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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

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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 2h
Forests & 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. foe-malaysia.org/articles/sam...
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SAM condemns barring of its President from Sarawak - Sahabat Alam Malaysia
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) strongly condemns the denial of entry into Miri, Sarawak of its President, Meenakshi Raman, today, 29 September 2026. Meena
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Join 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
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Join our UNPRI side event on October 14th, for the launch of this year's Banking on Biodiversity Collapse report. Register here: tinyurl.com/FFPRI26
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Join 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...
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Join 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...
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A 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
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Banking on Climate Chaos 2026 - Banking on Climate Chaos
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Novo 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. reporterbrasil.org.br/2026/09/banc...
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Em meio a ‘Super El Niño’, banco estatal mantém crédito a multado por queimada
Empréstimo do Banco do Nordeste segue vigente após fazenda financiada ter área interditada por desmatamento com uso de fogo; Banco da Amazônia manteve financiamento a propriedades onde Ibama identific...
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Banks with strong "No Fire" policies will be less exposed to the risk of their clients having their licenses revoked. www.businesstoday.com.my/2026/08/24/i...
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Indonesia To Revoke Permits Of Corporations Responsible For Forest Fire
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has ordered authorities to revoke business permits of corporations suspected of ordering forest and land fires, warning that no company would be exempt.
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The Illustrated Field guide to Biodiversity Finance Narratives Too often, the focus is on mobilizing more money for nature, through all kind of narratives. But are they based on the right assumptions? Read the Field Guide and find out more: forestsandfinance.org/news/launch-...
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Launch of the Illustrated Field guide to Biodiversity Finance Narratives - Forests & Finance
The global conversation about biodiversity finance is still too often framed around one question: how do we mobilize more money for nature? But that’s only part of the story. Equally important are the...
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Monitoramento Independente para Enfrentamento à Violência no Campo na Amazônia 📅 13 de agosto 🕙 10h às 12h (horário de Brasília) 💻 Transmissão ao vivo pelo YouTube da Articulação Agro é Fogo : bit.ly/webinariomon...
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WEBINÁRIO: Monitoramento Independente para Enfrentamento à Violência no Campo na Amazônia
Como parte da programação da “Semana Nacional de Enfrentamento à Vi...
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Darurat El Nino Hingga 2027, Masyarakat Sipil Indonesia Desak Bank Hentikan Pembiayaan terhadap Perusak Hutan dan Gambut forestsandfinance.org/id/news-id/d...
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Durante audiência da Comissão de Meio Ambiente e Desenvolvimento Sustentável da Câmara, especialistas defendem regras para fundos de investimento agroindustriais, para evitar que os Fiagros financiem desmatamento, grilagem e trabalho análogo à escravidão www.camara.leg.br/noticias/128...
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Especialistas defendem regras para fundos de investimento agroindustriais - Notícias
Objetivo é evitar que os Fiagros financiem desmatamento ilegal, grilagem de terras e trabalho análogo à escravidão
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Participe da Audiência Pública na Câmara dos Deputados, sobre Crimes Ambientais, Agronegócio e Fundos de Investimento. Data: 30-06-2026 Hora: 10:00 Local: Anexo II, Câmara dos Deputados
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
AMAN and AIPNEE have filed an OECD complaint over harms linked to the Elang copper & gold mine expansion in Indonesia affecting the Indigenous Cek Bocek community. forestsandfinance.org/news/oecd-co...
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OECD complaint against Bachelet Laboratories raises questions for investors - Forests & Finance
An OECD complaint filed by Indonesian civil society organizations AMAN and AIPNEE against Bachelet Laboratories has brought renewed attention to the environmental and social impacts associated with th...
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
HSBC e IFC lideram aporte de R$ 7 bi em usina ‘verde’ criticada por quilombolas na Bahia reporterbrasil.org.br/2026/06/hsbc...
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HSBC e IFC lideram aporte de R$ 7 bi em usina criticada por quilombolas
Acelen levantou crédito para produzir combustível sustentável, mas comunidades tradicionais relatam restrições de acesso e danos em estradas
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Repórter Brasil @reporterbrasil.org.br · 22/06/2026
Empresa de energia planta macaúba no Recôncavo Baiano para produzir combustível sustentável de aviação, mas comunidades tradicionais se queixam dos impactos sobre o território e subsistência: "Não queremos pedir licença para entrar naquilo que é nosso". reporterbrasil.org.br/2026/06/quil...
