Steph Dowlen, Author at Forests & Finance

Major Banks Fueling Biodiversity Collapse by $395 Billion Since the Paris Agreement; Governments Failing to Reign in Banks

October 16, 2024

New reports reveal escalating financing to destructive sectors and highlight the urgent need for financial sector regulations to achieve Global Biodiversity Goals San Francisco, CA… Read More

A Critical Moment for Biodiversity and Finance

October 16, 2024

New Report: Regulating Finance for Biodiversity – A Call for Urgent Action at COP16 As world leaders prepare to meet in Cali for the… Read More

Report – Banking on Biodiversity Collapse: Tracking the banks and investors driving tropical deforestation

December 4, 2023

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Major bank and investor policies accelerating forest destruction, biodiversity loss, climate chaos and rights violations

December 4, 2023

Cargill: Violating Indigenous Peoples’ and traditional communities’ rights in Brazil

December 4, 2023

Banks must respect Indigenous Peoples’ land rights to Keep Forests Standing

August 8, 2023

Financial flows and policy assessments key findings

November 8, 2021

Since the Paris Agreement banks have provided USD 238 billion in credit to 186 of the largest forest-risk commodity companies in the world. Emissions from… Read More

Banking Centers of Brazil, Indonesia, China, the United States and Japan Are Bankrolling Global Deforestation, New Analysis Finds

October 29, 2021

More than USD 238 billion in credit has been provided to companies driving tropical deforestation globally since the Paris Climate Agreement In the leadup to… Read More

Forests & Finance Briefer June 2021

June 21, 2021

Assessing financial institutions’ forest-risk policies and analysing investments. Download publication… Read More

Letter to banks and investors on Indofood labor exploitation

November 12, 2020

Letter to banks and investors financing Indofood despite major ESG issues including ongoing labor exploitation complaints. Published November 2020. Download… Read More

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