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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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

The countdown to 2020

posted by Helen Burley, 14 January 2019
The countdown to the 2020 deadline for delivering zero deforestation is underway - and all Forest 500 companies need to act
Photo shows a sign reading: "Important deadline ahead"

Facing up to the risks of illegality in your supply chain

posted by Helen Burley, 29 November 2018
Almost half of all tropical deforestation is due to the illegal conversion of forests for commercial agriculture, according to a new report from the New York Declaration on Forests Assessment...
Photo shows forest cleared for palm oil

Leading on deforestation: maintaining progress to 2020 and beyond.

posted by Anonymous, 12 November 2018
The impacts of the New York declaration on Forests assessment on Forest 500 signatories.
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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

The World Has Loads of Sustainable Palm Oil... But No One Wants It

14 January 2019
Tags:
Palm oil
,
Company
Anuradha Raghu

Dutch banks’ customers ‘unknowingly’ profit from palm oil companies

17 December 2018
Tags:
Palm oil
,
Financial institution
Thessa Lageman

Tokyo Olympics venues ‘built with wood from threatened rainforests’

12 December 2018
Tags:
Timber
,
Company
Arthur Neslen

Palm oil giant Wilmar International to combat deforestation using satellite monitoring of suppliers

11 December 2018
Tags:
Palm oil
,
Company
Peter Stubley
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