Investors urge banks to cut commodity-driven deforestation

Mongabay
Sep 16, 2024, 6:04 am157 pts
Investment managers with a combined $8 trillion in assets under management are urging the banks in their portfolios to eliminate deforestation from their lending and investment practices. The new guidelines call for banks to assess their ties to deforestation, set policies to reduce harm, and track their…

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