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Quilombolas criticam produção de combustível ‘verde’ de macaúba
Acelen planta macaúba na Bahia para produzir combustível sustentável de avião, mas comunidades tradicionais se queixam dos impactos
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Observatório da Mineração @obsmineracao.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
ANÁLISE: O recuo da CVM e o risco de greenwashing na mineração observatoriodamineracao.com.br/o-recuo-da-c...
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O recuo da CVM e o risco de greenwashing na mineração - Observatório da Mineração
Por Bruno Teixeira Peixoto* A ascensão de litígios estratégicos em questões climáticas e socioambientais ao redor do mundo, como bem observamos no caso paradigmático do desastre de Mariana no Reino Un...
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The International Court of Justice’s 2025 climate ruling wasn’t just for diplomats—it’s a call to action for all State institutions, including central banks, to halt financial flows to high emission activities, including deforestation. #ClimateAction #CentralBanks www.ciel.org/icj-climate-...
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What the ICJ Climate Opinion Means for Central Banks - Center for International Environmental Law
The ICJ’s climate opinion puts central banks on notice: financial regulation is part of States’ legal duty to prevent climate harm.
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
The latest Forest 500 data from Global Canopy shows limited progress by the finance sector on deforestation. The 59% of the assessed institutions still do not have a deforestation policy including 3 of the largest asset managers – BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard. forest500.org/publications...
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59% of assessed financial institutions still do not have a deforestation policy – Forest 500
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Ben Cushing @bmcushing.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
NYC pensions’ new asset manager search could be a major accountability test. BlackRock and other managers seeking to handle public workers’ savings should meet the pensions’ climate-risk standards — or lose business to firms that will. @sierraclub.org statement: www.sierraclub.org/press-releas...
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Sierra Club Applauds NYC Pensions for Continued Climate Progress, Calls for Stronger Implementation
Annual reports show progress toward net-zero goals and highlight next steps on climate-solutions standards and asset manager accountability
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
The FinanSIAL Festival returns with a series of events that highlight the financial sector's impact on the environment, human rights, and people's lives. Discover surprising facts, experience the emotions of exhibitions, and enjoy a variety of exciting performances!
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Rainforest Action Network @ran.org · 09/06/2026
BREAKING! The 17th #BankingOnClimateChaos report reveals that fossil fuel financing from the world’s top 65 banks has reached $8.7 TRILLION over the last decade. Instead of investing in a livable future, big banks are driving pollution & climate devastation. Learn more: bankingonclimatechaos.org
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
ONGs entram com ação civil para obrigar CVM a restabelecer norma ambiental que obriga companhias abertas de reportar, a partir de 2027, informações financeiras sobre sustentabilidade e riscos climáticos. "Não houve qualquer fato ... que justificasse a mudança" economia.uol.com.br/colunas/mari...
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Mariana Barbosa: Ongs entram com ação civil para obrigar CVM a restabelecer norma ambiental
O Instituto de Direito Coletivo (IDC) e a SIS (Soluções Inclusivas Sustentáveis) entraram com uma ação civil pública contra a decisão da CVM (Comissão de Valores Mobiliários) que revogou a obrigação das companhias abertas de reportar, a partir de 2027,
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
NEW report: Illicit #deforestation drains billions of 💰#IFFs from Global South – $1.28b for #Brazil & $289m for #Cameroon in timber exports alone – as financial secrecy prevents uncovering those responsible, meaning #EUDR will largely fail. @FinTrCo report 👉 rb.gy/fvyke8
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Illicit deforestation drains $1.28 billion from Brazil & $289 million from Cameroon: new report - Financial Transparency Coalition
LONDON – Illicit deforestation drains billions in Illicit Financial Flows from the Global South – $1.28 billion for Brazil & $289 million for Cameroon in timber exports alone every year – as financial...
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Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 29/05/2026
Today's SEC proposal to repeal its 2024 disclosure rule on climate-related financial risk for large public companies is a sweeping reinterpretation of the agency’s disclosure authority and will leave investors and markets without critical information. ourfinancialsecurity.org/news/sec-usi...
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SEC Using Climate Rule Repeal as Trojan Horse to Decimate Corporate Transparency - Americans for Financial Reform
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 29, 2026CONTACT: Jarice Thompson, media@ourfinancialsecurity.org Washington DC –  Today, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed to repeal its 2024 disclosure…
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
After Brazil's CVM announced sustainability reporting would no longer be mandatory, capital markets, finance, business, accounting, governance, academia, and civil society organizations pressured the CVM to reverse the decision. capitalreset.uol.com.br/regulacao/me...
