Following Biden’s Historic Amazon Visit, RAN Calls on Global Leaders at COP29 to Restructure the Financial System Driving Deforestation
San Francisco – After Joe Biden made history this week as the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Amazon rainforest, Rainforest Action Network is calling on global political and…
Banking on Biodiversity Collapse 2024: Banks and investors continue to finance deforestation while governments are “asleep at the wheel”
Despite international commitments such as the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), financing to sectors linked to deforestation continues to rise.
Banking on Biodiversity Collapse: Inaugural Report Reveals Major Bank and Investor Policies Accelerating Deforestation, Biodiversity Destruction, and Rights Violations
Behind the scenes, the finance sector is playing an outsized role in global deforestation by financing agribusiness and logging companies.
Is TNFD an answer to the biodiversity crisis?
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has emerged as a proposed solution to the biodiversity crisis — but it’s a product of the same collusion between corporations and regulators that has deepened, not helped, the planet’s biodiversity crisis.
“Wall Street: Steer Clear of JBS” — NGOs Warn Financiers of Risks Ahead of Meatpacker Giant’s NYSE Listing
Citigroup, Bank of America, BlackRock, Vanguard and Other Banks Are Enabling Environmental Destruction and Human Rights Abuses Associated with JBS NEW YORK — Today, several leading climate, agriculture, and animal…
Banks must respect Indigenous Peoples’ land rights to Keep Forests Standing
Banks have a role to play in ensuring that their clients are not violating the rights of Indigenous peoples and local communities.
