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                                  Executive Summary                    3

                                  Introduction                         5

Contents
                                  Report findings                      10

                                  Financial institutions failing       10
                                  to act on deforestation

                                  Companies are still failing          15
                                  to address deforestation
                                  across their supply chains

                                  Time for change                      21

                                  Defunding deforestation              21

                                  Due diligence legislation           23

                                  Getting the basics right            26
                                  in 2021

                                  Appendix: References                27

                                  Appendix: The scores                28
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            There is no solution to the growing climate and nature crisis the
            world faces without a solution to deforestation. Currently, two

Summary
Executive
            thirds of tropical deforestation is driven by agricultural expansion
            to produce commodities such as soy, palm oil, timber, and beef1.

            Over the last decade leading companies,
            financial institutions and governments took       Key findings
            on ambitious commitments to address

                                                              43%
            deforestation in their supply chains and                             of the Forest 500
            financing by 2020.                                                   companies and
                                                              financial institutions do not have any
            But by the start of 2020 – the year the           deforestation commitments for any
            problem was to have been all but resolved         of the forest-risk commodities they
            – even the leaders have fallen well short of      are exposed to.
            their targets, and tropical primary forest loss
            had increased by 44%2 since the signing           The finance sector is particularly
            of the landmark New York Declaration on           lagging behind, 63% of the 150
            Forests, announced by the Secretary General       assessed by Forest 500 do not
            at the UN General Assembly in 2014.               have any deforestation policies.
                                                              And 81% (122/150) have not published
            Since that time, Forest 500 has annually          a deforestation policy covering all
            assessed the 500 most influential                 four high-risk commodity groups.
            companies and financial institutions in key
            forest-risk supply chains on the strength
            and implementation of their voluntary             $2.7 trillion
            commitments and policies to address               of financing into the most influential
            deforestation, including their reporting          high-risk companies comes from
            on progress.                                      Forest 500 financial institutions with
                                                              no deforestation policy.
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                                                                            2021 can be a decisive year for action on
                                    Key findings continued                  market driven deforestation - despite the
                                                                            recent failure of the private sector to achieve
                                    While 66% of the 350 companies          the high-profile 2020 global goals.
                                    assessed have at least one
                                    deforestation commitment, only          The Forest 500 assessment finds that

                                    25%            have published
                                                   a deforestation
                                                                            43% of the 500 companies and financial
                                                                            institutions in forest-risk supply chains do
                                    commitment for all of the high-risk     not have a commitment on deforestation.
                                    commodities they are exposed to.

43%
                                                                            There is momentum behind due diligence

                                    34%
                                                   of companies             legislation to address market-driven
                                                   with at least one        deforestation in major markets. This is vital
                                    deforestation commitment have not       and is in the interests of companies that
                                    reported on their progress towards      have led the way through voluntary action
                                    the commitment in the last two years.   as it creates a level playing field, raising the
                                                                            bar for the poorest performing companies.
of companies and financial
                                                                            Financial institutions also have huge
      institutions do
                                                                            influence over the global supply chains
  not have deforestation                                                    driving deforestation. Yet the great majority
       commitments                                                          – including some who make high-profile
                                                                            claims to be leaders on climate change –
                                                                            have remained silent on this issue.

                                                                            $2.7 trillion of financing into the most
                                                                            influential high-risk companies comes
                                                                            from Forest 500 financial institutions
                                                                            with no deforestation policy.
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    Global Canopy calls on:

    ●	Exposed financial institutions and
       companies, as an absolute minimum
       to publish a strong deforestation policy
       or commitment covering all of their
       exposure to deforestation by the end
       of 2021. Those in the Forest 500 that
       position themselves as leaders on climate
       change at meetings like the forthcoming
       Climate Summit (COP26), cannot be
       taken seriously if they have no policy
       on deforestation.

    ●	Those with policies already in place
       to focus on robust engagement with
       portfolio companies and suppliers,
       with the threat of divestment or exclusion
       for those not making progress.

    ●	Consumer governments to introduce due
       diligence laws, recognising that existing
       proposals need to be strengthened and
       accelerated. Due diligence legislation
       needs to have clear requirements
       and sanctions; covering standardised
       reporting, conversion of all ecosystems,
       human rights, and the finance sector.
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               Context

Introduction
               2020 was the year in which deforestation should have been
               eliminated from the production of agricultural commodities
               such as palm oil, soy, beef and paper, in line with a set of
               ambitious global deforestation goals.

                 2020 global deforestation goals             behalf of their 400 members,
                 Over the last decade, several major         aimed to “achieve zero net
                 collective commitments were made            deforestation by 2020 in key
                 by companies, financial institutions        commodity sectors (soy, palm oil,
                 and governments aiming to eliminate         paper & pulp/timber and beef)”4.
                 commodity driven deforestation by
                 2020. Many individual organisations      ●	The Amsterdam Declarations of
                 followed suit and set their own goals       seven countries aimed to support
                 aiming for the same date. A few of the      the “private-sector goal of zero
                 key initiatives are:                        net deforestation and, in particular,
                                                             the commitments expressed in the
                 ●	The New York Declaration on              New York Declaration on Forests”
                    Forests (NYDF) signed by over 200        to support “the private sector
                    governments, companies, financial        commitment for a fully sustainable
                    institutions and NGOs includes ten       palm oil supply chain by 2020”5.
                    goals. Goal 2 aimed to “eliminat[e]
                    deforestation from the production     ●	The Banking Environment Initiative’s
                    of agricultural commodities such         Soft Commodities Compact signed
                    as palm oil, soy, paper, and beef        by 12 global banks aimed to “help
                    products by no later than 2020”3.        transform soft commodity supply
                                                             chains and help the banks’ clients
                 ●	The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF)           (companies) achieve zero net
                    deforestation resolution, made on        deforestation by 2020”6.
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                                      Yet two thirds of tropical deforestation is still   There is some cause for optimism
                                      linked to forest-risk commodities. The past         post-2020.
                                      two years of surging fires in the Brazilian
                                      Amazon have seized global attention.                Many companies have made some
                                      Deforestation in the Amazon has now                 progress over the seven years of Forest
                                      reached a level not seen since 20087.               500 assessments. And a smaller group
                                                                                          continue to lead the way by engaging
                                      The companies and financial institutions            with their peers, suppliers and portfolio
                                      with the greatest influence on tropical             companies like never before through new
                                      deforestation have shown that they are              initiatives, like the Forest Positive Coalition9.

 63%
                                      still either unable or unwilling to act with        Leading companies are now even calling for
                                      the urgency required to halt commodity-             mandatory due diligence laws to level the
                                      driven deforestation.                               playing field10.

