Researcher working on commodity-driven deforestation, leading Global Canopy's @forest500 and Deforestation Action Tracker projects. Opinions are mine. She/her.
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Emma Thomson retweeted
The beta version of Forest IQ has launched today!
A new database that will provide a market-leading dataset to support financial institutions tackle their exposure to #deforestation & associated #humanrights abuses.
Learn more & sign-up to help test -globalcanopy.org/insights/ne…
Emma Thomson retweeted
OUT TODAY: Our deforestation-free investment mandate for family offices and foundations, providing a blueprint to help ensure investments are not driving nature destruction.
Download the mandate: ow.ly/8gKS50LY0RT
#deforestation #finance #naturebasedsolutions
Emma Thomson retweeted
📚 Research we conducted with the @hlcchampions showed over 90% of @Forest500 companies with a net zero target won’t meet it because they are not doing enough on #deforestation.
We only have three years until 2025. Without ambitious #deforestation commitments and effective implementation, #NetZero will not be possible, 1.5 degrees will not be possible. We need more from the companies with the most influence on deforestation, and we need it now
To reach #netzero, UN #HLEGReport says companies must end deforestation by 2025. Just 23% of the companies most exposed to deforestation risk had committed to do so by 2025. A third have no deforestation policy at all
Read more: ow.ly/t9mG50LxYbi
The #UN have said eliminating commodity-driven deforestation by 2025 is essential for #NetZero pledges. @GlobalCanopy Deforestation Action Tracker found 80% of #GFANZ and #RtZ FIs didn't have a deforestation policy. We need clear progress by COP28 globalcanopy.org/insights/pu…
Net zero pledges must be “about cutting emissions, not corners.” 🌍🌱
#COP27
theguardian.com/environment/…
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Emma Thomson retweeted
News of #GFANZ split from Race to Zero must not halt action to eliminate deforestation by the finance sector. @MarkJCarney
Our new tracker launches on 3 November, monitoring progress on #deforestation by the financial institutions in GFANZ & #RacetoZero
reuters.com/business/environ…
ALT "It is disappointing to see that GFANZ is no longer working with Race to Zero. Both initiatives have made clear the importance of finance sector action to address deforestation as part of the transition to net zero. Action is needed and we will be watching for progress on deforestation and associated human rights with our new tracker." Emma Thompson, Global Canopy.
Emma Thomson retweeted
The world spends > $1 trillion of public money on subsidies that harm biodiversity.
To stop this, governments and businesses need to change.
To do this, they need reliable data & guidance. Global Canopy provides both.
#InvestInOurPlanet here: ow.ly/xLvP50INU2J
Emma Thomson retweeted
"it is not just about how much we consume, but also about what we eat, and how and where it is grown"
@ethomson184 talks to @OneGreenPlanet about corporate deforestation commitments, the @Forest500 report and what's needed to tackle deforestation: ow.ly/JYFn50IRpmC
Emma Thomson retweeted
The @FT explores the key issues due to affect AGM season. Climate targets, as well as biodiversity & deforestation, are on the list.
Read the full story to hear how @avivainvestors uses the @Forest500 index to inform voting: ow.ly/scIY50ItJCX
Emma Thomson retweeted
How can pension funds identify, address, and eliminate deforestation from their investments?
@GlobalCanopy has opened a call for feedback on their Guidance for Deforestation-free Pension Funds.
📅 Feedback deadline: 5 April 👉 ggkp.org/Z42
Emma Thomson retweeted
HSBC has announced it will introduce new policies for companies with supply chains in "environmentally critical" areas reports @edie ow.ly/8Gur50IlzGl
These must require deforestation-free, conversion-free production and cover human rights says Emma Thomson
Emma Thomson retweeted
🧵THREAD | For International Women’s Day 2022 we recommend following these inspirational women who are raising their voices to support nature & climate across, politics, business, and finance #IWD ⬇️
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Emma Thomson retweeted
As #LFW gets underway, join us at 3.30pm GMT today to discuss deforestation in viscose supply chains, with Elodie Gilart - @marksandspencer, @DelphineWilliot, @Fash_Rev, @nicolerycroft1, @Canopyplanet, @ethomson184, @Forest500 @AMTomchak
register: ow.ly/EU7U50HXqCm
Despite the lack of perfect data, there is still enough data for financial institutions to get started - to set policies, to identify their exposure to #deforestation, and start engaging companies. More data is coming, but we need action now
#SolHack "For some companies we see a lack of transparency about what their exposure to deforestation or to those commodities is (...) so we see a really big data gap in terms of a lack of reporting..."
@ethomson184 of @Forest500 @GlobalCanopy
Emma Thomson retweeted
~200M trees per year are harvested to produce fabrics like viscose.
Join @Forest500 @Fash_Rev @Canopyplanet @marksandspencer & @BritishVogue Editor turned eco entrepreneur, @AMTomchak online for #LFW22 to discuss deforestation in fashion.
Register: ow.ly/isYl50HJa28
Emma Thomson retweeted
BREAKING :
Worldwide #IndigenousPeoples, supported by 170 NGOs, say that the European Union’s landmark anti-deforestation law is likely to fail unless businesses are required to respect international laws and standards on land rights.
fern.org/publications-insigh…
#LandRightsNow
Emma Thomson retweeted
Deforestation often goes hand-in-hand with human rights abuses.
Our latest report looks at whether companies have commitments to address social issues in their supply chains
Read the report here: ow.ly/GvGc50HxSW4
Emma Thomson retweeted
“Global companies and financial institutions with the highest potential for curbing deforestation are largely failing to do so, undermining pledges to protect forests made at the COP26 climate summit in November," according to new report by @GlobalCanopy!
en.prothomalo.com/environmen…
Emma Thomson retweeted
The new #Forest500 report makes clear the financial sector is critical to address #deforestation & yet only now are we seeing serious engagement from a few leading investors & the banks have barely started - time to step up! bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @business
Emma Thomson retweeted
Don't forget to join us tomorrow for the launch of the new Forest 500 report at 2 PM GMT with @neil_parish, @delarabur, Vemund Olsen of @storebrand_no @sebsoleille of @bnpparibas,@SazDraper, @ethomson184 & host @BBCJustinR.
Register here: bit.ly/Forest500webinar
