Forest 500 insights

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Is your Christmas dinner driving deforestation?

17 December 2020

Food and gifts given at Christmas often contain ingredients linked to tropical deforestation

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How to drive a wider shift to deforestation-free supply chains?

16 May 2019

The latest scientific evidence makes it clear that voluntary commitments alone are not enough to end deforestation - a panel event in Brussels discussed whether legislation could play a part.

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Extending the ambition of company commitments to zero deforestation in soy supply chains

18 April 2019

Soy expansion in parts of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina is a key driver of deforestation, particularly in areas important for biodiversity such as the Brazilian Cerrado and the Argentine Chaco.

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Banks need to raise their game in battle against deforestation

12 April 2019

Analysis of Forest 500 commitments examines whether banks are implementing their own policies in the investment and lending choices they make.

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Making commitments count for palm oil supply chains

5 April 2019

The Forest 500 2018 annual assessment shows that companies are more likely to have a commitment for palm oil than for other commodities, but many companies still have no commitments or are not doing...

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Implementing commitments beyond 2020

21 March 2019

The Forest 500 annual report 2018 finds that companies are not on track to meet the 2020 deforestation goal - and companies need to do more to implement the commitments they have made.

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Putting commitments into practice

18 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...

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