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This blog provides an overview of the top forest-risk commodity clients of some of the largest EU banks and investors. The credit values are for the years between 2020 and September 2023, the investment data is for September 2023.
The tables provide the total value allocated to the six forest-risk commodities in the tropical regions that are analyzed by Forests & Finance (beef, soy, palm oil, pulp and paper, timber and rubber), as well as the total value allocated to the company (so this can also include finance and investment for other sectors, and in non-tropical regions).

Row LabelsTotal Tropical
forest risk Value
(in US$ million
Total Value
(in US$ million)
Cargill942,137
POSCO391,730
Olam International1201,517
Georgia-Pacific Group (Koch Industries)141,100
Archer Daniels Midland50712
Suzano639639
Bunge33482
CMPC415420
Bolloré1341
Stora Enso5324
Louis Dreyfus Company8306
Brookfield Asset Management0167
Marfrig55136
Klabin133133
Perkebunan Nusantara Group125125
Wilmar26114
Grupo Amaggi6597
Mitsubishi083
Brazil Agriculture Finance Program1683
Sinar Mas Group7575
Marubeni270
PTT Group043
Charoen Pokphand Group142
Siat Group1010
Grand Total1,92910,887

Top forest risk companies that BNP Paribas invested in, Sep 2023

Row LabelsTotal Tropical
forest risk Value
(US$ million)
Total Value
(US$ million)
Smurfit Kappa Group1958
Stora Enso133
Bunge233
Archer Daniels Midland228
Itochu019
Mitsubishi019
Mitsui & Co015
Marubeni014
BRF03
POSCO02
Suzano22
Sumitomo Forestry01
Brookfield Asset Management01
Wilmar01
JBS01
Bolloré01
SLC Agricola00
Cresud00
CMPC00
Minerva00
Marfrig00
Adecoagro00
Grand Total27232

Top forest risk clients that received credit from Crédit Agricole, 2020-2023

Row LabelsTotal Tropical
forest risk Value
(US$ million)
Total Value
(US$ million)
Mitsui & Co3976
Bolloré2680
Suzano602602
Stora Enso8499
POSCO10460
Bunge28403
Louis Dreyfus Company10398
Sinochem Group57383
Itochu8333
Marubeni7236
Cargill9196
Olam International10131
Wilmar23100
COFCO1775
ZTE020
Klabin1919
Sumitomo Rubber Industries410
Siat Group1010
Grand Total8265,530

Top forest risk companies that Crédit Agricole invested in, Sep 2023

Row LabelsTotal Tropical
forest risk Value
(US$ million)
Total Value
(US$ million)
Smurfit Kappa Group144453
Bunge27393
Mitsui & Co1323
Archer Daniels Midland14208
Stora Enso2136
Mitsubishi080
Itochu263
Brookfield Asset Management038
Marubeni135
Bolloré024
Jardine Matheson Group323
Suzano2222
Samsung018
POSCO018
Adecoagro317
Oji Group414
Genting Group16
JBS16
ZTE05
IOI Group55
CMPC44
PTT Group04
Charoen Pokphand Group04
Batu Kawan Group33
Wilmar13
Salim Group12
QL Resources01
Sime Darby Plantations11
Sinar Mas Group11
Top Glove11
Barito Pacific Group01
Sumitomo Forestry01
Cargill01
Sumitomo Rubber Industries01
Minerva00
Hap Seng Group00
Georgia-Pacific Group (Koch Industries)00
Grand Total2431,917

Top forest risk clients that received credit from Banco Santander SA, 2020-2023

Row LabelsTotal Tropical
forest risk Value
(US$ mln)
Total Value
(US$ mln)
Brazil Agriculture Finance Program1,9507,057
Cargill28637
Brookfield Asset Management2629
JBS48519
Bunge19276
CMPC242245
Klabin152152
Minerva143143
BRF0141
Marfrig55136
COFCO1775
Charoen Pokphand Group170
J&F Investimentos6363
Small-scale Agricultural Operators Brazil5858
Prima Foods5555
Olam International450
Suzano3838
Cresud137
Copasul Cooperativa Agricola Sul Matogrossense1111
Anin Indústria de Papel33
Viero Moveis Industria E Comercio22
Grand Total2,89110,397

Top forest risk companies that Banco Santander SA invested in

Row LabelsTotal Tropical
forest risk Value
(mln US$)
Total Value
(mln US$)
Suzano99
Cresud07
CMPC66
JBS15
Minerva44
SLC Agricola24
BRF02
Adecoagro02
Smurfit Kappa Group01
Stora Enso01
Mitsui & Co01
Marfrig01
Sumitomo Forestry00
Mitsubishi00
Jardine Matheson Group00
Brookfield Asset Management00
Salim Group00
IOI Group00
Batu Kawan Group00
LG International00
Grand Total2343

