Recommendation 4

Understanding which forest risk commodities are contributing to deforestation, and on what scale, is essential for the UK and other nations to introduce effective legislation and policies. Monitoring and transparent data reporting are therefore crucial, including on how consumption contributes to deforestation. These are very complex undertakings, requiring global cooperation at the national government level and within the private sector. Complete and transparent data availability is essential for companies and the financial sector to be able to understand, and to reduce, exposure to deforestation in their supply chains or portfolios.