Lucy Jordan

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Lucy Jordan

Clothes discarded by UK consumers and shipped to Ghana have been found in a huge rubbish dump in protected wetlands, an investigation has found. Reporters for Unearthed working with Greenpeace Africa found garments from Next in the dump and other sites, and items from George at Asda and Marks & Spencer washed up nearby. The dumps are in an internationally recognised wetland that is home to three species of sea turtle.

2 months ago | unearthed.greenpeace.org | Naira Hofmeister |Lucy Jordan

JBS, the world’s largest meat company, will fail to meet its flagship commitment to eliminate both legal and illegal deforestation in its vast Amazon rainforest supply chain by the end of this year, according to beef producers.  Working with the Guardian and Reporter Brasil, Unearthed interviewed more than 35 ranchers and cattle industry representatives over three field trips to the Amazon. Ranchers told us they believe the company’s ambitious environmental pledge is impossible to achieve.