Top forest risk clients that received credit from Groupe BPCE (Natixis), 2020-2023

Row LabelsTotal Tropical
forest risk Value
(US$ million)
Total Value
(US$ million)
Olam International62775
Bolloré2657
Bunge26371
Louis Dreyfus Company6235
Brookfield Asset Management0112
Charoen Pokphand Group190
COFCO1775
Siat Group1010
Grand Total1232,326

Top forest risk companies that Groupe BPCE (Natixis) invested in, Sep 2023

Row LabelsTotal Tropical
forest risk Value
(US$ million)
Total Value
(US$ million)
Smurfit Kappa Group39124
Archer Daniels Midland462
Bunge227
Brookfield Asset Management018
BRF015
Klabin1212
Cargill010
Stora Enso010
Bolloré07
Georgia-Pacific Group (Koch Industries)04
POSCO04
Itochu03
Mitsubishi02
Genting Group02
Mitsui & Co02
Marubeni01
Wilmar01
Samsung01
SLC Agricola00
Sumitomo Forestry00
Sumitomo Rubber Industries00
Oji Group00
LG International00
CMPC00
Marfrig00
Grand Total59306

Top forest risk clients that received credit from Société Générale SA, 2020-2023

Row LabelsTotal Tropical
forest risk Value
(US$ million)
Total Value
(US$ million)
Brookfield Asset Management31,145
Louis Dreyfus Company10409
Bolloré1341
Cargill12265
Olam International682
Marubeni270
Bunge112
Siat Group1010
Grand Total452,332

Top forest risk companies that Société Générale SA invested in, Sep 2023

Row LabelsTotal Tropical
forest risk Value
(US$ million))
Total Value
(US$ million)
Brookfield Asset Management03
Archer Daniels Midland02
Bunge02
Adecoagro01
Grand Total08

Top forest risk clients that received credit from Deutsche Bank, 2020-2023

Row LabelsTotal Tropical forest
risk Value
(US$ million)
Total Value
(US$ mln)
Cargill882,015
Brookfield Asset Management51,875
Archer Daniels Midland821,190
Noble Group0350
Georgia-Pacific Group (Koch Industries)4300
Marubeni7236
Bunge14208
Louis Dreyfus Company282
Charoen Pokphand Group175
Stora Enso155
Olam International453
Wilmar1046
PTT Group043
Sinochem Group2325
Grand Total2426,553

Top forest risk companies that Deutsche Bank invested in, as of Sep 2023

Row LabelsTotal Tropical
forest risk Value
(mln US$)
Total Value
(mln US$)
Smurfit Kappa Group70221
Archer Daniels Midland15217
Surya Dumai Group210210
Bunge14200
Itochu4143
Mitsubishi0134
Mitsui & Co0110
Marubeni263
Brookfield Asset Management051
Jardine Matheson Group442
POSCO142
ZTE030
Stora Enso029
SLC Agricola1122
Cargill120
Samsung014
Bolloré012
Suzano1111
Wilmar29
Oji Group27
IOI Group66
CMPC55
Adecoagro14
JBS14
Barito Pacific Group04
Salim Group13
Sinar Mas Group33
PTT Group03
Batu Kawan Group23
QL Resources03
Sime Darby Plantations33
Genting Group02
Georgia-Pacific Group (Koch Industries)02
Charoen Pokphand Group02
Sumitomo Forestry01
Top Glove11
Sipef00
Sumitomo Rubber Industries00
Hap Seng Group00
BRF00
Harita Group00
Marfrig00
Grand Total3711,637

 


Top forest risk clients that received credit from Crédit Mutuel Group, 2020-2023

Row LabelsTotal Tropical
forest risk Value
(mln US$)
Total Value
(mln US$)
Bolloré061
Grand Total061

Top forest risk companies that Crédit Mutuel Group invested in, Sep 2023

Row LabelsTotal Tropical forest
risk Value
(mln US$)
Total Value
(mln US$)
Smurfit Kappa Group929
Stora Enso06
Alicorp04
Archer Daniels Midland02
Itochu02
Bunge00
Grand Total1042

Top forest risk clients that received credit from Intesa Sanpaolo, 2020-2023

Row LabelsTotal Tropical
forest risk Value
(US$ million)
Total Value
(US$ million)
Olam International45564
Archer Daniels Midland10147
Cargill380
Bunge350
Royal Golden Eagle Group2548
Grand Total87888

