Companies using the timber are putting themselves at risk of hefty financial penalties or referral for criminal prosecution.

Key civil society groups such as WWF and Human Rights Watch urge the EU Commission not to dilute EUDR benchmarking goals in a ...

The investigation ‘Blood-stained birch: exposing the EU trade in Russian conflict ply,’ caught firms on camera, in voice ...

"As much as a fifth of all birch plywood in Europe today is thought to be illegal Russian timber," said Earthsight’s timber ...

Source: an investigation by the British non-profit organisation Earthsight Details: Earthsight investigators, posing as buyers, recorded testimonies from traders who openly acknowledged the illegality ...

Since invading Ukraine in February 2022, Russia has illegally exported half a million cubic metres of timber – worth €1.5 billion – to Europe, according to De Tijd on Wednesday, citing research by the ...