New online platform tracks corporate actions in tropical forests

March 25, 2015 admin area-the-size, chris-arsenault, department, food, keynote, payments-firm, rome, supply-change, thomson-reuters, tracking, walmart

By Chris Arsenault ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A group of large companies, mainly in the food sector, have promised to reduce their role in the destruction of the world’s forests, and a new online portal launched on Wednesday aims to hold them to their word. Some of the biggest names in global food production, processing and retailing, including Cargill, McDonalds, Marks & Spencer, Tesco and Walmart are among the companies, with a combined market capitalization of nearly $4 trillion, pledging to tackle deforestation in their supply chains.

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New online platform tracks corporate actions in tropical forests