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LONDON, April 14 (Reuters) - Commodity trader Olam said on Wednesday that new European Union legislation aimed at preventing the import of commodities linked to deforestation and human rights abuses might force it to stop using some of its cocoa suppliers.
Olam and other global companies with operations that include countries where environmental and human rights abuses are widespread, face increased pressure from consumers and lawmakers to source their products ethically.
The European Commission, the EU’s executive, is expected to propose due diligence legislation later this year that will compel companies to address human rights and environmental risks in their international supply chains.
Elaine Hugh-Jones: started writing each song by experimenting at the piano with random notes and musical fragments
Elaine Hugh-Jones, who has died aged 93, was a pianist and composer known for her powerful yet sensitive and tuneful songs; she was also a stalwart of BBC radio and television, working as official accompanist on countless programmes from the postwar years until 1983.
Of her several song cycles the best known are the seven Walter de la Mare Songs, written between 1966 and 1988, which blend the French influence of Gabriel Fauré with the English romanticism she inherited from her teacher Lennox Berkeley. The cycle was broadcast several times on Radio 3 and was followed by several more including the powerful Songs of War, settings of Wilfred Owen’s poetry, and arrangements of verses by Frances Cornford and Gerard Manley Hopkins.
The Queen s Easter weekend was so different this year Hello! 6/04/2021
While the monarch usually celebrates the occasion in her own home, traditionally she is surrounded by her family members after attending the Easter Sunday church service.
Like last year, Her Majesty did not publicly attend church and while she recorded her first ever audio message to commemorate Easter in 2020, this year a simple
video of daffodils blooming in The Green Park close to Buckingham Palace was shared on the royal family s Instagram account on Thursday instead.
The caption read: Wishing our followers a peaceful Easter Weekend.
Royal fans were treated to