40% of the Forest 500 have yet to set a single policy on deforestation

Global Canopy’s 9th annual Forest 500 report and ranking finds that the companies and financial institutions with the most influence on deforestation are taking insufficient action on deforestation, with the finance sector “woefully behind”. Global Canopy’s latest Forest 500 report and ranking, which tracks the policies and performance of the 350 most influential companies and 150 financial institutions most exposed to deforestation risk in their supply chains and investments, has been published. The latest assessments show very slow progress on deforestation action. None of the companies and financial institutions in the Forest…

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