Vegetable Oils: Forests
Commons · Question 36789 · Tabled 10 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Navendu Mishra
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of vegetable oils not included in the due diligence regulations under Schedule 17 of the Environment Act 2021 on deforestation and
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 18 Mar 2025
The Global Environmental Impacts of Consumption Indicator, funded by Defra, estimates that UK-linked deforestation driven by soy and palm oil was 7-9 times and 15-20 times greater respectively than deforestation linked to sunflower and rapeseed oil in 202...