Originally posted by Reporter Brazil here: Despite the new agroecological lines, a survey shows that most of the rural credit for family farming under the Safra Plan financed a sector with a high environmental impact over the last 30 years. The Lula administration (Workers’ Party) enthusiastically launched the new Family Farming Harvest Plan on Monday (30). […]| Forests & Finance
Original post by TuK Indonesia here. The South Jakarta District Court has declared the Desak Mandiri lawsuit filed by TuK INDONESIA against Bank Mandiri inadmissible (Niet Ontvankelijke Verklaard/NO) on formal grounds, citing “lack of parties.” TuK INDONESIA views this verdict, delivered on 17 July 2025, as evidence of the court’s failure to address and deliberate […]| Forests & Finance
MUFG’s lack of due diligence raises questions about its zero-deforestation commitments Japan’s largest bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), adopted a policy against peatland destruction, yet one of its bank subsidiaries continues to finance firms that, well…destroy peatlands. Recently, we raised questions about the credibility of MUFG’s zero-deforestation commitments given that it had provided hundreds of millions […]| Forests & Finance
Jakarta, 18 June 2025 – Eight civil society organizations, both national and international, have submitted amicus curiae documents to the South Jakarta District Court as a form of support for the lawsuit filed by Transformasi untuk Keadilan Indonesia (TuK INDONESIA) against Bank Mandiri. The organizations are BankTrack, Milieudefensie, RimbaWatch, Indonesia Center for Environmental Law (ICEL), […]| Forests & Finance
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Blog originally posted here Global food systems account for more than one third of the world’s GHG emissions, with meat, dairy and animal feed production accounting for 60% of this amount. Corporations involved in meat, dairy, and feed production are among the world’s highest emitting. Just five of the world’s largest meat and dairy producers emit more GHGs than Exxon, BP or […]| Forests & Finance
Os bancos e investidores expostos ao risco de desmatamento no Sudeste Asiático, África Central e Ocidental e em partes da América do Sul.| Florestas & Finanças
The banks and investors exposed to deforestation risks in Southeast Asia| Forests & Finance
The banks and investors exposed to deforestation risks in Southeast Asia| Forests & Finance