Deforestation-Free Illinois Act prohibits state purchases of tropical hardwoods and forest-risk commodities.
The Deforestation-Free Illinois Act prohibits the State of Illinois and its agencies from purchasing tropical hardwoods and products containing forest-risk commodities. It defines "forest-risk commodity" as products like beef, cocoa, coffee, leather, palm oil, paper, soy, rubber, and wood products. The Act requires contractors to confirm that these commodities were not extracted from, grown, derived, harvested, reared, or produced on land where deforestation or forest degradation occurred.
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