports reveals Europe's flourishing illegal trade in HFCs (2019) Read more
• Investigation finds outlawed CFC-11 widely used to manufacture insulation foams in China (2018) Read more
• Global agreement to phase-down climate changing HFC gases (2016) Read more
• EU agrees to curb use of HFC super greenhouse gases (2014) Read more
• Fraudulent HFC carbon credits banned by EU (2011) Read more
• Illegal e-waste investigation leads to seizure and arrest (2011) Read more

Forests campaign

• Helped secure international sanctions targeting Myanmar’s timber and natural resources sector to choke off funds for the junta (2021) Read more
• Revealed enforcement gaps undermining efforts to stop illicit merbau trade, inspiring action by Indonesian Government agencies (2021) Read more
• Pressured the Government of Indonesia to shelve plans to drastically dilute timber regulations under cover of the coronavirus (2020) Read more
• Analysis reveals Indonesia is not set to fundamentally improve its palm oil standards (2020)  Read more
• Investigation exposes timber traders evading EU laws to to import Myanmar teak via Croatia (2020) Read more
• Investigation reveals the top-level conspiracy behind the global trade in Myanmar's stolen teak (2019)  Read more
• Report exposes the industrial scale of Vietnam’s theft of timber from Cambodia (2018) Read more
• Our analysis of EU and US law opened up new ways to curb illegal timber trade (2018) Read more
• Steep decline in timber smuggling from Myanmar to China (2016) Read more
• CITES conference agrees to protect Siamese rosewood (2013) Read more
• Ten-year endeavour leads to adoption of EU Timber Regulation (2013) Read more
• Report names China as world’s largest consumer of stolen timber (2012) Read more
• Report sparks unprecedented illegal logging clampdown in Indonesia (2005) Read more
• Exposure of illegal timber smuggling from Indonesia resulted in Malaysia implementing a log import ban (2002) Read more

Ocean campaign

• EIA's Ocean team spearheaded international efforts, helping to persuade the UN to negotiate a global plastics treaty (2022). Read more
• Our study revealed the scale of trade in plastic waste – a 10 billion tonne plastic pollution bomb ticking away in every corner of the planet (2021) Read more
• Led calls for a Global Convention on Plastic Pollution, helping to convince two-thirds of countries to support it (2020) Read more
• UK supermarkets with plastic-specific reduction targets doubled from five to 10 and our annual survey exposes shortcomings in current commitments to cut plastic waste (2019)  Read more
• First ever UK retailers survey reveals full extent of UK supermarkets’ plastic footprint (2018) Read more
• Report brings key evidence to the International Whaling Commission to foil Japan’s efforts to overturn the global whaling moratorium (2018) Read more
• Helps secure UK plastic microbeads ban (2017) Read more
• Pressures Rakuten to end all whale and dolphin meat sales (2014) Read more
• Pressures Google to ban all ads for whale and ivory products (2013) Read more
• Pressures Amazon to end all whale and dolphin meat sales (2012) Read more
• Our first investigation into pilot whale hunting (1984) Read more

Wildlife campaign

• The fast growth of traditional Chinese medicine in Africa exposed as a direct threat to endangered species (2021) Read more
• We launched the first-of-its-kind EIA Global Environmental Crime Tracker to analyse wildlife and forest crime (2021) Read more
• Research reveals at least 24 Chinese pharmaceutical companies listing leopard bones in their traditional medicines (2020) Read more
• China Customs makes a seizure of 2,748 elephant tusks following a major enforcement crackdown (2019) Read more
• Report exposes key players of Vietnamese criminal syndicates trafficking elephant ivory (2018)  Read more
• Public consultation leads to UK Government shut down of domestic ivory market (2018) Read more
• Chinese-run criminal empire put on US Treasury blacklist (2018) Read more
• China confirms the closure of its domestic ivory market (2018) Read more
• Comprehensive analysis of National Ivory Action Plans (NIAPs) supported CITES decision making (2018) Read more
• Development of an online training tool for enforcement to tackle illegal ivory trade (2017) Read more
• Investigation prompts enforcement action against ivory smugglers (2017) Read more
• Major illegal wildlife trade hub in resort complex revealed (2015) Read more
• Exposes trans-Himalayan big cat trafficking routes at CITES (2004) Read more
• Pivotal role in securing global ivory trade ban at CITES (1989) Read more