Emma Thomson

Researcher working on commodity-driven deforestation, leading Global Canopy's @forest500 and Deforestation Action Tracker projects. Opinions are mine. She/her.

[Global Canopy @GlobalCanopy]

The beta version of Forest IQ has launched today!
A new database that will provide a market-leading dataset to support financial institutions tackle their exposure to #deforestation & associated #humanrights abuses.

Learn more & sign-up to help test -https://t.co/AfLYRGR1nd

[Global Canopy @GlobalCanopy]

OUT TODAY: Our deforestation-free investment mandate for family offices and foundations, providing a blueprint to help ensure investments are not driving nature destruction.
Download the mandate: https://t.co/ow6oXL3Qk5
#deforestation #finance #naturebasedsolutions

[Global Canopy @GlobalCanopy]

📚 Research we conducted with the @hlcchampions showed over 90% of @Forest500 companies with a net zero target won’t meet it because they are not doing enough on #deforestation.

[Emma Thomson @ethomson184]

We only have three years until 2025. Without ambitious #deforestation commitments and effective implementation, #NetZero will not be possible, 1.5 degrees will not be possible. We need more from the companies with the most influence on deforestation, and we need it now

[Forest 500 @Forest500]

To reach #netzero, UN #HLEGReport says companies must end deforestation by 2025. Just 23% of the companies most exposed to deforestation risk had committed to do so by 2025. A third have no deforestation policy at all
Read more: https://t.co/K8d3LTOZwM

[Emma Thomson @ethomson184]

The #UN have said eliminating commodity-driven deforestation by 2025 is essential for #NetZero pledges. @GlobalCanopy Deforestation Action Tracker found 80% of #GFANZ and #RtZ FIs didn't have a deforestation policy. We need clear progress by COP28 https://t.co/5HstfqOAeu

[Catherine McKenna @cathmckenna]

Net zero pledges must be “about cutting emissions, not corners.” 🌍🌱

#COP27

https://t.co/Mxr4l2R1Zk

[Global Canopy @GlobalCanopy]

News of #GFANZ split from Race to Zero must not halt action to eliminate deforestation by the finance sector. @MarkJCarney

Our new tracker launches on 3 November, monitoring progress on #deforestation by the financial institutions in GFANZ & #RacetoZero

https://t.co/I3YW2YGJHK

[Global Canopy @GlobalCanopy]

The world spends > $1 trillion of public money on subsidies that harm biodiversity.

To stop this, governments and businesses need to change.

To do this, they need reliable data & guidance. Global Canopy provides both.

#InvestInOurPlanet here: https://t.co/C2FMivTvkH

[Forest 500 @Forest500]

"it is not just about how much we consume, but also about what we eat, and how and where it is grown"

@ethomson184 talks to @OneGreenPlanet about corporate deforestation commitments, the @Forest500 report and what's needed to tackle deforestation: https://t.co/AMZi0Ck2H4

[Forest 500 @Forest500]

The @FT explores the key issues due to affect AGM season. Climate targets, as well as biodiversity & deforestation, are on the list.

Read the full story to hear how @avivainvestors uses the @Forest500 index to inform voting: https://t.co/cugM9mqOhC

[Green Finance Platform @GGKP_Finance]

How can pension funds identify, address, and eliminate deforestation from their investments?

@GlobalCanopy has opened a call for feedback on their Guidance for Deforestation-free Pension Funds.

📅 Feedback deadline: 5 April 👉 https://t.co/lzJcZuZS8C

[Forest 500 @Forest500]

HSBC has announced it will introduce new policies for companies with supply chains in "environmentally critical" areas reports @edie https://t.co/ykE8wNaweq

These must require deforestation-free, conversion-free production and cover human rights says Emma Thomson

[Global Canopy @GlobalCanopy]

🧵THREAD | For International Women’s Day 2022 we recommend following these inspirational women who are raising their voices to support nature & climate across, politics, business, and finance #IWD ⬇️

📷@nivenphoto

[Forest 500 @Forest500]

As #LFW gets underway, join us at 3.30pm GMT today to discuss deforestation in viscose supply chains, with Elodie Gilart - @marksandspencer, @DelphineWilliot, @Fash_Rev, @nicolerycroft1, @Canopyplanet, @ethomson184, @Forest500 @AMTomchak
register: https://t.co/rsJdgCeobv

[Emma Thomson @ethomson184]

Despite the lack of perfect data, there is still enough data for financial institutions to get started - to set policies, to identify their exposure to #deforestation, and start engaging companies. More data is coming, but we need action now

[EFI Governance @EfiGovernance]

#SolHack "For some companies we see a lack of transparency about what their exposure to deforestation or to those commodities is (...) so we see a really big data gap in terms of a lack of reporting..."
@ethomson184 of @Forest500 @GlobalCanopy

[Forest 500 @Forest500]

~200M trees per year are harvested to produce fabrics like viscose.

Join @Forest500 @Fash_Rev @Canopyplanet @marksandspencer & @BritishVogue Editor turned eco entrepreneur, @AMTomchak online for #LFW22 to discuss deforestation in fashion.

Register: https://t.co/WRnD8pJ8BM

[Fern @Fern_NGO]

BREAKING :

Worldwide #IndigenousPeoples, supported by 170 NGOs, say that the European Union’s landmark anti-deforestation law is likely to fail unless businesses are required to respect international laws and standards on land rights.

https://t.co/7xDUUK3JZB

#LandRightsNow

[Forest 500 @Forest500]

Deforestation often goes hand-in-hand with human rights abuses.

Our latest report looks at whether companies have commitments to address social issues in their supply chains

Read the report here: https://t.co/B9ptWTa4Xi

[Amazon Watch @amazonwatch]

“Global companies and financial institutions with the highest potential for curbing deforestation are largely failing to do so, undermining pledges to protect forests made at the COP26 climate summit in November," according to new report by @GlobalCanopy!
https://t.co/47b5fVn9fx

[Justin Adams @JustinCMAdams]

The new #Forest500 report makes clear the financial sector is critical to address #deforestation & yet only now are we seeing serious engagement from a few leading investors & the banks have barely started - time to step up! https://t.co/450MD7UTRs via @business

[Forest 500 @Forest500]

Don't forget to join us tomorrow for the launch of the new Forest 500 report at 2 PM GMT with @neil_parish, @delarabur, Vemund Olsen of @storebrand_no @sebsoleille of @bnpparibas,@SazDraper, @ethomson184 & host @BBCJustinR.

Register here: https://t.co/H7FFuFOo7F