Rapporten ”2023: A watershed year for action on deforestation”, udgivet af NGO’en Global Canopy, konkluderer blandt andet, at 40% af de undersøgte virksomheder ikke har nogen politiker for at undgå skovrydning.
Den årlige rapport tager udgangspunkt i 350 af de mest indflydelsesrige virksomheder samt 150 af de mest eksponerede finansielle institutioner.
Undersøgelsen viser blandt andet at:
- 109 (31%) of the companies with the greatest influence on/exposure to tropical deforestation risk through their supply chains don’t have a single deforestation commitment for any of the commodities to which they are exposed.
- Many human rights abuses are linked to deforestation, but none of the companies assessed meet the requirements for all human rights commitments alongside their deforestation commitments for all of the commodities to which they are exposed.
- 92 (61%) of the financial institutions that are most exposed to deforestation do not have a deforestation policy covering their lending and investments.
- In 2022, these 92 financial institutions with no deforestation policies provided US$3.6 trillion in finance to the companies with the highest exposure to deforestation risk.
- Deforestation poses a systemic risk to the finance sector – financial, material and reputational – but still only 48 (32%) financial institutions have publicly recognised deforestation as a business risk.
Men selvom fremgang imod skovrydning er langsom, forudser Global Canopy accelereret indsats i 2023 på grund af nye due diligence reguleringer i EU og Storbritannien.
Læs hele rapporten her.
