As the Amazon burns will financiers step up to reform Brazil’s aggressive agribusiness sector?
Key findings: There have been 72,843 fires in Brazil this year, 84% more than the same period last year. Deforestation has spiked by 54%[1]under […]
Fires, Haze and Finance – Riau connections
Runaway fires in July-August have prompted six Indonesian provinces to declare a State of Emergency.[1]The haze has become an international environmental and public health crisis, […]
Can Malaysia’s financial sector rein in the country’s oil palm linked deforestation?
The governments of Malaysia and Indonesia are anxious to decouple palm oil’s association with deforestation and climate change. Palm oil prices have been tumbling for […]
Banks investing billions in Southeast Asian forest-risk sector despite ESG risks
Japanese, Chinese, Malaysian and Indonesian banks remain largest financiers of forest-risk companies in Southeast Asia – some progress made in ESG financing policies, but not nearly enough
