Products using wood, cattle, cocoa, coffee, palm oil, rubber and soy are set to come under new U.K. deforestation legislation, similar to the EUโ€™s Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). The rules would also apply to certain products derived from these, including chocolate and furniture.

Ruth Prickett graduated from Cambridge University with a BA hons in History and has specialized in business and finance journalism for the past 20 years. She was editor of Financial Management, the magazine...