Environmental Investigation Agency US @eia-us.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Leather imports represent one of the strongest links between the European market and deforestation, labor abuses and Indigenous rights violations driven by cattle ranching in the Amazon, as numerous investigations by EIA and others have shown. 130
Environmental Investigation Agency US @eia-us.bsky.social · 08/05/2026The European Commission is proposing to grant leather an exemption from the EUDR, under heavy pressure from the industry lobby and despite its own cost-benefit analysis that leather represents one of the most effective ways for the EU to reduce its deforestation footprint. 100
