Forests
Commons · Question 58378 · Tabled 9 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of voluntary corporate commitments in preventing deforestation in UK supply chains.
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 16 Jun 2025
We have not made a comprehensive assessment of the contribution of voluntary corporate commitments in the estimated 22% reduction in UK consumption-driven global deforestation between 2017 and 2022. However, there is some evidence that voluntary commitmen...