Madholm t1_iuc031x wrote on October 30, 2022 at 4:13 AM

Reply to comment by PatienceHero in Companies’ ‘deforestation-free’ supply chain pledges have barely impacted forest clearance in the Amazon by thebelsnickle1991

While there are loads of scams regarding pledges to xyz goal, I think it’s better that we try to root out the bad faith actors than to paint them all as ineffective.

PatienceHero t1_iuc11a7 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 4:23 AM

Oh, indubitably. I never meant to imply otherwise. It's just that as a society we currently seem to be interested in doing either.

I'm sure some of the companies making deforestation-free pledges may very well be making good on those pledges, but I unfortunately feel the number of companies exploiting plausible deniability may be much higher. Part of this is very much due to the government needing to step up and hold bad actors accountable.

gamingthrowawway2021 t1_iuc231t wrote on October 30, 2022 at 4:35 AM

Governments only care about trying to farm money and political power for their nations and immediate neighbors. Often the environment is the last concern, save for sadly the tiny island nations who have to face its effects first.