Home » Resource Database Report 2023: A watershed year for action on deforestationRead the report (2023: A watershed year for action on deforestation)(This link will take you to an external website) About this Report (Global Canopy, February 2023) The launch of the ninth Forest 500 report by Global Canopy, showing that 201 (40%) of the companies and financial institutions with the most exposure to and influence on tropical deforestation still haven’t set one single policy on deforestation. Also see the link to the Forest 500 launch webinar too. Read the report (2023: A watershed year for action on deforestation)(This link will take you to an external website) Related resources Corporates – Latin America & Caribbean: Deforestation Intensifies Reputational Risk For Companies Operating In Brazil Moody’s (December 2021) Environmental damage to Brazil’s biomes will have a substantial impact on Brazilian companies in coming years, rippling across different sectors and the wider economy. Finance Sector Roadmap: Eliminating Commodity-Driven Deforestation Deforestation Free Finance (November 2021) The Finance Sector Roadmap is designed to provide a broad range of financial institutions, including asset owners, pension funds, asset managers, insurers and banks with guidance on eliminating deforestation, conversion, and associated... Banking Beyond Deforestation University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (January 2021) A report explaining how the banking sector can contribute to halting and reversing deforestation. Case study: Kering uses Forest 500 data to take action against deforestation (Global Canopy, April 2023) Global luxury retailer, Kering, whose brands include Gucci, Saint Laurent and Balenciaga, detail the actions they have taken to reduce their impact on deforestation and as a result, improve their Forest 500 score. Read here. Deforestation Action Tracker (Global Canopy, November 2023) The Deforestation Action Tracker monitors financial institutions with significant climate commitments including those in the Race to Zero and Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ), to track their action on deforestation, conversion and... Forest IQ (Global Canopy, Stockholm Environment Institute & Zoological Society of London, November 2023) A tool which aligns, connected, and curates the best available datasets on how companies are addressing their links to deforestation. Explore the data here. Related publications Additional Guidance by Biome – Tropical Forests Draft sector guidance – Forestry and paper Related webinars Natural Capital – the next frontier for investor stewardship? June 29, 2023 (Updated: December 16, 2024) This webinar discusses how nature is being integrated into global investment stewardship practises, and features speakers from BlackRock, Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), and Aviva Investors on their environmental stewardship...