Ranking the most influential companies driving tropical deforestation
Every six seconds, an area of rainforest the size of a football pitch is destroyed to make way for the production of commodities such as soy, beef and palm oil. See our latest assessment of the 500 biggest companies in these supply chains - and the financial institutions that fund them, using data from 2020.
Time for change: Delivering deforestation-free supply chains
There is no solution to the growing climate and nature crisis the world faces without a solution to deforestation. Currently, two thirds of tropical deforestation is driven by agricultural expansion to produce commodities such as soy, palm oil, timber, and beef. The Forest 500 assessment finds that 43% of the 500 companies and financial institutions in forest-risk supply chains do not have a commitment on deforestation. 2021 can be a decisive year for action on market driven deforestation - despite the recent failure of the private sector to achieve the high-profile 2020 global goals.
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