                                      Nearly half, 43% (215/500), of the companies        Leaders in the finance sector continue
                                      and financial institutions assessed by              to build collective capacity and engage
                                      Forest 500 do not have a publicly available         via initiatives under the UN Principles for
 of financial institutions with the   deforestation commitment for any of the             Responsible Investment11 and Ceres12.
greatest influence on deforestation   forest-risk commodities they are exposed            Some have gone further, collectively
       have not published a           to. Those that do have commitments                  engaging with the Brazilian government on
       deforestation policy.          struggle to implement them, and progress            concerns about the level of deforestation in
                                      is inconsistent and unclear.                        the Amazon, and forming an ambitious new
                                                                                          Investors Policy Dialogue on Deforestation
                                      The finance sector in particular is lagging         Initiative13. Others have supported moves
                                      behind. While some financial institutions           to establish a Taskforce for Nature-related
                                      are becoming more vocal on this issue8,             Financial Disclosure (TNFD), recognising the
                                      63% (95/150) of those with the greatest             material risk represented by the destruction
                                      influence on deforestation have not                 of nature.
                                      published a deforestation policy for
                                      their financing activities.
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    The Taskforce on                                 which is then planned to be tested and
    Nature-related Financial                         refined in year two, leading to launch and
                                                     dissemination from mid-2023 onwards.
    Disclosures (TNFD)
    Building on the Task Force on Climate-           Standardised reporting on nature-related
    related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), the        risks will improve transparency and
    initiative to bring together an equivalent       accountability linked to deforestation,
    for nature – a TNFD14 – rapidly gained           and both enable and incentivise financial
    interest in the second half of 2020. Its         institutions to deliver on zero deforestation
    Informal Working Group has 73 members,           commitments. Initially, aligning with the
    including over 40 financial institutions         TNFD’s reporting framework is expected
    from across five continents. In its first        to be voluntary, but over time reporting in
    year, the TNFD aims to develop a draft           line with TNFD recommendations could
    framework for nature-related reporting,          become mandatory.

The transparency of notoriously complex              Meanwhile the UK government has
supply chains linked to deforestation is             announced plans to introduce due diligence
also improving. New tools like trase.finance,        legislation in the forthcoming Environment
which tracks over a trillion dollars in investment   Bill15, and in the European Union, the
and lending linked to deforestation, help to         Commission is working towards regulatory
increase accountability for financial flows.         measures which may include mandatory
Lack of access to data can no longer be an           due diligence for companies exposed to
excuse for inaction.                                 deforestation in their supply chains.

Going into 2021, political momentum                  Time for change in 2021
is strong. Deforestation is increasingly
understood to be central to resolving both           There is a real opportunity to make 2021
the climate and nature crises. As such, it           a year of decisive progress. Global Canopy
is high on the agenda for the UN Climate             believes it would be unproductive to extend
Summit (COP26) at the end of the year.               the strategies that characterised the long
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run up to 2020. A purely voluntary approach        year, aligned with the principles and guidance
has failed. It is time for change.                 of the Accountability Framework17. The whole
                                                   database, containing over a million data points
Our analysis suggests that there are two           spanning seven years of assessments, can be
critical levers to accelerate progress: a move     explored and downloaded at Forest500.org.
from rhetoric to action by the finance sector,
and mandatory due diligence legislation.           Companies are expected to set and
                                                   implement clear commitments on how they
Both would help to force action by the many        will address deforestation risks and social
high-risk companies that have remained below       and human rights issues in their supply
the radar. This is essential if we are to move     chains, while financial institutions’ policies
beyond positive action by a small number           should set out how they will address these
of leaders towards the systemic change             in their portfolios. Both are expected to
necessary to help eliminate deforestation.         include a clear timeframe and progress
                                                   reporting for their commitments.

Forest 500 assessments                             This report pulls out a snapshot of the entire
                                                   database and highlights key findings from
Forest 500 assesses companies and financial        the latest assessments, as well as a series
institutions on the strength and implementation    of conclusions and recommendations for
of their voluntary commitments and policies to     the year ahead.
address deforestation, including their reporting
on progress.                                       Global Canopy is now working closely
                                                   with partners that conduct complementary
Since 2014, Forest 500 has identified the          assessments to align and connect our
350 most influential companies in forest risk      datasets, resulting in even wider and deeper
commodity supply chains and the 150 financial      coverage of companies and financial
institutions that provide the most finance to      institutions. This unified dataset will be
those companies, and annually assessed them        aligned with the sector-leading guidance of
on their publicly available14 commitments and      the Accountability Framework Initiative18, and
policies to tackle deforestation in their supply   will be a resource that can be drawn upon
chains or portfolios. They are assessed against    to improve mainstream ESG ratings, which
more than 20 indicators per commodity each         remain weak on deforestation and biodiversity.
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           In 2020, 63% (95) of financial institutions had not published any
           deforestation policies for their financial portfolios, and 34% (120)
           of companies didn’t have a deforestation commitment, showing

Findings
 Report
           very little progress since the 2019 Forest 500 assessments19.

           Financial institutions failing                  Financing policies
           to act on deforestation
                                                           Of the 150 financial institutions assessed,
           The majority of banks, asset managers,          63% (95/150) have not published a
           pension funds, and insurance companies          deforestation policy20 for any of the key
           that provide the most finance to companies      forest-risk commodities for their financing
           in forest-risk supply chains have so far        activities, including Bank of China,
           failed to act on the risks related to funding   BlackRock, and Legal & General.
           deforestation.
                                                           While 32% of financial institutions had at
           These financial institutions provide over       least one commodity-specific policy in 2019,
           $5.5 trillion of finance to the 350 most        in 2020 this had increased to only 37%.
           influential companies in forest risk supply
           chains – a powerful lever for change.           As a minimum, financial institutions should
           By using their influence they could play        publish commodity-specific policies that
           a transformational role in achieving            cover at least the key forest-risk commodities:
           deforestation-free supply chains.               palm oil, cattle products, soy and timber
                                                           products. While some of the financial
                                                           institutions have policies for individual
                                                           commodities, the Forest 500 assessments
                                                           found that 81% (122/150) have not published
                                                           a deforestation policy covering all four
                                                           high-risk commodity groups.
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50%                                                                                                 Financial institutions need to publish a
                                                                                                    policy to lay out their strategic commitment
                                                                                                    to removing deforestation from all of their
40%                                                                                                 investments and lending. By establishing
                                                                                                    an overarching policy that covers all
                                                                                                    commodities, financial institutions ensure
30%                                                                                                 that they are taking a systematic approach
                                                                                                    across their portfolios, and send a clear
                                                                                                    message to companies that deforestation
20%
                                                                                                    is not acceptable.

