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LONDON: A new investigation by the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and Indonesian partner Kaoem Telepak (KT) has uncovered evidence raising serious questions about whether corporate separation is allowing major palm oil businesses to distance themselves from companies associated with extensive deforestation in Indonesia. The investigation, Corporate Connections and Unanswered Questions – The links between […]

LONDON: The London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has today filed a formal complaint with the European Ombudswoman, alleging maladministration by the European Commission in the implementation of the EU Methane Regulation. The complaint comes off the back of two major decisions taken by the Commission, the first being its recommendation that member states suspend the […]

VIENNA: The international community today (23 October) took a giant leap towards a more effective response to tackling the scourge of organised, transnational crimes that affect the environment. Several countries at the 13th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) proposed a Resolution to […]

LONDON: A new report by the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) reveals that nickel brands trading on the London Metal Exchange (LME) appear to be connected to Indonesian mine sites where 7,270 hectares of climate critical rainforests have been destroyed – an area more than 25 times the size of the City of London’s financial […]

LONDON: UK supermarkets have made limited progress in reducing plastic packaging for fresh fruit and vegetables, despite much of it being unnecessary and a significant proportion being made from hard-to-recycle soft plastic. And a new report by the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), UK Supermarket Sale of Loose Unpackaged Produce – Trends, barriers and opportunities, […]

LONDON: In its landmark 2008 report Environmental Crime – A Threat to Our Future, the London-based Environmental Agency (EIA) was the first to analyse the combined impact of multiple environmental crime types and the coordinated global response they demanded. Some 18 years later, that call for urgent action has gone substantially unheeded. In its new […]