Raising the bar – a baseline review of GFANZ and Race to Zero action on deforestation

Are the financial institutions that signed up to significant climate commitments aware of the risks of deforestation and what can they do to address them?

Global Canopy launched our new Deforestation Action Tracker and how it will monitor the progress of the finance sector in the Race to Zero and the Glasgow Financial Alliance on Net Zero (GFANZ) on their action on deforestation and associated human rights abuses. Discover the findings of our baseline review.

Guest speakers also shared their responses to the baseline review and Tracker, and the need to act on deforestation now:

• José Pugas, Partner & Head of ESG at JGP Asset Management
• Jonathan Gorman, Technical Director at Efeca
• Alex Reid, Senior Global Policy Adviser on deforestation and finance at Global Witness.