Top forest risk companies that Intesa Sanpaolo invested in, Sep 2023

Row LabelsTotal Tropical
forest risk Value
(US$ million)
Total Value
(US$ million)
Bunge567
Smurfit Kappa Group1135
Itochu132
Stora Enso029
Archer Daniels Midland226
Mitsubishi024
Mitsui & Co021
POSCO021
ZTE015
Marubeni015
Wilmar315
Brookfield Asset Management010
Jardine Matheson Group110
Suzano77
CMPC55
Oji Group15
IOI Group44
Samsung04
Bolloré03
Genting Group01
Salim Group01
Sime Darby Plantations11
SLC Agricola01
Barito Pacific Group00
Top Glove00
Batu Kawan Group00
QL Resources00
Minerva00
PTT Group00
Sinar Mas Group00
JBS00
Marfrig00
Charoen Pokphand Group00
Grand Total45353

Top forest risk clients that received credit from ING Groep NV, 2020-2023

Row LabelsTotal Tropical
forest risk Value
(US$ million)
Total Value
(US$ million)
Olam International51638
Bunge19273
Archer Daniels Midland18260
Louis Dreyfus Company6212
Bolloré094
COFCO1775
Marubeni270
Musim Mas Group5959
Cargill245
Sinochem Group55
Grand Total1781,730

Top forest risk companies ING Groep invested in, Sep 2023

Row LabelsTotal Tropical
forest risk Value
(mln US$)
Total Value
(mln US$)
Bunge111
Archer Daniels Midland19
Grand Total120

Top forest risk clients that received credit from UniCredit SpA, 2020-2023

Row LabelsTotal Tropical
forest risk Value
(US$ million)
Total Value
(US$ million)
Archer Daniels Midland48688
Louis Dreyfus Company7284
Olam International675
Bunge19
Grand Total621,056 

Top forest risk companies that UniCredit SpA invested in, Sep 2023

Row LabelsTotal Tropical
forest risk Value
(mln US$)
Total Value
(mln US$)
Sumitomo Forestry15
Stora Enso00
Grand Total15

Top forest risk clients that received credit from La Banque Postale, 2020-2023

Row LabelsTotal Tropical
forest risk Value
(US$ million)
Total Value
(US$ million)
Bolloré0129
Grand Total0129

Top forest risk companies that La Banque Postale invested in, Sep 2023

Row LabelsTotal Tropical
forest risk Value
(US$ million)
Total Value
(US$ million)
Smurfit Kappa Group2474
Stora Enso156
Oji Group02
Jardine Matheson Group01
IOI Group00
Batu Kawan Group00
CMPC00
Grand Total26133

Top forest risk clients that received credit from BBVA – BME, 2020-2023

Row LabelsTotal Tropical
forest risk Value
(US$ million))
Total Value
(US$ million)
Olam International48608
Bunge21310
JBS0227
COFCO38175
Archer Daniels Midland10147
Cargill6133
CMPC121122
Minerva082
Klabin3333
Cresud019
Grand Total2791,856

Top forest risk companies that BBVA – BME invested in, Sep 2023

Row LabelsTotal Tropical
forest risk Value
(US$ million))
Total Value
(US$ million)
Smurfit Kappa Group26
Mitsui & Co04
Archer Daniels Midland03
Bunge02
Cresud02
BRF01
Stora Enso00
Mitsubishi00
Itochu00
Bolloré00
Marubeni00
Oji Group00
Sumitomo Forestry00
Grand Total218

Top forest risk clients that received credit from Rabobank, 2020-2023

Row LabelsTotal Tropical
forest risk Value
(US$ million))
Total Value
(US$ million)
Brazil Agriculture Finance Program8342.647
Suzano799799
Olam International59745
Bunge35509
Minerva133215
Klabin152152
Louis Dreyfus Company4152
Archer Daniels Midland10147
Marfrig55136
Musim Mas Group119119
COFCO1775
Charoen Pokphand Group170
Grupo Amaggi3247
POSCO145
Small-scale Agricultural Operators Brazil4343
Cargill235
Sampoerna Group2020
Coamo Agroindustrial Cooperativa88
Tentos Do Sul Comercial Agricola22
Agropecuaria Agua Azul00
Grupo Crestani00
Agropastoril Jotabasso00
Grand Total2,3255,965

Top forest risk companies that Rabobank invested in, Sep 2023


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Top forest risk clients that received credit from DZ Bank AG, 2020-2023

Row LabelsTotal Tropical
forest risk Value
(US$ million)
Total Value
(US$ million)
Bunge15220
Wilmar1458
Louis Dreyfus Company158
Royal Golden Eagle Group3030
Grand Total60366