                                                                                                    Only 36 of the 150 financial institutions have
 10%
                                                                                                    an overarching policy including Barclays,
                                                                                                    Credit Suisse, and Norges Bank Investment
  0%                                                                                                Management. While this does not mean
                                                                                                    their financing activities are currently

                 32%                      24%            20%                     32%                deforestation-free, it is a critical step in the
                                                                                                    right direction.

                                                                                                    In 2020, only one financial institution,
                                                Out of the four commodities assessed,               Italian financial service group UniCredit,
Graph 1: The percentage of financial            financial institutions are least likely to have a   published a new overarching deforestation
institutions with deforestation policies for    deforestation policy covering their investments     policy that also specifically applies to all
each high-risk commodity.                       in activities linked to cattle (20%) or soy (24%)   four commodities, although it only applies
                                                – even though cattle ranching is the biggest        to transactions which are directly linked to
                                                driver of tropical deforestation globally21.        rainforests – not all transactions.

                                                Despite the overall slow progress,                  It is clear that the majority of the 150
                                                22 financial institutions have published a          financial institutions are not taking a
                                                new commodity-specific deforestation policy         systematic approach and are putting policies
                                                since the last annual assessment. Most of           in place on an opportunistic basis, looking
                                                these were for timber (14), followed by palm        only at one commodity at a time, rather than
                                                oil (10) and soy (9), and cattle products (4).      taking a holistic view of deforestation risk.
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                                                                                                Implementing policies

                                                                                                There is still a marked absence of policy
                                                                                                coverage across the finance sector, and the

                                  33%                                                           rate of progress does not match up to the
                                                                                                urgency of the nature and climate crises.
                                     36                                                         Policies are also only the first step, policies
                                                                                                need to be effectively implemented and
81%                                                             63%                             progress transparently reported.
64                                                                 43                           To make a meaningful difference, financial
                                                                                                institutions must set about systematically
                                                                                                implementing their policies. This includes
                                                                                                embedding this policy in their products
                                                                                                and processes, including loan and bond

          57%                                                                                   covenants, Know Your Client procedures,
                                                                                                and fund mandates. Similarly, financial
              7                                                                                 institutions need to monitor the companies
                                                                                                in their portfolios for their strategies and to
                                                                                                check progress towards deforestation-free
                                                                                                commodities. This will provide essential
                                                                                                information about compliance with the
                                                                                                financial institution’s policy.

                                                                                Asia Pacific
                                                                                                Financial institutions should set a process
     Map 1: The proportion of financial                       % financial
                                                         institutions without                   for engaging with companies that have
     institutions headquartered in each region            policies in region    Europe          not set or not achieved deforestation
     with no deforestation policies for any of the
                                                           Total number                         commitments, and actively report on
     high-risk commodities.                                                     Latin America
                                                            of financial                        outcomes of engagement and rates of
                                                            institutions
                                                             assessed           North America   compliance in their financial portfolios.
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Monitoring, engaging and reporting                     risk. Companies with commitments still need
                                                       to be monitored by financial institutions to
Of the 55 financial institutions with at least one     ensure that they are effectively implementing
deforestation policy, almost a fifth (16%) including   and making progress, but companies that
Goldman Sachs, Standard Life Aberdeen, and             do not even have a commitment are clearly
BTG Pactual have failed to publish a process           lagging behind.
describing how they identify and deal with
non-compliance in their financial portfolios.          HSBC, Santander, Deutsche Bank, and BNP
                                                       Paribas all have some commodity-specific
Monitoring their portfolios for compliance with        deforestation policies for their financial
their policies enables financial institutions to       portfolios, but also provide the largest
identify and engage companies which may                amount of finance to Forest 500 companies
be linked to deforestation, and encourage              which have not published any deforestation
them to make and implement deforestation               commitments .
commitments. In cases of repeated non-
compliance, this process should lead to                As these financial institutions do not report
sanctions including divestment.                        on implementation, rates of compliance,
                                                       or engagement and outcomes for all
Of the 55 financial institutions with a                companies and commodities covered by
commodity-specific deforestation policy,               their policies, it is unclear whether they
56% (31) reported on compliance within their           have raised this issue with every exposed
financial portfolios. But for the other 44%            company, or whether they are simply failing
(24) financial institutions, it is impossible for      to implement their commitments. Financial
external stakeholders to assess whether                institutions need to engage all companies
policies are being implemented.                        in their financial portfolios that have high
                                                       exposure to deforestation risk – including
Issues of non-implementation                           those with deforestation policies – to ensure
                                                       they are acting on deforestation. Reporting
Our data shows that some of the financial              on all actions that they are taking is key in
institutions with deforestation policies are           demonstrating that they are systematically
continuing to finance companies that have not          implementing their policies across all exposed
published deforestation commitments, leaving           companies, and demonstrating the progress
them exposed to financial and reputational             they are making towards their policies.
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      Banks with policies financing companies
      exposed to deforestation

                                              Deutsche
                                                                                                           HSBC                                                                     BNP Paribas                     Santander
                                               Bank
        ccommitment
         Commodity
      How much
      provided ?
      financing

                                               $54                                                         $4.4                                                                         $505                         $193
                                              million                                                      billion                                                                      million                      million
              Financed by which Fis?
Company
Name of

                                                                                                            China State
                                                             Caramuru                    China Resources    Construction                                                        Nine Dragons        Pertamina           TJX
                                               Bata Ltd.                   Cencosud                                            Cresud S.A.     Cyrela Brazil     Japfa Ltd
                                                             Alimentos                    National Corp.    Engineering                                                        Paper Holdings       Persero PT        Companies
                                                                                                                                                  Realty
                                                                                                               Corp.
        institution's policy
          by the financial

          exposed to that
           Commodities
            are covered

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    0
                                               0.6 million                                                                                     12.2 million                      2.5 million                            0.418
                                                             30 million                      112.229                                                            21.9 million
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Companies are still failing                      And most of the companies with
to address deforestation                         commitments are not addressing the risk
                                                 of deforestation across all of their high-risk
across their supply chains                       forest commodity supply chains for palm
                                                 oil, soy, timber, pulp and paper, beef, and
Deforestation commitments                        leather. A quarter of the 350 companies (87)
                                                 have published a deforestation commitment
At the end of 2020, our analysis finds that      for all of the high-risk commodities they
120 (34%) of the most influential companies      are exposed to - including Unilever, Marks
in forest risk supply chains still do not have   and Spencer, and Colgate-Palmolive. Of
any deforestation commitments23 for any of       those that have, less than half (41) are only
the high-risk commodities they are exposed       exposed to one of these commodities.
to through their supply chains.

