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Published 19 May 2021
The Nestle Group has joined other business leaders across the food industry to support ambitious action by the European Union to increase supply chain transparency and traceability for commodities that may be linked to deforestation on Tuesday.
In the joint statement signed by 11 companies, including Nestle Zone Emena, Carrefour Group, Tesco Plc, J Sainsbury Plc called for strong EU actions in eliminating imported deforestation, starting with traceability when entering the EU internal market.
The statement asked that the EU should put in place measures to scale up the use of innovative technologies to improve supply chain traceability as well as stronger cooperation with producing countries to ensure that forests are protected and restored.