21/11/13
Commodity Crimes
This report is the result of an investigation into two of the world’s leading distributors of palm oil. It documents the illegal logging of land near …
04/11/13
Land footprint scenarios
This study by the Sustainable Europe Research Institute for Friends of the Earth Europe looks at the impacts of Europe’s ‘land ‘footprint’. Land is a …
30/10/13
Trading away our future?
The EU and the US are currently negotiating a transatlantic trade agreement (known as TTIP) which has the potential to be the biggest bilateral free t …
10/09/13
The European Parliament – what’s the point?
In May 2014 people in 28 countries across Europe will get the chance to vote for the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) who will represent them …
04/09/13
The EU Biofuel Policy and Palm Oil: Cutting subsidies or cutting rainforest?
This study by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) for Friends of the Earth Europe finds that Europe’s drivers are being for …
18/07/13
New code, old conduct?
This new report explores whether, a year before parliamentary elections, the risk of conflicts of interest (still) exists among those MEPs currently s …