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2 Nov 2021

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Investors with $8.7 trillion in assets commit to work on eliminating agricultural commodity-driven deforestation risks in portfolios by 2025

"Commitment on Eliminating Agricultural Commodity-Driven Deforestation", 2 Nov 2021

Over 30 financial institutions with more than (US) $8.7 trillion in assets under management are committed to work on eliminating agricultural commodity-driven deforestation risks in their investment and lending portfolios by 2025... This investor-led initiative is supported by a collaborative effort from leading organisations and individuals at the intersection of finance and conservation... The signatory financial institutions commit to using “best efforts to eliminate forest-risk agricultural commodity-driven deforestation activities at the companies in our investment portfolios and in our financing activities by 2025”...

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15 Nov 2021

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8 Nov 2021

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Available languages: español
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7 Nov 2021

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6 Nov 2021

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27 Oct 2021

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26 Oct 2021

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Investors with $8.7 trillion in assets commit to work on eliminating agricultural commodity-driven deforestation risks in portfolios by 2025

Timeline

COP26: After weakened climate deal reached, Indigenous Peoples say their goals were not met

Peru: Despite COP26 commitments, indigenous peoples allege highway construction in the Amazon, including use of rivers continue, threatening their rights

COP26: Wendepunkt für die Kohle - aber 1,5 Grad noch nicht in Reichweite

Global: Governments risk 'trillions' in fossil fuel climate litigation

Make ecocide a crime against humanity, says activist

Uno-Klimagipfel: Deutschland steigt aus der Finanzierung fossiler Brennstoffe aus

Mexico: New report "Human Rights for a Just Energy Transition" highlights regression of climate action and human rights

COP26's legitimacy questioned as two-thirds of usual civil society participants are excluded

Africa: Corporations urged to invest in Africa's carbon sink and compensate the continent for climate change

México: Delegación mexicana en COP26 se pronuncia sobre la construcción de acuerdos con enfoque de derechos humanos y equidad de género

COP26: Largest protest in Glasgow history sees calls for reparations for indigenous communities, end to fossil fuel & renewable energy investment

COP26: Indigenous groups say rules for carbon markets should not violate indigenous people’s rights

Financial sector representing $130 trillion in assets committed to decarbonizing, but the real test will be deployment of capital

COP26: Scientiests say methane pledge is significant & financial sector pledges are a game-changer

Philippines: Young activists ask world leaders to take concrete action on climate change

Commentary: Missing from the COP26 agenda - corporate accountability

Indigenous activists say their voices are missing at Cop26, claim protections for environmental defenders and reduction of mineral extraction to curtail global heating

Impact investors are best placed to drive human rights based, just transition to renewable energy

COP26: 450 financial institutions in 45 countries pledge $130tn to back climate action

New Zealand: Environmental activist tells COP26 leaders that if they fail, the people will step up to fight climate change

Investors with $8.7 trillion in assets commit to work on eliminating agricultural commodity-driven deforestation risks in portfolios by 2025

Indigenous peoples to receive $1.7 billion funding in a first step towards respect for rights at COP26

Brazil: Largest indigenous delegation at COP26 denounces threats from illegal loggers, cattle ranchers & miners

Global: Report of UN expert shows backlash on climate justice, threats to climate activists & role of business in shrinking civic spaces

UK: Government must recognise role of environmental human rights defenders in resisting climate change, say rights groups

Global: New report reveals financial institutions' revenue of $1.74 billion from deals with irresponsible agribusinesses linked to deforestation & attacks on HRDs; incl. banks and companies' comments

Global: Community land tenure is an often-overlooked, but crucial way to mitigate climate change, report says

UN Principles for Responsible Investment staff call on governments to put the world on track for 1.5 degrees rise & on investors to step up

778 businesses representing trillions in revenue call on leaders to preserve 1.5°C target at COP26

USA: Indigenous delegation at COP26 says emissions-cutting targets are meaningless if dependence on coal & other fossil fuels is not abandoned

Over 140 organizations call on COP26 negotiators to center human rights & environmental impacts of transition mining

Alliance of asset owners with trillions in assets sets higher & short-term decarbonization targets on eve of COP26

Comment: Trade and investment rules shouldn’t undermine climate ambition

Brazil: Greenhouse gas emissions rose 9.5% in 2020 largely due to increased deforestation in the Amazon, shows study

ABP, one of world’s biggest pension funds, to stop investing in fossil fuels

Letter to CoP26 President: How can COP26 address climate change and modern slavery?

Commentary: How business should be respecting human rights in the transition to cleaner energy

UN declares access to a clean environment a human right

Open letter from civil society to world leaders: Put human rights at the centre of environmental policy

New Index on Censorship issue focuses on environmental justice and reprisals against indigenous campaigners

S. Africa: More companies increasingly looking to reduce carbon footprint as the country faces the possibility of being excluded from markets due to the carbon intensive exports

Brazil: Despite Bolsonaro’s two-month offensive against illegal gold miners and loggers in the Amazon, activists remain skeptical of the president's position

UK: Companies renew calls to govt. to strengthen proposed Environment Bill on fighting deforestation

Global: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights warns that environmental and climate crises pose the world's "greatest challenge to human rights"

Global: Over 200 health journals call climate change world's 'greatest threat to public health', demand urgent action

EU calls on world's biggest economies to set tougher climate targets ahead of COP26 summit

Global: IPCC report warns warming will hit 1.5°C by 2040

UK to stop funding overseas fossil fuel projects