LONDON: In a landmark case in the UK courts, a luxury yacht firm has been handed stiff penalties for using ‘blood’ teak imported from Myanmar on some of the vessels it builds. Sunseeker International Ltd – self-styled as “the world’s leading brand for luxury motor yachts” – is based in Poole, Dorset. Sitting at Bournemouth […]
LONDON: The global plastic waste trade is an environmental disaster hiding in plain sight. Undermined by exploitable loopholes and weak enforcement, the plastic waste trade fuels organised crime, drives working conditions that amount to human rights violations and is devastating to the environment and human health. In the second instalment of its two-part Dirty Deals […]
LONDON: Old wheelie bins discarded by UK householders may be funding organised crime and contributing to environmental injustice and human rights violations around the globe. In the first of a new two-part report, Dirty Deals, the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA UK) reveals startling evidence of how regulatory weaknesses, legal loopholes and outdated practices in […]
Planet-threatening greenhouse gas emissions due to plastics production could be halved over the next 25 years if there is a freeze and reduction in the production of plastic polymers, argues a new report from the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA).
A new report from the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and OceanCare highlights the damaging impacts of ‘quick fix’ ocean clean-up technologies.
The London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) today names 12 major American timber firms importing teak from Myanmar since the start of the 2021 military coup