This means that a third of the companies
with the largest exposure to tropical
deforestation are still failing to take the
first step to achieve deforestation-free
supply chains; including Groupe Savencia
S.A. (which manufactures dairy products
including St Agur, Coeur de Lion and the
Brazilian snack cheese, Polenghi), Groupe
Lactalis (owners of Président, Rachel's
Organic and Parmalat), Capri Holdings
(owner of Versace, Jimmy Choo and
Michael Kors), and Yakult Honsha Ltd
(which makes Yakult yoghurt drinks).
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100%                                                                                             Overall, 33 companies have made at
                                                                                                 least one new deforestation commitment
                                                                                                 since 2019. Six companies (17%), including
80%                                                                                              Tyson Foods, RELX Group, and Brazilian
                                                                                                 beef company, Frialto, made a new
                                                                                                 commitment for all of the commodities
60%                                                                                              they are exposed to.

                                                                                                 Twenty companies introduced new policies
40%
                                                                                                 for at least one commodity, but are still
                                                                                                 exposed to other forest-risk commodities
                                                                                                 which are not covered by commitments.
20%
                                                                                                 For example, Starbucks introduced a new
                                                                                                 commitment for pulp and paper, but the
 0%                                                                                              company has failed to make a commitment
                                                                                                 for soy, despite using millions of gallons of

           71%            31%             28%        25%           66%            48%            milk a year. Soy is a major component of the
                                                                                                 animal feed used in dairy production.

                                                                                                 Without having deforestation commitments
                                                                                                 for all of the forest-risk commodities they
                                                Companies are most likely to have                are exposed to, companies cannot be
Graph 2: The percentage of companies            commitments for palm oil (71%) and timber        reliably addressing all of the deforestation
with deforestation commitments for each         (66%), followed by paper (48%). Far fewer        linked to their sourcing. Companies need
high-risk commodity.                            companies have commitments for soy               to systematically address their exposure to
                                                (31%), beef (28%), and leather (25%).            tropical deforestation, starting by making
                                                                                                 commitments for all forest-risk commodities.
                                                Despite increased awareness of the influence     But the majority have shown that they are
                                                of cattle products (beef and leather) and soy    unwilling to do so on a voluntary basis.
                                                production on deforestation in recent years,
                                                action on these three commodities continues
                                                to lag behind – as it has done since the first
                                                Forest 500 assessment in 2014.
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                                       Spotlight: indirect soy

                                       130 companies in the Forest 500 are
                                       exposed to deforestation-risk through
                                       their use of animal products that contain
                                       hidden soy.

                                       Soy is a common ingredient in animal
                                       feed, and so soy is embedded in the

    130
                                       production of meat, fish, dairy and egg
                                       products. Some of these companies may
                                       also use soy directly as an ingredient
                                       in products like chocolate and biscuits,
                                       but the volumes are relatively small
                                       in comparison to the use of indirect
                                       soy. Therefore we assess companies
  companies in the Forest 500          on whether their deforestation
 are exposed to deforestation-         commitments apply to all soy in their
risk through their use of animal       supply chains.
      products that contain                                                        This means that 103 companies,
          hidden soy.                  Only 27 (21%) of the companies              including Dunkin’ Brands (owner of
                                       indirectly exposed to soy through their     Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins),
                                       purchase of dairy or meat products          Yildiz Holding (owner of McVities biscuit
                                       had a deforestation commitment              manufacturer, United) and Kraft Heinz
                                       which explicitly includes indirect soy,     (manufacturer of salad cream, ketchup
                                       including Aldi Group, Restaurant Brands     and tinned foods), are not recognising
                                       International (owners of Burger King),      their links to deforestation through soy
                                       and Nestle.                                 used in animal feed.
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                                   Social commitments                              Our assessment shows that the majority
                                                                                   of companies do not have public
                                   Companies in forest-risk commodity supply       commitments to address human rights
                                   chains also face the risk that their supplies   issues in their forest-risk supply chains,
                                   may be linked to human rights abuses,           with 99% of companies failing to make
                                   which often occur alongside deforestation.      comprehensive commitments across all
                                                                                   commodities and all issues.
                                   Because of these related risks, Forest
                                   500 also assesses companies on their            Companies including Samsonite

    1%
                                   commitments to address and protect              International S.A., Yakult Honsha Co.
                                   human rights in their supply chains.            Ltd., and Domino’s Pizza Inc. haven’t
                                                                                   made any commitments on social issues.
                                   The assessment criteria focus
                                   specifically on labour rights, gender           Of the 350 companies assessed, only
                                   rights, the Free, Prior and Informed            23 (7%) scored for all of the criteria for
                                   Consent (FPIC) of local communities             at least one of the commodities they are
    of companies have              affected by agricultural expansion,             exposed to.
commitments for all criteria       the inclusion of smallholders in
   across commodities.             supply chains, and whether or not               Just three companies (1%) had
                                   the company commits to provide                  commitments covering the five issues for
                                   remediation for any harms associated            all of their commodities – though all are
                                   with deforestation.                             assessed for only one commodity.

                               Commitment implementation                           Monitoring compliance
                               and reporting
                                                                                   Monitoring to check compliance with
                               Deforestation commitments must be                   their deforestation commitments enables
                               implemented if they are to drive progress           companies to ensure that their commitments
                               towards deforestation-free supply chains.           are achieved.
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While upstream companies (producers               Only 68% (150) of the 221 downstream
and processors) need to monitor their             companies with at least one deforestation
own operations, plantations, or processing        commitment described a process to
facilities for compliance with their              monitor their suppliers for compliance
commitments, downstream companies                 across the relevant commodities. This
(traders, manufacturers, retailers) need          means 71 of the companies with the
to monitor the control systems of their           greatest exposure to tropical deforestation
suppliers for assurance that their sourcing in    do not commit to check whether their
turn is in line with the buyer’s commitments.     suppliers are operating in line with all of
                                                  their commitments, including Adidas Group
                                                  for leather, Kraft Heinz for palm oil, and
                                                  Yum! Brands Inc. for soy.
Graph 3: The percentage of downstream
companies (traders, manufacturers, and
retailers) with deforestation commitments
which monitor their suppliers for compliance,
broken down by high-risk commodity.

100%

 80%

 60%

 40%

 20%

  0%

           74%             65%              95%        61%          74%           63%
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                     Reporting on commitments                          While it is promising that two thirds of
                                                                       companies with a deforestation commitment
                     Transparency on whether a company                 are voluntarily reporting, 34% (78) of
                     is making progress in delivering on its           companies with commitments are failing to
                     commitments allows downstream companies           be transparent about their progress towards
                     in the same supply chain, investors and           any of their commitments.
                     lenders, and other stakeholders such as civil
                     society to hold companies to account for their    Those which are reporting do not do so
                     commitments. It also allows customers and         uniformly. It is not always clear how close

  Only
                     financial institutions to monitor and implement   a company is to achieving its commitment,

46%
                     their own commitments and policies.               or possible to compare progress between
                                                                       companies or commodities. Standardised
                     We found that only 66% (152/230) of               and publicly available information on
                     companies with a deforestation commitment         progress across companies is vital for
                     had reported on their progress towards all        downstream companies and financial
                     of their deforestation commitments in the         institutions which need to use company
                     last two years.                                   reporting to understand their own exposure,
reported on their                                                      implementation and progress.
   progress for      Reporting rates were lower for beef and
deforestation-free   leather. Only 26% (5/19) of companies with
      beef           commitments reported on their progress
                     to deforestation-free leather, and only 46%
                     (11/24) did so for beef. In comparison 91%
                     (128/140) of companies reported on their
                     progress for palm oil.

