New online platform tracks corporate actions in tropical forests: TRFN

Reuters reports that a coalition of NGOs have released in beta a portal to track the commitments of major corporations to tackle deforestation in their supply chains.

 

Supply Change: Commitments that Count (Beta). http://supply-change.org/

ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A group of large companies, mainly in the food sector, have promised to reduce their role in the destruction of the world’s forests, and a new online portal launched on Wednesday aims to hold them to their word.Some of the biggest names in global food production, processing and retailing, including Cargill, McDonalds, Marks & Spencer, Tesco and Walmart are among the companies, with a combined market capitalization of nearly $4 trillion, pledging to tackle deforestation in their supply chains…

The portal tracks more than 300 corporate commitments to reduce deforestation, about one third of which are supposed to be achieved this year.