Our banks are in a hidden relationship with oil companies. Together, they’re fuelling climate change 🔥
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📋 @Forest500 lead Emma Thomson says: “financial institutions must act, they have the guidance, data and tools, the Forest 500 report has case studies, inaction is a risk to finance, to business and to life"
NEW: On #COP15 finance and biodiversity day, @HaahrMarianne explains how the #ENCORE biodiversity module helps financial institutions assess their risks in the agriculture sector
https://t.co/Vka1hzKGYD
The Finance Sector Roadmap on Eliminating Commodity-Driven Deforestation is designed to provide guidance on eliminating deforestation, conversion & associated human rights abuses from portfolios, with a target date of 2025.
Learn how to use it tomorrow: https://t.co/VTB9sIlgP2
Would you like to play an important role in the @GlobalCanopy strategy to influence & enable financial institutions to assess & mitigate their impacts on forests & forest peoples?
Apply to be our new Sustainable Finance Associate here: https://t.co/DXzMJXzIx3
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We are looking for an experienced Project Manager for our Corporate Performance and #ESG work. If you are highly organised with a deep understanding of ESG metrics and knowledge of the surrounding issues - please apply here: https://t.co/bmzTtXeQVd
Join the Forest 500 team, @Barb_Wettstein of @Nestle & Johan Verburg of @Rabobank as we discuss our new report & mechanisms to deliver on deforestation-free supply chains at our upcoming webinar, moderated by @iangwelsh of @InnovaForum
Register here: https://t.co/wXYtReK6vT
There's no solution to #ClimateChange without a solution to deforestation. Our Executive Director @nikimardas on @BBCWorld after the latest @inpe_mct figures showed a 12-year high for deforestation in the Amazon, hear more from Niki in today's @Independent https://t.co/S7weLV1jWj
Read the new @Forest500 analysis launched today: "Fuelling the fires: why investors need to do more to protect the Amazon" to understand which investors are making progress, which are doing nothing & the steps investors can take to improve their policies: https://t.co/CaO8GbtI6o
A golden opportunity to stop deforestation linked to EU consumption - find out how @globalcanopy@Forest500 is joining with #Together4Forests to support a call for action https://t.co/TWvIefXXEd
Banks funnelled over USD 150 Billion into companies driving deforestation since Paris Agreement, new @forests_finance data analyses shows.
Access the dataset here: https://t.co/bl6FTgyxet
Follow the tread to see graphs of the key findings
To tell ministers that the new law must also address goods from areas where weak legislation means that forests are being legally cleared, visit the consultation page and make a submission https://t.co/8MWbcyNaPq
Consumers should not have to buy products that contain #deforestation. But, unknowingly, the products we put in our baskets can be linked to the destruction of tropical forests. Understand the flaws in the new proposed UK law and why it must go further: https://t.co/e1C1Yjyz4O
#Breaking 10 financial institutions + UK & Swiss govs endorse new UN-backed initiative to create a Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures #TNFD. A finance-sector led working group will be hosted by @globalcanopy@WWF@UNDP@UNEP_FI Learn more: https://t.co/2W42X6LcS0
Join our tropical forest quiz for #EarthDay2020 here 👇 How does it work? Each hour a question will be released and you will have 55 minutes to respond before the correct answer appears in the thread below. On the hour, the next question will be revealed. Good luck!
No matter how hard you try, your food may unknowingly cause #deforestation.
Individual action isn't enough - we need government to show leadership and take deforestation #OffOurPlates.
.@Tesco, you're top of @OxfamGB's scorecard. You've made big changes to support your food producers, but a score of 38% still isn’t great. Be more open about your suppliers & buy more from those who give power to workers & farmers. #BehindTheBarcodes https://t.co/WZexDPgVfk
Are any big brands committed to a responsible palm oil future? @WWF have scored 173 companies on the actions they are taking to combat #PalmOil driven deforestation within their supply chains and beyond. Explore the brands & their results here: https://t.co/lXHKokSNzp