That’s why this week, the U.K. government proposed a new law it says could help end the destruction of rainforests worldwide. Under the proposals, large businesses operating in the U.K. would be prohibited from using products grown on illegally deforested land. That’s where the U.K. law is intended to break new ground. The reason for the focus on large companies, he suggested, is because the government doesn’t wish to add burdens to small firms who do not deal directly with producers. “That’s not straightforward, particularly when you don’t have good cooperation in countries of production.”The U.K. proposals are, then, a compromise.

Source: Forbes August 28, 2020 15:45 UTC