The Forest 500 blog

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Commodity series: the palm oil problem

19 March 2020

As we approach the first International Day of Forests of the 2020s, commodity-production is continuing to drive tropical deforestation. Over the past decade, palm oil has come under more intense and high-profile scrutiny than any other forest-risk commodity. Global Canopy’s annual Forest 500...

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Companies still falling short on deforestation: more action needed

14 December 2017

The latest Forest 500 results show a lack of overarching deforestation policies across all sectors - and policies in the beef and leather supply chains are particularly scarce .

Companies failing on pledges to halt tropical deforestation by 2020

12 December 2017

The 2017 annual assessment of the Forest 500 powerbrokers shows the 250 companies with the greatest influence over forests are failing to adequately address deforestation risks.

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Why Certification Schemes Are Failing to Protect Tropical Forests

24 November 2017

Timber certification schemes and corporate sustainability commitments are failing to protect tropical forests, according to new analysis from Global Canopy.

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Putting supply chains on the climate agenda

16 November 2017

Why supply chains need to be part of the implementation plans for the Paris Agreement.

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New portal puts spotlight on Brazilian Forest Code compliance

11 October 2017

A new portal, providing access to all the information needed to comply or monitor compliance with the Brazilian Forest Code has been launched by the Instituto BVRio and the Observatory of the...

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'Deforestation risk' companies under increasing pressure from investors

2 August 2017

Investors are increasingly pushing some of the world’s biggest companies to commit to reducing their impact on the rainforest, according to new analysis of shareholder resolutions. And many of these...