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Civil Society Demands That Danamon Bank Be Also Responsible for Climate Crisis

August 25, 2021

Civil society sends gifts and flower bouquets to urge Danamon Bank to stop funding forest-destroying companies which are causing climate crisis and human rights violation… Read More

Pulp mill Connected to Fires and Respiratory Illness Plans to Triple Production

August 23, 2021

Palembang, August 23, 2021 — Today over 30 civil society organizations sent a letter to investors of Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), part of… Read More

Forests & Finance Coalition warns foreign investors about the risk of the anti-environment agenda in the Brazilian congress

August 19, 2021

Bills being processed in the Brazilian Congress, with irreversible consequences to the Amazon forest and indigenous peoples, could bring serious risks to the operations of… Read More

Owners of Indonesian paper giant APP takes over North American Domtar, putting the company’s credibility at risk

July 29, 2021

By Sergio Baffoni, Environmental Paper Network For the pulp and paper industry, it is the take-over of the decade. Domtar… Read More

Shareholders send MUFG a stark climate warning

June 29, 2021

At its AGM today in Tokyo,  23% of shareholders issued a major climate warning to Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (“MUFG”) management by voting in favour… Read More

Indonesian Forestry Titan Royal Golden Eagle Remains a Major Roadblock to Progress in Saving Leuser Ecosystem

June 28, 2021

Nearly two years after being exposed for driving deforestation in one of the most important forests left on the planet – the Singkil Bengkung… Read More

Brazilian meat company JBS Issues“sustainability-linked” bonds

June 23, 2021

Forests and Finance Coalition responds On June 15, JBS, the Brazilian meat company, announced it had sold US $1 billion worth of “sustainability-linked” bonds. Read More

Join our webinars on new data launch

June 8, 2021

Join us to find out more about the new Forests & Finance website and its features, the new extended policy assessments of 50+ financial… Read More

World’s 50 Largest Banks and Investors Driving Deforestation Through Weak Policies and Major Investments, New Study Finds

June 8, 2021

Top investors BlackRock, Vanguard, State Street, PNB, EPF, GPIF, and KWAP all amongst lowest scoring The world’s 50 largest banks and investors are driving deforestation… Read More

Banks called upon to take action to protect biodiversity ahead of UN Biodiversity Conference in Kunming

May 26, 2021

Civil society organizations urge banks to adopt stringent “No Go” policy for biodiversity rich areas Today, 24 organisations and civil society alliances based in 16… Read More