                     Just over half of companies (129/230)
                     verified their reporting through an internal
                     traceability mechanism, certification
                     scheme, or third-party audit, for all of their
                     deforestation commitments. Verification was
                     particularly low for beef, leather, and soy.
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           Defunding deforestation
           The finance sector is waking up to climate risks24, but there is no

Time for
           solution to climate change which does not include eliminating

change
           deforestation. With greater transparency on financial flows as
           well as supply chain links, lack of data is no longer an excuse for
           inaction. In this context, having a strong policy on deforestation is
           a minimum requirement for financial institutions to begin tackling
           this issue and to be taken seriously on the climate and nature crisis.

           Yet the majority of financial institutions       They are not alone. Of the 150 financial
           are silent on this issue. Four of the world’s    institutions with the greatest influence on
           five biggest asset managers – BlackRock,         tropical deforestation, 95 are still without
           Vanguard, State Street and Fidelity              a single deforestation policy. Of the 235
           Investments – which provide US$1.1 trillion to   investors that signed a strongly-worded
           the most influential companies in forest risk    call to action after the dramatic Amazon
           supply chains – still have no policy in place    fires of 2019, 202 have still not published
           to tackle this problem in their portfolios25.    any deforestation policies26. To avoid
                                                            greenwashing, these investors need to
                                                            rapidly put in place policies and report on
                                                            the action and engagement they are taking
                                                            on deforestation.
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                                                                                                                       The need for strong deforestation policies
The top 10 financiers without deforestation policies
                                                                                                                       Deforestation policies from financial
The top 10 financial institutions without deforestation policies that provide the most                                 institutions are important because they:
financing to the 350 most influential companies in forest-risk supply chains.
                                                                                                                       ●	Send a clear signal to the market and
Financial institutions without                 HQ Country                     Total amount of funding given               to companies that the financial institution
deforestation policies                                                        to 350 companies                            is committed to action on deforestation
                                                                                                                          as a strategic priority.
Vanguard                                       USA                            US$ 417.7 billion

BlackRock                                      USA                            US$ 394.1 billion                        ●	Encourage a systematic approach to
                                                                                                                          engagement and risk assessment across
State Street                                   USA                            US$ 209.5 billion                           their entire portfolio – not just focusing on
Wells Fargo                                    USA                            US$ 148.7 billion                           a few high-profile companies or regions.

Capital Group                                  USA                            US$ 111.6 billion
                                                                                                                       ●	Provide clarity on their expectations
Fidelity Investments                           USA                            US$ 106.7 billion                           of companies and their approach to
                                                                                                                          engagement.
Royal Bank of Canada                           Canada                         US$ 77.0 billion

T. Rowe Price                                  USA                            US$ 72.9 billion                         Financial institutions must then implement
                                                                                                                       their deforestation policies throughout their
Northern Trust                                 USA                            US$ 67.8 billion
                                                                                                                       portfolios, including by:
Geode Capital Holdings                         USA                            US$ 65.8 billion
                                                                                                                       ●	Monitoring companies in their financial
                                                                                                                          portfolios for compliance and progress

                                                                       Together, the 95 financial institutions         ●	Engaging with the companies taking
                                                                       without any public policies on deforestation       too little action, or taking action too
                                                                       provide $2.7 trillion dollars in financing to      slowly, and
                                                                       the world’s most influential companies in
                                                                       forest-risk supply chains. A great majority     ●	Divesting from non-compliant companies
                                                                       of the world’s largest financial institutions      who have failed to take action following
                                                                       are ignoring this critical issue.                  engagement.
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Policies are not sufficient without effective   Due diligence legislation
implementation throughout portfolios. But
they are a necessary statement of strategic     While some leading companies continue
intent – not only to those they invest in       to make progress towards voluntary
and lend to, but also to governments in         commitments, seven years of Forest 500
countries where rates of deforestation          assessments have shown that legislation
are accelerating.                               is now an essential next step to achieve
                                                systemic change.
One fifth of the financial institutions with
the greatest influence on tropical              Some consumer governments are
deforestation, including Rabobank and           already starting to look at how they can
UBS, have set policies for all of the key       use legislation to reduce their impact on
forest-risk commodities.                        deforestation overseas. In the European
                                                Union, the Commission is working towards
Once strong policies have been adopted,         regulatory measures for companies
they must be implemented. Financial             exposed to deforestation in their supply
institutions can use their unique leverage      chains, and the UK government has
to influence companies to improve               announced plans to introduce due
practices and eliminate commodity-driven        diligence legislation in the forthcoming
deforestation – this includes due diligence     Environment Bill.
and onboarding of new clients and engaging
with existing portfolio companies.              Such measures would mean that companies
                                                operating in the UK and potentially the
                                                EU would need to monitor, mitigate and
                                                report on the risks that they are sourcing
                                                commodities linked to deforestation.
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The Forest 500 assessment of voluntary           They should also join calls for legislation
policies and commitments has shown that          to cover the finance sector. Due diligence
the devil will be in the detail.                 legislation is needed to drive sector-wide
                                                 change, and bring those financial institutions
                                                 without any policies up to a common
    To be effective                              baseline, levelling the playing field across
    legislation needs to:                        the financial sector.

    1. Require standardised reporting            But to drive change across all sectors,
    2. Include all forms of deforestation        other markets also need to act. While the
    3. Include human rights                      EU market is important (the EU is the second
    4. Apply to financial institutions           biggest market for forest-risk commodities
    5.	Have sanctions for non-compliance        from tropical countries), the agricultural
                                                 commodity trade is global.

For the poorest performers, due diligence        Of the companies headquartered in the
legislation would force them to identify their   EU and UK, 85% (69/81) had a deforestation
exposure to deforestation, and to take the       commitment for at least one of their
first steps to address this.                     commodities, while only 23% (6/26) of
                                                 those headquartered in China, the largest
For the leaders, there is an opportunity         market for forest-risk commodities, had a
to advocate for change. Many will already        deforestation commitment.
be taking the steps that mandatory due
diligence will require, and legislation will
ensure that their peers are required to follow
suit, beginning to level the playing field.

