Final Recommendations Report: Executive summary
March 2020
Agricultural and forestry supply chains are at the core of the transformation required and the UK’s own import and consumption of seven key commodities – beef and leather, cocoa, palm oil, pulp and paper, rubber, soya and timber is part of the global demand for
these commodities.
Production of these commodities continues to drive forest loss and conversion of natural habitats that are critical for the 1.6 billion people that live or depend upon them, for the rich biodiversity and ecosystems they contain and for their globally significant carbon mitigation potential...
The UK must...
- Introduce a legally binding target to end deforestation within UK agricultural and forestry commodity supply chains...
- Introduce a mandatory due diligence obligation on business and finance, strengthen and extend mandatory public procurement requirements and promote mass market business engagement, beyond the leaders, including through a new sustainable food service sector plan...
- Convene a global call for action on deforestation and sustainable supply chains in the lead up to COP26...
- Mobilise global funds, public and private, to tackle deforestation and land-use conversion and support sustainable production and trade in agricultural and forestry products.