Fourth Annual Forest 500 Report

Companies and financial institutions not on track for 2020 targets

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Who are the Forest 500?

The Leaders

Total Scores

Nestle S.A.

5 out of 5

Mars Inc.

5 out of 5

Marks & Spencer Group PLC

5 out of 5

Danone

5 out of 5

Kellogg Co.

5 out of 5
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Commitments

5%Zero Deforestation Policy
11%Zero Net Deforestation Policy
56%Commodity Specific Policy
28%No Commodity Specific Policy
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The Leaders

Total Scores

The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

4 out of 5

HSBC Holdings Ltd.

4 out of 5

Westpac

4 out of 5

Standard Chartered

4 out of 5

Deutsche Bank

4 out of 5
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Commitments

3%Overarching Deforestation Commitment
28%Commodity
specific policy
69%No commodity specific policy
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The Leaders

Total Scores

Colombia

5 out of 5

Malaysia

4 out of 5

Brazil

4 out of 5

Liberia

4 out of 5

Peru

4 out of 5
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Pie chart showing the breakdown of commitments.

Commitments

36%Zero/Zero Net
deforestation policy
or commodity
specific policy
64%No Zero/Zero Net or Commodity Specific Policy
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Key players

Civil society

Consumers

Equator Principles Association

Forest Stewardship Council

Indigenous peoples

Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil

Science

Soy Moratorium

UN Principles for Responsible Investment

World Trade Organisation

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Our insights

We can achieve deforestation-free supply chains, but collaboration is key

posted by Sarah Rogerson, 11 June 2018
Many companies are now trying to address the challenge of removing deforestation from their complex supply chains. While nobody wants to be responsible for driving the destruction of vast areas of...
Image shows a chicken feeding in a bowl of feed

A wake up call for the meat industry

posted by Helen Burley, 6 June 2018
The figures are stark, and the vegans are smiling. A comprehensive analysis of meat and dairy’s environmental footprint shows that cutting our consumption of meat and dairy products is the single...
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Adding more companies to the Forest 500

posted by Sarah Rogerson, 31 May 2018
This year we are adding an extra 100 companies to the Forest 500 to allow greater visibility of the corporate powerbrokers linked to tropical deforestation than ever before.
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We are all part of the deforestation economy

Two thirds of rainforest clearance today is for land to produce commodities that are traded globally and end up in half the products in our supermarkets.

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Press coverage of the Forest 500 powerbrokers

Watchdog group finds companies not living up to promises

15 June 2018
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Other powerbroker

EU to phase out palm oil from transport fuel by 2030

15 June 2018
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Palm oil
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Jurisdiction

Zero deforestation 2020: Are retailers ready to walk the walk in sustainable soy?

13 June 2018
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Soya
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Company
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Other powerbroker
Kacey Culliney

In pursuit of traceability, palm oil giant tests GPS-based solution

11 June 2018
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Palm oil
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Company
Hans Nicholas Jong
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