Leading financial institutions should add
their voices to growing calls for mandatory
due diligence. Legislation for companies
would ensure greater access to data for
financial institutions trying to implement
and monitor their own policies.
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Due diligence                                Include all forms of deforestation                Apply to financial institutions
recommendations
                                             While the UK proposal currently only covers       Requiring financial institutions to identify
Require standardised reporting               illegal deforestation, it is vital that this is   and address their exposure to deforestation-
                                             extended to include all deforestation - and       risk through the companies they finance
Due diligence should require companies       ideally conversion of all ecosystems. Forest      would place further pressure on companies
to transparently report on their exposure    500 data shows that 85% of companies              to ensure their supply chains are not
to deforestation through their supply        operating in both the UK and EU markets           contributing to tropical deforestation.
chains, and set requirements to              have already made commitments on
ensure that reporting is standardised.       deforestation or conversion, going beyond         Forest 500 found that only 37% of the
Standardised public reporting ensures        illegal deforestation. But only 23% have          financial institutions providing $5.5 trillion to
that information on progress is              made at least one commitment to zero-             the companies with the greatest exposure
comparable across companies and              net or zero-gross conversion, extending           to deforestation have policies to limit
can be used by downstream companies          beyond only key forest types.                     deforestation in their financial portfolios -
and financial institutions to identify                                                         due diligence on deforestation needs
high-risk companies, implement and           Include human rights                              to extend to financial institutions too.
monitor progress against their own
commitments. It also allows civil society    Any efforts to remove deforestation from          Have sanctions for non-compliance
to effectively hold companies and            supply chains must also address human
financial institutions accountable.          rights and social justice issues.                 Significant sanctions should be put in
                                                                                               place for those who fail to act to address
Currently a third of the Forest 500          Forest 500 found that currently only three        the deforestation-risk in their supply
companies with a commitment are not          of the 350 companies with the greatest            chains, going beyond fines that simply get
reporting their progress. To be effective,   influence on tropical deforestation have          factored into the cost of doing business
companies need to report on their progress   policies on labour and gender rights,             by companies and financial institutions
at least annually, regardless of how much    Free, Prior and Informed Consent,                 unwilling to take action.
or how little progress has been made. This   inclusion of smallholder producers in
should be quantitative, clearly indicating   supply chains, and to remediate any
the proportion of their volumes which are    harms associated with deforestation.
compliant with their commitments, and        All three companies are only exposed
should be independently verified.            to one high-risk forest commodity.
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Getting the basics right in 2021
As we enter 2021, momentum to decisively tackle market-
driven deforestation is strong. The European Commission and
UK government are working towards regulatory measures
for companies, and the Taskforce for Nature-related Financial
Disclosure (TNFD) will be formally established to develop a
reporting framework for nature related risks.

This year, world leaders will turn their         for the best part of a decade. Yet while       For companies, the path forward is clearly
attention to the growing environmental           deforestation continues to rise in many        defined by the Accountability Framework
emergency at the UN Biodiversity Summit          regions with devastating impacts four of       Initiative (AFI).
(CBD COP15) in China, and the UN Climate         the world’s five biggest investors have
Summit (COP26) in the UK. At these               no policy on deforestation.                    Even those financial institutions and
meetings, many of the world’s most influential                                                  companies which are taking action on this
companies and financial institutions will seek                                                  issue are not yet free from deforestation
to position themselves as leaders in the fight   First things first                             and need to do more. They are, however,
to tackle climate change and the systematic                                                     sending a clear message to the companies
destruction of nature.                           For those currently without deforestation      that they are supplied by or finance,
                                                 policies or commitments, putting one           demonstrating that they recognise and
But those with high exposure to deforestation    in place for all high-risk commodities         will act on the vital role of deforestation
– which includes whole business sectors, and     is just the basic first step. Beyond this      in tackling the climate and nature crises.
the world’s biggest investors – and who still    minimum, financial institutions and
do not have a basic policy in place to address   companies need to ensure that their            But for the great majority who are lagging
these risks should no longer be taken            policies are implemented effectively.          behind, we have laid out what we believe
seriously, and should be called out.             Financial institutions need to monitor         is the absolute minimum to be achieved
                                                 the companies in their financial portfolios,   this year.
Seven years have passed since the New            and engage with them to support
York Declaration codified the 2020 global        continuous improvement, with a clear           There is no more time for silence or
goals on deforestation. This issue has been      threat of divestment for those making          greenwashing.
in the political and business mainstream         too little progress.
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                   https://science.sciencemag.org/content/361/6407/1108               	
                                                                                      17
                                                                                        https://accountability-framework.org/
             2
                 	
                  https://www.climatefocus.com/sites/default/                         18
                                                                                           	https://accountability-framework.org/

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Appendix:
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                                                                                           	https://forest500.org/sites/default/files/forest500_
             3
                 	New York Declaration on Forests, Goal 2                                  annualreport2019_final_0.pdf
             4
                 	
                  https://www.theconsumergoodsforum.com/press_releases/               20
                                                                                           	For financial institutions a deforestation policy is defined as
                  consumer-goods-industry-announces-initiatives-on-climate-                  a commodity-specific policy focused on forest protection, or
                  protection/                                                                a policy to protect primary, intact or high conservation value
                                                                                             forests, or commits to a credible certification scheme that
             5
                 	
                  https://ad-partnership.org/about/
                                                                                             protects these.
             6
                 	
                  https://www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/business-action/sustainable-             21
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                  finance/banking-environment-initiative/programme/restore-
                                                                                            articles/what-are-the-biggest-drivers-of-tropical-deforestation
                  nature/soft-commodities
                                                                                      22
                                                                                           	Based on active financing data from Profundo, including
             7
                 	
                  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-55130304
                                                                                             financing provided to Forest 500 companies between March
             8
                 	In 2019, 235 investors demanded action from companies                     2015 and October 2020.
                   linked to deforestation following the catastrophic fires in the    23
                                                                                           	For companies, a deforestation commitment is one that
                   Amazon. Since then a smaller group has continued to engage
                                                                                             commits to zero-gross/zero-net deforestation or zero-gross/
                   with companies and the Brazilian government over continued
                                                                                             zero-net conversion, or at least protects priority forest types
                   deforestation.
                                                                                             including high conservation value forests or commits to a
             9
                 	
                  https://www.theconsumergoodsforum.com/environmental-                       credible certification scheme that protects these.
                  sustainability/forest-positive/                                     24
                                                                                           	https://www.unepfi.org/banking/bankingprinciples/
             10
                  	https://www.retailsoygroup.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/              collective-commitment/
                   Letter-on-due-diligence-consultation_final.pdf                     25
                                                                                           	UBS is the third largest asset manager in the world, and has
             11
                 	
                  https://www.unpri.org/                                                     deforestation policies for all four commodities; palm oil, soy,
                                                                                             cattle products, and timber products.
             12
                  	https://www.ceres.org/
                                                                                      26
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             14
                  	The TNFD is being catalysed through a partnership between
                                                                                      28
                                                                                           	https://accountability-framework.org/
                    Global Canopy, the United Nations Development Programme           29
                                                                                           	https://forest500.org/publications/scoring-methodologies-2020
                    (UNDP), the United Nations Environment Programme Finance
                    Initiative (UNEP FI), and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
             15
                  	https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-sets-out-
                    world-leading-new-measures-to-protect-rainforests
             16
                  	Companies and financial institutions must be transparent
                    on their actions on deforestation, as it sends a clear signal
                    to their suppliers, customers and to competitors that
                    deforestation is no longer acceptable in supply chains and
                    financial portfolios, as well as enabling others to hold them
                    accountable for their action on deforestation.
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             Methodology changes

