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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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.

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

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

Spotlight on palm oil - how well do companies perform?

posted by Anonymous, 13 August 2018
A new campaign from Greenpeace puts the spotlight on the companies buying palm oil - we look at how they perform.
Photo shows orangutan mother and baby

Investors add their voices to calls to protect the Cerrado

posted by Anonymous, 1 August 2018
How would you feel if you knew that your pension fund or life-savings were being invested in destroying tropical forests and other important wildlife habitats? That they were funding the expansion of...
Cattle grazing in the Matopiba region, Brazil Photo Credit: Daniel Meyer

Soy policies for companies in the animal feed sector

posted by Anonymous, 30 July 2018
One of the biggest uses for soy is in animal feed - so how do the Forest 500 companies measure up on the commitments they have made?
photo shows pigs being fed
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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

Have APP and APRIL both broken their no-deforestation promises?

20 August 2018
Tags:
Paper
,
Company
Robin Hicks

Forests group halts plan to endorse Indonesian paper giant

17 August 2018
Tags:
Paper
,
Company

Save Rang-tan. End dirty palm oil.

13 August 2018
Tags:
Palm oil
,
Company

‘High risk’ that China’s timber from PNG is illegal: New report

10 August 2018
Tags:
Timber
,
Jurisdiction
John C. Cannon
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