Top forest risk companies that DZ Bank AG invested in, Sep 2023

Row LabelsTotal Tropical
forest risk Value
(US$ million))
Total Value
(US$ million)
Stora Enso180
Smurfit Kappa Group1238
Itochu09
Bunge18
Suzano77
IOI Group66
CMPC66
JBS13
Batu Kawan Group22
Salim Group02
POSCO02
QL Resources01
Genting Group01
United Plantations11
Jardine Matheson Group01
Mitsui & Co00
Mitsubishi00
Adecoagro00
Sumitomo Forestry00
Marubeni00
Brookfield Asset Management00
Grand Total37168

Top forest risk clients that received credit from Nordea Bank Abp, 2020-2023

Row LabelsTotal Tropical
forest risk Value
(US$ million)
Total Value
(US$ million)
Stora Enso2123
Grand Total2123

Top forest risk companies that Nordea Bank Abp invested in, Sep 2023

Row LabelsTotal Tropical
forest risk Value
(US$ million))
Total Value
(US$ million)
Stora Enso3187
Archer Daniels Midland9133
Itochu128
Bunge110
Suzano88
Salim Group16
Batu Kawan Group55
Marubeni05
Mitsubishi05
Mitsui & Co04
Samsung02
Jardine Matheson Group01
Smurfit Kappa Group01
Brookfield Asset Management01
Bolloré00
Wilmar00
Oji Group00
Grand Total29396

Top forest risk clients that received credit from CaixaBank SA, 2020-2023

No loans or underwriting

Top forest risk companies that CaixaBank SA invested in, Sep 2023

Row LabelsTotal Tropical
forest risk Value
(US$ million))
Total Value
(US$ million)
POSCO03
Cresud00
Adecoagro00
SLC Agricola00
Smurfit Kappa Group00
Suzano00
Bunge00
Brookfield Asset Management00
Archer Daniels Midland00
Grand Total14

Top forest risk clients that received credit from Danske Bank, 2020-2023

Row LabelsTotal Tropical
forest risk Value
(US$ million))
Total Value
(US$ million)
Stora Enso5324
Grand Total5324

Top forest risk companies that Danske Bank invested in, Sep 2023

Row LabelsTotal Tropical
forest risk Value
(US$ million))
Total Value
(US$ million)
Stora Enso153
Mitsubishi019
Marubeni012
Mitsui & Co011
Itochu010
Jardine Matheson Group05
United International Enterprises12
Smurfit Kappa Group01
Suzano11
Bolloré01
Sime Darby Plantations00
Batu Kawan Group00
Oji Group00
Samsung00
Sinar Mas Group00
QL Resources00
CMPC00
Hap Seng Group00
Sumitomo Forestry00
Grand Total5116

Top forest risk clients that received credit from CBK-XTRA, 2020-2023

Row LabelsTotal Tropical
forest risk Value
(US$ million))
Total Value
(US$ million)
Cargill16360
Archer Daniels Midland10147
Bunge9129
Louis Dreyfus Company271
Wilmar1461
Grand Total51769

Top forest risk companies that CBK-XTRA invested in, Sep 2023

Row LabelsTotal Tropical
forest risk Value
(US$ million)
Total Value
(US$ million)
Bunge00
Archer Daniels Midland00
Grand Total00

Top forest risk clients that received credit from ABN – ENXTAM, 2020-2023

Row LabelsTotal Tropical
forest risk Value
(US$ million))
Total Value
(US$ million)
COFCO1775
Royal Golden Eagle Group6060
Louis Dreyfus Company139
Bunge06
Grand Total78180

Top forest risk companies that ABN – ENXTAM invested in, Sep 2023

Row LabelsTotal Tropical
forest risk Value
(US$ million)
Total Value
(US$ million)
Smurfit Kappa Group412
Mitsubishi01
Bunge00
Archer Daniels Midland00
Stora Enso00
JBS00
LG International00
Bolloré00
Suzano00
ZTE00
Marfrig00
Salim Group00
POSCO00
Genting Group00
Grand Total414

Top forest risk clients that received credit from KBC ENXTBR, 2020-2023

Row LabelsTotal Tropical
forest risk Value
(US$ million)
Total Value
(US$ million)
Archer Daniels Midland120
Bunge110
Anglo-Eastern Group99
Grand Total1139

Top forest risk companies that KBC ENXTBR invested in, Sep 2023

Row LabelsTotal Tropical
forest risk Value
(US$ million)
Total Value
(US$ million)
Louis Dreyfus Company147
Royal Golden Eagle Group3030
Bunge230
Grand Total33107