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Mercado se une e pressiona CVM a rever recuo em reportes
Principais entidades do mercado de capitais e financeiros pede revisão da norma que tornou a divulgação voluntária
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Humanity can raise living standards, reduce inequality and keep global heating within a 2C rise, according to a sweeping vision for planetary survival. Regulating finance and a deep reform of the international financial and economic order are a key part of it. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘An equal and habitable world is possible’: academics set out sweeping vision for planetary survival
Global report provides an alternative to climate breakdown, political extremism and economic tensions
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O Joio e O Trigo @ojoioeotrigo.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Quando lugares que eram para viver viram ativos para render no mercado financeiro, a expulsão e a precarização varrem populações rurais e urbanas para as margens. ojoioeotrigo.com.br/2026/06/como...
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
New report identifies €5.8 billion/year in harmful subsidies to the European pulp and paper sector. These must be phased out and funding must be redirected to support biodiversity-positive forest management practices that benefit private and communal forest owners and the rural forest sector.
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Imaflora published a guide for financial institutions on the implementation of the SARB 026/2023, FEBRABAN's (Brazil’s Federation of Banks) regulation aimed at managing the risk of illegal deforestation in the livestock chain in the Amazon. www.beefontrack.org/wp-content/u...
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
New report: Illicit deforestation drains $1.28 bln from Brazil & $289 mln from Cameroon. The authors call for the implementation of Beneficial Ownership Transparency, Tax Transparency, Supply Chain Transparency, Global Asset Registry and Public Data on Environmental Offences rb.gy/fvyke8
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Illicit deforestation drains $1.28 billion from Brazil & $289 million from Cameroon: new report - Financial Transparency Coalition
LONDON – Illicit deforestation drains billions in Illicit Financial Flows from the Global South – $1.28 billion for Brazil & $289 million for Cameroon in timber exports alone every year – as financial...
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
The courts decision shows that the lack of good consultations with impacted indigenous peoples, can become a financial risk. This is why banks and investors should adopt strong FPIC policies.
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
A group of the world’s leading climate scientists are warning governments the livestock industry as well as the financial sector, against adopting an “accounting trick” that will underestimate the impacts from methane emissions from livestock. insideclimatenews.org/news/2005202...
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Top Climate Scientists Accuse the Livestock Industry of Pushing Fuzzy Math to Downplay Its Climate Warming Emissions - Inside Climate News
An alternative emissions-calculating methodology underpins revised, less ambitious methane-reduction targets.
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
New report: The growing extraction of rainforest resources is pushing the Amazon and similar biomes towards breaking point. Strong financial regulations are needed to close the money pipeline to these industries and prevent further deforestation. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Rainforests pushed to breaking point by new demands for resources, report says
Need for minerals, biofuels and pulp adding to pressures from ranching, monocrops, oil and logging, analysis finds
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The new IPES Food report highlights how different crises are impacting our fragile food systems. It argues that governments must use policy tools to protect food access. This must include regulating and shifting financial flows to a more sustainable food system ipes-food.org/wp-content/u...
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Alessandra Munduruku: Wall Street Must Stop Financing the Destruction of the Amazon Banks have a lot of power in deciding who receives financing and under what conditions. They can refuse to support those who violate them. They must use that power now. www.newsweek.com/wall-street-...
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Wall Street Must Stop Financing the Destruction of the Amazon | Opinion
"We depend on the river and the land to live. When they are destroyed, we are destroyed with them."
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
As JBS plans to export its unsustainable meat production model to Nigeria, banks keep pumping money into this problematic company. In April it captured USD 2 billion with a bond issuance, with the support of #BancoDoBrasil, #BBVA, #BMO, #ING, #Mizuho, #Rabonbank, #StandardChartered and others.
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
The Apinajé call on the IFC/World Bank to cancel a proposed loan to a large Brazilian agribusiness, whose owner is accused of causing deforestation on land claimed by the indigenous people forestsandfinance.org/pt/news-pt/b...
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Banco Mundial negocia US$ 20 mi a acusado de desmate perto de terra indígena no Tocantins - Florestas & Finanças
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
On Earth Day, the Forests & Finance coalition delivered a petition signed by tens of thousands of people to major Wall Street banks — including Bank of America, Citi and JPMorgan Chase — calling on them to take urgent action to protect the Amazon rainforest. forestsandfinance.org/news/earth-d...
