Eliminating deforestation risk for financial institutions

Our panel discussion on eliminating deforestation risk for financial institutions took place on Wednesday 24 January and it was followed by networking drinks hosted by Global Canopy and EY.

This session gave financial institutions practical advice on tackling deforestation in their operations and value chains, outline the wide range of tools and guidance at their disposal, including such as Global Canopy’s newly launched Forest IQ, and give an overview of regulation. Matthew Gould, Chief Executive Officer of the Zoological Society of London giva a keynote.

Speakers included:

• Khadija Ali, EY UK Climate Change and Sustainability Leader

• Mardi McBrien, Chief of Strategic Affairs and Capacity Building, IFRS

• Lucy Scott, TOPS Environmental Focus Analyst, Marshall Wace

• Freya Bannochie, Forest IQ Lead, Global Canopy
  
  Please get in touch at [email protected] if you would like to join the event.