Food companies urge Britain to adopt tougher rules to protect tropical forests

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LONDON (REUTERS) - Supermarkets, food manufacturers and restaurant chains under pressure from campaigners over their environmental impact urged Britain on Monday (Oct 5) to strengthen a plan to stop tropical forests from being cut down to grow cocoa, palm oil and soy.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

LONDON - Supermarkets, food manufacturers and restaurant chains under pressure from campaigners over their environmental impact urged Britain on Monday to strengthen a plan to stop tropical forests from being cut down to grow cocoa, palm oil and soy.

Signatories included supermarkets Tesco, Marks & Spencer, Morrison's and Sainsbury's, food manufacturers Unilever, Nestle and Greencore Group, McDonald's Corp and various livestock producers. Under the proposed legislation, large companies would have to report on how they source tropical commodities. The companies want the new British rules to apply to all deforestation - not just in cases where the destruction is illegal.

 

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