The scores
Appendix:
             Two methodologies are used: one for               The financial institution methodology has
             companies and one for financial institutions,     remained largely the same since 2019,
             reflecting their different roles in the           bar the addition of an indicator on anti-
             deforestation economy.                            corruption policies.

             This year we strengthened the company             Financial Institutions are scored on:   MAXIMUM
             assessment methodology, aligning with the                                                 POINTS
             Accountability Framework Initiative (AFI)         Overall approach                        Out of 16
             Common Methodology . Sixteen indicators           Commitment strength                     Out of 42
             were either added or adjusted compared to         Social considerations                   Out of 22
             the 2019 methodology with greater emphasis        Reporting and Implementation            Out of 20
             on how companies report and implement             TOTAL                                   100
             their deforestation commitments.
                                                               More detail on the updated company and
             Companies are scored on:             MAXIMUM      financial institution methodologies can be
                                                  POINTS       found in the 2020 methodologies29.
             Overall approach                     Out of 16
             Content of Commitments               Out of 30
             Reporting and Implementation         Out of 36
             Social considerations                Out of 18
             TOTAL                                100
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Financial institutions (FI)                             FI name                           FI HQ   Score   FI name                       FI HQ   Score
                                                        Employees Provident Fund          IND             National Australia Bank       AUS
with with no policies                                   Equitable Holdings                USA             Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. USA
FI name                           FI HQ   Score         Export Import Bank of Thailand    THA             New York Life Insurance Co.   USA
3G Capital                        USA                   Farm Credit Services              USA             Northern Trust                USA
ABP                               NLD                   Fidelity Investments              USA             Northwestern Mutual Life      USA
                                                                                                          Insurance
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.   USA                   Fifth Third Bancorp               USA
                                                                                                          PNC Financial Services        USA
Allstate                          USA                   Franklin Resources                USA
                                                                                                          Power Corp. of Canada         CAN
American Century Investments      USA                   Geode Capital Management          USA
                                                                                                          Prudential Financial (US)     USA
American Equity Investment Life USA                     GIC                               SGP
Holding Co.                                                                                               Prudential (UK)               USA
                                                        Government Savings bank           THA
American International Group, Inc. USA                                                                    Public Bank Bhd.              MLY
                                                        Guggenheim Capital                USA
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.        USA                                                                     Royal Bank of Canada          CAN
                                                        ICICI Bank                        IND
AMMB Holdings Bhd.                MYS                                                                     Safra Group                   BRA
                                                        Indonesia Eximbank                IND
AQR Capital Management LLC        USA                                                                     Schroders                     GBR
                                                        Industrial & Commercial Bank      CHN
Atmos Capital Gestão de           BRA                   of China Ltd                                      Schweizerische Nationalbank   CHE
Recursos Ltda                                           Intesa Sanpaolo                   ITA             Scotiabank                    CAN
Baillie Gifford                   GBR
                                                        Invesco Ltd.                      USA             Siam Commercial Bank          THA
Bangkok Bank                      THA
                                                        Itau Unibanco Holding S.A.        BRA             State Bank of India           IND
Bank of China                     CHN
                                                        Janus Henderson                   GBR             State Farm                    USA
Bank of Communications            CHN
                                                        Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.   USA             State Street                  USA
Bank of New York Mellon           USA
                                                        Kasikornbank                      THA             Sun Life Financial            CAN
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.          USA
                                                        KKR                               USA             Temasek Holdings              SGP
BlackRock                         USA
                                                        Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.          IND             Toronto-Dominion Bank         CAN
BPCE Group                        FRA
                                                        Krung Thai Bank                   THA             Travelers                     USA
Bradesco                          BRA
                                                        Kumpulan Wang Persaraan           MYS             T. Rowe Price                 USA
Capital Group Cos., Inc., The     USA
                                                        Lazard Ltd.                       BMU             Truist Financial Corp.        USA
Charles Schwab                    USA
                                                        Legal & General                   GBR             United Services Automobile    USA
China Construction Bank           CHN                                                                     Association
                                                        Legg Mason                        USA
CIMB Group                        MYS                                                                     Vanguard                      USA
                                                        Life Insurance Corp of India      IND
Crédit Mutuel CIC Group           FRA                                                                     Venerable Holdings, Inc.      USA
                                                        Lincoln National Corp.            USA
Dimensional Fund Advisors         USA                                                                     Wellington Management         USA
                                                        Macquarie Group                   AUS
Dynamo - Administração de         BRA                                                                     Wells Fargo                   USA
                                                        Magellan Financial Group          AUS
Recursos                                                                                                  Western & Southern Mutual     USA
East West Banking Corporation     PHL                   MassMutual Financial              USA             Holding Co.
Eaton Vance                       USA                   MetLife                           USA             Yayasan Pelaburan Bumiputra   MYS
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Financial institutions (FIs)
with deforestation policies
for all commodities
FI name                    FI HQ   Score         FI name                 FI HQ   Score
ABN Amro                   NLD                   Standard Chartered      GBR
Aegon                      NLD                   UBS                     CHE
Australia & New Zealand    AUS                   UniCredit               ITA
Banking Group Ltd.
                                                 United Overseas Bank    SGP
BNDES                      BRA
                                                 Westpac                 AUS
BNP Paribas                FRA
Citigroup                  USA
Commerzbank                DEU
Commonwealth Bank          AUS
Of Australia
Credit Suisse              CHE
DBS                        SGP
Deutsche Bank              DEU
Goldman Sachs              USA
HSBC                       GBR
JBIC                       JPN
JPMorgan Chase & Co.       USA
Lloyds Banking Group       GBR
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial   JPN
Morgan Stanley             USA
NatWest                    GBR
Norges Bank Investment     NOR
Management
Oversea-Chinese Banking    SGP
Corp. Ltd.
Rabobank U.A               NLD
Santander                  ESP
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Financial institutions (FIs)
with at least one policy
but not all
FI name                           FI HQ   Score   FI name                      FI HQ   Score
Agricultural Bank of China        CHN             Sumitomo Mitsui Trust        JPN
Allianz                           DEU             TIAA                         USA
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya              ESP             US Bancorp                   USA
Argentaria (BBVA)
Banco do Brasil                   BRA
Bank of America                   USA
Bank Negara Indonesia             IDN
Barclays                          GBR
BMO Financial Group               CAN
BTG Pactual                       BRA
California Public Employees       USA
Crédit Agricole                   FRA
ING Groep NV                      NLD
Landesbank Baden-                 DEU
Württemberg (LBBW)
Liberty Mutual Holding            USA
Co., Inc.
Malayan Banking                   MYS
Manulife Financial                CAN
Mizuho Financial                  JPN
Nomura                            JPN
Nordea                            FIN
Norinchukin Bank                  JPN
PT Bank Mandiri (Persero)         IDN
Tbk (Mandiri)
Société Générale                  FRA
Standard Life Aberdeen            GBR
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group   JPN
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Companies with no                                       Company                        HQ    Score   Company                          HQ    Score

