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Domestic Banks Finance 74% of Brazilian Beef & Soy
By Chain Reaction Research The beef and soy sectors have been two of the major drivers of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon… Read More
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Banks urged to act as major Indonesian corporations are found failing on Indigenous Rights
New report evaluates ten of the largest Indonesian corporate groups in the forest-risk sector and finds them all failing to ensure free, prior, and informed… Read More
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Are banks turning a blind eye to profit shifting in Indonesia’s forestry and plantation sectors?
Industry groups representing Indonesia’s forestry and plantation sectors regularly portray their environmental impacts as trade-offs inherent in Indonesia’s economic development. Corporate tax revenues generated are… Read More
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The Money that feeds the Cattle
Monitor #7 by Repórter Brasil – The Monitor’s seventh issue, a bulletin that disseminates Repórter Brasil sector and production chain studies, analyzes the environmental… Read More
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African Peoples Tribunal Carpets Transnationals, and their Financiers, Operating in Africa
Demand UN binding treaty on business operations The African Peoples Tribunal organised in Lagos by Friends of the Earth Africa (FoEA) ended on Friday November… Read More
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Why are banks and investors still funding Indofood?
Palm oil workers resist ongoing labor abuses from Indonesian noodle giant This month, 10 banks committed another $2.1 billion in loans… Read More
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Letter to banks and investors on Indofood labor exploitation
Letter to banks and investors financing Indofood despite major ESG issues including ongoing labor exploitation complaints. Published November 2020.
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American financiers invested more than US$ 18 billion in companies linked to Indigenous rights violations in the Brazilian Amazon
A new report by the Association of Brazil’s Indigenous Peoples (APIB) and Amazon Watch exposes international financiers – including BlackRock, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Vanguard, Bank… Read More
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A Call to Action on the Principles for Responsible Banking: End Climate-Destructive Financing Now
In September last year, the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and 30 ‘’founding’’ banks launched the Principles for Responsible Banking (PRBs)… Read More
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A call to action on the Principles for Responsible Banking: End climate-destructive financing now
On September 22, 2019, the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and 30 ‘’founding’’ banks launched the Principles for Responsible Banking (PRBs) during… Read More