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Update to the Forest 500 assessment process for 2023

28 September 2023

Forest 500 annually reviews its assessment methodologies and process to ensure it aligns with best practice. This year, to strengthen engagement with assessed companies and financial institutions, and to increase impact, they will now be able to view their completed assessment prior to the public...

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If Amazon is serious about climate change, why is it ignoring tropical forests?

1 May 2020

The lockdown for COVID-19 has seen online retailer Amazon's profits soar - but why don't the company's climate commitments extend to protecting tropical forests?...

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Commodity series: No more hiding for the leather industry

20 April 2020

The leather industry was the worst performing in our latest Forest 500 Annual Report. Find out which companies are failing to address tropical deforestation.

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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...

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Commodity series: It’s time to beef up action to protect the Amazon

13 March 2020

Conversion for cattle is one of the biggest drivers of deforestation in the Amazon, yet 79% of the Forest 500 companies assessed for beef had yet to make a commitment.

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EU due diligence – the time has come

25 February 2020

The latest Forest 500 report highlights how voluntary commitments by companies have not delivered deforestation-free supply chains. Could due diligence legislation make a difference?

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Why it matters – the companies getting it wrong on deforestation

18 February 2020

We are in the midst of a climate and nature emergency and tropical forests – left standing – can help mitigate both. That is why it matters that companies are not making fast-enough progress in...

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