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Report: Priority Actions for Deforestation- and Conversion-Free Finance

October 1, 2025 - Despite world leaders pledging to end deforestation by 2030, forest loss hasn't slowed. One critical barrier: financial systems that continue to fund the destruction of forests and other ecosystems. How can the financial system become an engine for forest and ecosystem protection? Released today, a new agenda answers that question. The Priority Actions for DCF Finance – part of the 2030 Global Forest Vision – outlines how policymakers, regulators, and financial institutions can align private financial flows with global commitments to halt and reverse deforestation and conversion.

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Event past on October 14, 2024

COP16-Countdown: The role of Finance in the Global Biodiversity Framework

September 23, 2024 - Climate & Company, in partnership with Global Canopy and Swedish Pension Fund AP2, will host a webinar to explore the intersection of finance and biodiversity, using the example of deforestation, a biodiversity issue that has seen significant progress over the last decade. The webinar will focus on accelerating action with existing data and  tools, as well as potential policy interventions.

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Making Deforestation Due Diligence Work in Practice

July 2, 2024 - Various open-source providers make extensive data on companies' actions on deforestation available. Yet, financial institutions report that it remains challenging and resource-intensive for them to identify and mitigate deforestation risks in investment portfolios. The new practical guide responds to this challenge, as the financial sector is increasingly committed to addressing its role in deforestation, a major driver of biodiversity loss and climate change. It is ready for implementation as the guidelines are complemented by an online code repository with a (limited) open-source dataset that financial institutions can use and adapt.

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Climate & Company present the EUDR to the Agri-Food Systems Sector Chamber of CEBDS

June 27, 2024 - Climate & Company presented the EU Deforestation Regulation, detailing its main objectives, scope, requirements, and timeline, as well as the key challenges and opportunities for Brazil. The progress Brazil has made in terms of compliance tools was also highlighted. Some EU programmes that aim to support producing countries in complying with the regulation, such as the GIZ SAFE project, where Climate & Company has been working on greening finance, were also presented.

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Workshop on Sustainable Debt Instruments under the Sino-German Cooperation on Climate Change

June 12, 2024 - Experts from China and Germany gathered in Beijing for the first workshop of the Sino-German Expert Dialogue Series on Sustainable Finance Products and Practices, hosted by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) China and supported by IFS and Climate & Company. The presentations and discussions focused on green and sustainable debt instruments and their central role in the sustainable finance agenda.

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