Op-Ed: The limits of bank self-regulation in fighting deforestation
Check out this Financial Times op-ed from Ben Goldsmith on the laws needed to stop banks from financing companies putting people and forests at risk. Banks and investors in Southeast…
Shareholders beware: Company misreporting on critical sustainability issues could cost you the earth
Are Japan’s biggest corporations deliberately misreporting sustainability or simply oblivious to the major environmental and social risks they face from deforestation footprints? Either way, shareholders beware; environmental and social risks…
International Coalition Calls for Emergency Sanctions Against Indonesian Forest Fire Culprits
Financial regulators are called on to do all that they can to prevent another environmental and public health disaster, as forest fires begin to blaze again in 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE…
Despite Historic Paris Climate Agreement, Southeast Asia Braces for Another Catastrophic Fire Season
Last week was critical for the world’s forests and climate. First, around 175 countries signed the historic Paris climate agreement which recognizes the crucial role forests play in the fight…
Joint letter calling on financial regulators and major banks to prevent repeat Southeast Asia haze crisis in 2016
Corresponding addresses: Rahmawati Retno Winarni Program Director, TuK Indonesia wiwin@tuk.or.id Tom Picken Forests and Finance Campaign Director Rainforest Action Network tpicken@ran.org Jakarta, 27th April 2016 As the fire…