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Fourth Annual Forest 500 Report

Companies and financial institutions not on track for 2020 targets

Who are the Forest 500?

The Leaders

Total Scores

Nestle S.A.

Nestle

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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Pie chart showing the breakdown of commitments for companies.

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.

HSBC Holdings

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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Pie chart showing the breakdown of commitments for financial institutions.

Commitments

3%Overarching Deforestation Commitment

28%Commodity
specific policy

69%No commodity specific policy

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The Leaders

Total Scores

Colombia

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5 out of 5

Malaysia

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4 out of 5

Brazil

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4 out of 5

Liberia

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4 out of 5

Peru

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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

Equator Principles Association

Forest Stewardship Council

Forest Stewardship Council

Indigenous peoples

Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil

Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil

Science

Soy Moratorium

UN Principles for Responsible Investment

UN Principles for Responsible Investment

World Trade Organisation

World Trade Organisation

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Our insights

Putting commitments into practice

posted by Mei Corbett, 14 March 2019

Under Goal 2 of the New York Declaration on Forests, companies and governments have committed to eliminate deforestation by 2020. That deadline is approaching fast, and we already know that it will...

Amazon Rainforest

Recognising women in forest-risk supply chains

posted by Sarah Rogerson, 8 March 2019

Women play an important - and sometimes unrecognised role - in agricultural commodity supply chains. Companies must recognise their rights.

Photo shows a female worker on an oil palm plantation in West Kalimantan, image from CIFOR

New commitments for Brazil’s Cerrado?

posted by Helen Burley, 5 March 2019

Cargill has announced a new soy policy for South America and a group of traders have signed up to a new monitoring initiative, but are these commitments enough to protect the Cerrado?

Photo shows soy plants in a field

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.

Press coverage of the Forest 500 powerbrokers

Saving the Cerrado: Six commodities traders to disclose supply chain data

8 March 2019

Tags:

Soya

,

Company

Alicia Prager

Cargill launches further commitments to sustainability

25 February 2019

Tags:

Cacao

,

Palm oil

,

Soya

,

Company

With Satellites And Supply Chains, Global Brands Take Aim At Deforestation

22 February 2019

Tags:

Palm oil

,

Paper

,

Company

Chris Meyer

Fight Climate Change: Use Recycled Toilet Paper and Less of It

21 February 2019

Tags:

Timber

,

Company

Tiffany Kary