154: Can we make our food supply chains deforestation-free?

<div>The UK Environment Bill aims to ensure that UK-based companies are transparent about their supply chains and their impact on deforestation and proposes fines for those who don’t adhere. <br> <br> </div> <div>What will this new legislation mean for food and drink brands, why is it important, and does it go far enough? Joining Table Talk this week to share their views are Sam Lawson, Founding Director, Earthsight, Alice Lucas, Advocacy and Policy Manager, Fairtrade Foundation and Robert Sheasby, Chief Executive, The Agricultural Industries Confederation.</div> <div> <br> <strong>About our panel<br> </strong><br> </div> <div> <strong>Sam Lawson, Founding Director, Earthsight<br> </strong><br> </div> <div>Earthsight is a non-profit organisation committed to harnessing the power of primary investigative research and reporting to bring attention to pressing issues of human rights and environmental justice. We aim to get to the core of an issue, using a range of investigative research methods to obtain first-hand, documented evidence of crimes against both people and the planet which is irrefutable and impossible to ignore. By following the money and tracing supply chains, our research also aims to expose the complicity of consumers and financiers in abetting these abuses.<br> <br> </div> <div> <strong>Alice Lucas, Advocacy and Policy Manager, Fairtrade Foundation<br> </strong><br> </div> <div>Alice Lucas is Advocacy and Policy Manager at the Fairtrade Foundation, leading on the organisation’s policy response to Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence Legislation, and it’s work on trade policy. Alice has been following the progress of the Environment Bill through Parliament and continues to engage with Members of Parliament and Government departments on the deforestation proposals.<br> <br> </div> <div>Alice holds an MSc in International Public Policy. Prior to joining Fairtrade, Alice worked on European Immigration and Asylum policy and advocacy. She has previously worked in the Communications and Educa