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Earth Day Message to Bank of America, Citi and JPMorgan Chase: Protect The Amazon - Forests & Finance
On Earth Day, the Forests & Finance coalition delivered a petition signed by tens of thousands of people to major Wall Street banks — including Bank of America, Citi and JPMorgan Chase — calling on th...
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
As of April 1st, banks in Brazil will be required to verify official satellite deforestation data before approving rural credit. apnews.com/article/braz...
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Brazilian banks to verify satellite deforestation data for rural credit
Brazilian banks are now required to verify satellite deforestation data before approving rural credit.
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
A partir de abril, os bancos vão ter que verificar se os solicitantes de crédito rural têm algum desmatamento em suas propriedades. www.cnnbrasil.com.br/agro/bancos-...
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Bancos viram "fiscais do desmatamento" com nova regra de crédito rural | CNN Brasil
Instituições financeiras terão de barrar financiamento a áreas com desmate irregular
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Convite para o seminário: DO TERRITÓRIO ÀS CORTES: CAMINHOS DA REPARAÇÃO E RESPONSABILIZAÇÃO DAS INSTITUIÇÕES FINANCEIRAS Data: Quinta-feira, 26 de março de 2026 Horário: 9h30 - 12h30 Formato: Presencial e Remoto Link de Inscrição: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Global banks are silent on the link with a mining project challenged by indigenous groups in the Amazon
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Repórter Brasil @reporterbrasil.org.br · 05/03/2026
Projeto de lei busca reduzir riscos ambientais de financiamento do agro | Investimentos do mercado de capitais para financiar o agronegócio cresceram nos últimos anos; proposta busca garantir clareza sobre cadeia produtiva e riscos das operações. reporterbrasil.org.br/2026/03/proj...
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Projeto busca reduzir riscos ambientais de financiamento do agro
Investimentos para financiar o agro cresceram nos últimos anos; proposta busca garantir clareza sobre cadeia produtiva e riscos das operações
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
A land mark class action lawsuit has been filed alleging that one of the largest real estate firms in the world has been failing to properly manage climate-related financial risk in its employees' retirement plans.
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Without clear socio-environmental safeguards and with details kept secret, BNDES and FINEP foresee more than R$ 45 billion for critical minerals observatoriodamineracao.com.br/sem-salvagua...
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Sem salvaguardas socioambientais claras e com detalhes sob sigilo, BNDES e FINEP preveem mais de R$ 45 bilhões para minerais críticos - Observatório da Mineração
O governo federal também tem um plano bilionário em andamento para financiar projetos de extração de minerais críticos no Brasil. Os dois pacotes de incentivos do governo Lula pretendem apoiar empresa...
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
The world’s largest pension fund has revealed that it sold its shares in the Bolloré group, a powerful French conglomerate, due to unresolved concerns about “serious human rights violations” at a plantation company partly owned by the group. www.farmlandgrab.org/post/33357-n...
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Norwegian pension fund dumps Bolloré for human rights violations at plantations
The world’s largest pension fund has revealed that it sold its shares in the Bolloré group, a powerful French conglomerate, due to unresolved concerns about “serious human rights violations” at a plan...
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Banks must step in before the Amazon Soy Moratorium collapses The Amazon cannot afford for its last lines of defense to disappear. Neither can the world. Banks must act now, before the damage becomes irreversible. news.mongabay.com/2026/02/bank...
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Banks must step in before the Amazon Soy Moratorium collapses (commentary)
The Amazon Rainforest is approaching a dangerous threshold. Scientists warn that continued deforestation could push the world’s largest rainforest past a tipping point, transforming it into a degraded...
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
A new EU law was supposed to hold multinationals accountable for abuses in their supply chains. But the law was stripped down in record time. The cause? A secret American lobbying campaign that pressured the European Commission, even overruling objections from European companies like Nestlé and IKEA
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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
The Indigenous Advisory Group (IAG) of the Banks and Biodiversity Initiative supports the joint call for financial institutions to uphold the zero-deforestation criteria of the Amazon Soy Moratorium (ASM) foe.org/news/amazon-...
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Upholding the Principles of the Amazon Soy Moratorium Is Essential for Biodiversity, Indigenous Peoples’ Rights, and Financial Stability
The Indigenous Advisory Group (IAG) of the Banks and Biodiversity Initiative supports the joint call for financial institutions to uphold the zero-deforestation criteria of the Amazon Soy Moratorium.
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