Analysis: Can global brands avoid 'greenwash' with new forest-saving plan?

Green groups blame the production of palm oil, the world's most widely used edible oil, and other agricultural commodities for much of the destruction, as forests are cleared for plantations, ranches and farms.

KUALA LUMPUR: A new push by global household brands to combat tropical forest loss must do better at reducing deforestation across whole supply chains if it is to succeed where earlier efforts failed, environmentalists warned.

High-profile members of the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) this week launched the "Forest Positive Coalition of Action", vowing to speed up work to stop key commodity supply chains causing further loss of forests, in a bid to curb climate change.