@forestsandfinance.bsky.social
We are a coalition of organizations working to hold the financial sector accountable, protect forests and support communities defending their territories.
Our site is: forestsandfinance.org
@forestsandfinance.bsky.socialBanks can’t claim to protect nature while financing companies linked to deforestation, peatland destruction, pollution and rights abuses. Strong NDPE policies. Independent verification. Consequences for repeat offenders. #Biodiversity
@forestsandfinance.bsky.socialNew report: Banking on Biodiversity Collapse shows banks have poured USD 595 bi into high-risk mining and agribusiness across the tropics since 2020. The result: annual fires and toxic haze, ecosystems on the brink of collapse and widespread human rights abuses
@forestsandfinance.bsky.socialJoin our UNPRI side event on October 14th, for the launch of this year's Banking on Biodiversity Collapse report.
Register here: tinyurl.com/FFPRI26
@forestsandfinance.bsky.socialAmong the top investors in these companies are Employees Provident Fund, Permodolan Nacional Berhad, Vanguard, King Fortune Trust, Fidelity Investments, BlackRock, Public Bank, Prudential, KWAP Retirement Fund and Malaysian Hajj Pilgrims Fund.
@forestsandfinance.bsky.socialAmong the top financiers of these groups are Maybank, DBS, SMBC, UOB, AmBank Group and RHB.
@forestsandfinance.bsky.socialGreenpeace has identified more than 20 palm, pulp and sugar companies, whose land concessions contained sources of smoke from fires that have ravaged Indonesia in recent months. These include Kuala Lumpur Kepong, Bumitama Agri and First Resources.
@forestsandfinance.bsky.socialForests & Finance stands in strong solidarity with its member SAM, whose president Meenakshi Raman was denied entry into Sarawak without being informed of the reason. SAM has worked in Sarawak for decades supporting grassroots communities and indigenous peoples.
@forestsandfinance.bsky.socialJoin our UNPRI side event on October 14th, for the launch of the 2026 update of the Financial Exclusion Tracker.
Register here: events.humanitix.com/fet2026
@forestsandfinance.bsky.socialJoin our UNPRI side event on October 14th, for the launch of this year's Banking on Biodiversity Collapse report.
Register here: tinyurl.com/FFPRI26
@forestsandfinance.bsky.socialJoin this New York Climate Week event!
People’s Forum on Food, Land, Forests & Finance: Climate Week is full of conversations about transforming our food system. But very few ask who is paying for the system we have now...
Join the discussion!
Register Here:
events.humanitix.com/food-land-fi...
@forestsandfinance.bsky.socialJoin this New York Climate Week event!
Fall in Love with the Future: A Participatory Visioning Experience, with FoE US and Pachamama Alliance.
Move beyond the research into imagination and find active hope in relationship and collective action.
Register here:
events.humanitix.com/fall-in-love...
@forestsandfinance.bsky.socialA new documentary by Zembla, shows that energy company RWE generates "green energy" in the Netherlands by burning timber from Malaysia, contributing to deforestation.
According to www.bankingonclimatechaos.org
RWE's top financiers include
@Commerzbank
@UniCredit
@JPMC
@societegenerale.com
@forestsandfinance.bsky.socialNovo artigo da @reporterbrasil.org.br
Empréstimo do BNB segue vigente após fazenda financiada ter área interditada por desmatamento com uso de fogo; Basa manteve financiamento a propriedades onde Ibama identificou falhas na prevenção de incêndios.