Brands 勧めるd to think bigger on saving forests as 2020 goal ぼんやり現れるs
By Michael Taylor
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 15 (Thomson Reuters 創立／基礎) - Green certification is not a silver 弾丸 to end 森林伐採, leaving many 全世界の 世帯 brands struggling to 会合，会う 誓約（する）s to 停止（させる） forest-（疑いを）晴らすing linked to the 生産／産物 of palm oil and other 成分s by 2020, said a 団体／死体 配合 those 会社／堅いs.
After 環境保護主義者s 行う／開催する／段階d a 一連の high-profile （選挙などの）運動をするs against large 法人組織の／企業の 使用者s of 農業の 商品／必需品s, 勧めるing them to 保護する forests, the 400 members of the Paris-based 消費者 Goods 会議 (CGF) agreed in 2010 to use only 供給（する）s that do not 与える／捧げる to 森林伐採 by 2020.
They said they would 会合，会う that goal by responsible sourcing of 商品／必需品s such as soy, palm oil, paper and 低俗雑誌, and beef.
However, the 非，不，無-binding かかわり合い https://www.theconsumergoodsforum.com/率先s/環境の-sustainability/重要な-事業／計画（する）s/森林伐採 - 支援するd by Cargill, Kellogg Co, 火星, Mondelez International, Nestle, PepsiCo and Unilever の中で others - left 実施 to individual companies and 欠如（する）d a （疑いを）晴らす 報告（する）／憶測ing 過程, said Ignacio Gavilan, the CGF's sustainability director.
"It was needed and important. Companies have made 進歩," he told the Thomson Reuters 創立／基礎 by phone. "(But) it was probably not 適切に 始める，決める up for success."
"We have 設立する that certification is a 道具, but not the 包括的な 解答 the world needs to end 森林伐採," said Gavilan, 追加するing that such 計画／陰謀s were not "the silver 弾丸".
The Thomson Reuters 創立／基礎 asked 12 CGF members if they remained committed to the no-森林伐採 誓約（する）. Of those, four have 示すd the 2020 最終期限 would likely be 行方不明になるd.
At least five other 多国籍のs were unable to 見積（る） whether the CGF goal would be met in time.
Palm oil is the world's most 広範囲にわたって used edible oil, 設立する in everything from margarine to soap, but it has 直面するd scrutiny from green 行動主義者s and c onsumers, who have 非難するd its 生産／産物 for forest loss, 解雇する／砲火／射撃s and 労働者 開発／利用.
産業 監視者, the 円卓会議の on 維持できる Palm Oil, whose members 含む 消費者 companies, retailers, 仲買人s and palm growers, certified a fifth of last year's 全世界の palm oil 生産（高） of 68 million tonnes as 維持できる.
But the 産業 still 直面するs challenges and this year's forest 解雇する／砲火／射撃s in Southeast Asia - 原因（となる）d 大部分は by 削除する-and-燃やす 通関手続き／一掃 of land and forests for palm oil and paper and 低俗雑誌 生産／産物, 同様に as farming - were the worst since 2015.
Palm oil from an 違法な 農園 inside an Indonesian forest reserve has 設立する its way into the 供給（する） chains of large 消費者 brands, a U.S.-based green group said in September.
The CGF's 2020 誓約（する） "brought people together and put the 問題／発行するs on the （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する", 同様に as supporting the 開発 of 道具s to help 会社／堅いs 行為／法令／行動する on 森林伐採 危険s, said Gavilan.
They 含む 指導基準s on 購入（する）ing 維持できる palm oil or soy and calculating how much of those 成分s enter 供給（する） chains.
"The singular 焦点（を合わせる） on certification incentivised us all to think a little bit small," said Gavilan, who has worked in sustainability for almost 18 years at major companies like 急速な／放蕩な-food chain McDonald's Corp and 鉱夫 Anglo American.
"Even if all 400 (CGF) members certify 100% of their 供給（する） chains, 森林伐採 will still happen," he 追加するd.
ONE VOICE
The CGF, a member-基金d organisation led by the CEOs of retailers and 製造業者s, 捜し出すs 解答s to major challenges that companies cannot 取り組む alone, 含むing 森林伐採, food safety and 軍隊d 労働.
Rather than setting a new 最終期限 for companies to end 森林伐採, Gavilan encouraged them to send a 統一するd message to palm oil 仲買人s and 供給者s, 勧めるing them to 固執する to 維持できる practices throughout their 商売／仕事s.
Some 供給者s are selling certified green palm oil to 顧客s while still 燃やすing or logging forest s to produce palm oil for （弁護士の）依頼人s that have no 基準s, he explained.
"We need to go to the ... palm oil 生産者s in Indonesia and ideally speak with one 発言する／表明する, and say 'look, this sort of 二塁打 基準 of having two 商売／仕事s, cannot work - we need to have a clean 商売／仕事 from you'," he 追加するd.
Companies that buy palm oil also need their sustainability teams to work more closely with 調達 departments to make goals a reality, he said.
And 買い手s should 公然と support and source from palm-growing 地域s 努力する／競うing to 確実にする 維持できる practices are followed by all 農園s on their 領土, Gavilan said.
"Instead of certifying 農業者 by 農業者, you create an entire 地域 that you can source from and it's 安全な," he said.
"Alone, we are never going to solve this by ourselves. It's a question of 規模ing up the areas that are doing a good 職業." (報告（する）／憶測ing by Michael Taylor @MickSTaylor; Editing by Megan Rowling. Please credit the Thomson Reuters 創立／基礎, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers 人道的な news, women's and LGBT+ 権利s, human trafficking, 所有物／資産／財産 権利s, and 気候 change. Visit http://news.信用.org)
