The Environmental Investigation Agency published in November 2023 a report titled "The Dictator's Door: From Crimes in Equatorial Guinea's Forests to Home Depot's Customers."
This report presents investigative findings that connect illegal logging of okoume logs in Equatorial Guinea and opaque processing of the logs in China with millions of doors sold to US customers via more than 750 Home Depot stores. Once in China, the logs enter processing and veneer manufacturing supply chains so opaque that companies are often unable to trace the origin of the timber.