deforestation policies                                  Coamo Agroindustrial Coop.     BRA           Future Group                     IND
                                                        Compañía Bernal S.A.           ARG           Granol                           BRA
Company                             HQ    Score
                                                        Compañia Industrial Aceitera   CRI           Groupe Lactalis                  FRA
Aceitera Gral. Deheza S.A.I.C.A.    ARG                 Coto Cincuenta y Cuatro S.A
                                                                                                     Groupe Savencia S.A.             FRA
Adient                              USA                 COMPAÑIA PARAGUAYA DE          PRY
                                                        GRANOS S.A.                                  Grupo Bom Retiro                 BRA
Advance Publications Inc.           USA
                                                        Coop Col Multiactiva           PRY           Grupo Jari                       BRA
AFA (Agric. Federados Args.)        ARG                 Fernheim Ltda                                GRUPO PILAR S A                  ARG
Allanasons Pvt Ltd.                 IND                 COOP FREIGHT                   TWN           Grupo Viz                        MEX
Alpargatas SA                       BRA                 LOGISTICS LTD
                                                                                                     Gruppo Mastrotto Spa             ITA
Ameropa Ltd.                        CHE                 Corporación De                 VEN
                                                        Abastecimiento Y Servicios                   Gruppo Veronesi                  ITA
Amul                                IND                 Agrícolas S.A. (CASA)                        Guangdong Wens Foodstuff         CHN
Aokang Group Co. Ltd.               CHN                 Corpovex - Corporacion         VEN           Group Co., Ltd
                                                        Venezolana De Com. Exterior                  Guangzhou Highest Industrial     CHN
Arre Beef S.A.                      ARG
                                                        Cresud S.A.                    ARG           Co. Ltd.
Ashley Furniture Industries Inc.    USA
                                                        Cyrela Brazil Realty           BRA           Guangzhou Liby Enterprise        CHN
Bata Ltd.                           CHE                                                              Group Co Ltd
                                                        Dalian Huafeng Furniture       CHN
Behshahr Industrial                 IRN                                                              Haid Group                       CHN
                                                        Co. Ltd.
Development Corp.
                                                        Danish Agro                    DNK           Htoo Group                       MMR
Beidahuang Group                    CHN
                                                        Darmex Agro                    IDN           Industrias Frigorificos Recreo   ARG
Belle International Holdings Ltd.   HKG                                                              SAIC
                                                        Deichmann Group                DEU
BF Logistics                        BRA                                                              InVivo                           FRA
                                                        DIRECTA LINE LOGISTICA         BRA
Bhartiya International Ltd          IND                                                              Irmaos Goncalves Comercio        BRA
                                                        Donto                          ARG           E Industria Ltda.
Bricapar S.A.                       PRY
                                                        East Hope Group                CHN           Japfa Ltd                        IDN
Bright Food (Group) Co. Ltd.        CHN
                                                        Emami Ltd.                     IND           KAI BO FROZEN MEAT               HKG
Camera Agroalimentos S.A.           BRA
                                                        EURO AMERICA                   BRA           SUPERMARKET
Capri Holdings Ltd                  USA
                                                        Evershining Ingredient         THA           Land O'Lakes Inc.                USA
Caramuru Alimentos                  BRA
                                                        Fleury Michon, Groupe          FRA           Lear Corp.                       USA
CATTER MEAT SA                      ARG
                                                        Foshan Saturday Shoes          CHN           Le Gouessant                     FRA
Cencoprod Ltda                      PRY
                                                        Co. Ltd.                                     Lenta OOO                        RUS
Cencosud                            CHL
                                                        F.R.I.A.R. S.A.                ARG           Li Ning Company Ltd.             CHN
China Resources National Corp.      HKG
                                                        Frigorifico Concepcion S A     PRY           Magnit Group                     RUS
China State Construction            CHN
                                                        Frigorifico Gorina Sociedad    ARG           Makin Group                      IDN
Engineering Corp.
                                                        Anonima Industrial Y Comex
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Company                           HQ    Score         Company                       HQ      Score
MAR.VI SPED SRL                   ITA                 The Woodbridge Company Ltd    CAN
Meredith Corporation              USA                 TJX Companies                 USA
Mizkan Holdings                   JPN                 Total Enterprise Ltd          HKG
Nanyang Hoo’s Furniture           CHN                 Tradewinds (M) Berhad         MYS
Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
                                                      Vicwood Group                 CHN
New Hope Group                    CHN                                               (HKG)
Nice Group                        CHN                 Weltra                        ITA
Nine Dragons Paper Holdings       HKG                 WH Group                      HKG
Nitori Holdings Co. Ltd.          JPN                 Wings Corp                    IDN
Offal Exp S.A.                    ARG                 X5 Retail Group N.V.          RUS
Parker-Migliorini International   CHE                 Yakult Honsha Co. Ltd.        JPN
Gmbh
                                                      Yamazaki Baking Co.           JPN
Patanjali Ayurved                 IND
                                                      Yomiuri Group, The            JPN
Pertamina Persero PT              IDN
                                                      YPF                           ARG
Pou chen                          TWN
                                                      Zhejiang Tongtianxing Group   CHN
Rezervnaja Prodovol'stvennaja     RUS                 Joint-Stock Co Ltd
Kompanija
Rimbunan Hijau Group              MYS
Rioverde OOO                      RUS
Sadesa                            ARG
Shanghai Construction Group       CHN
Shuangbaotai Group                CHN
(Twins Group)
Sinograin                         CHN
Sociedad Cooperativa              PRY
Colonizadora Chortitzer
Komitee Ltda
Sodrugestvo Group S.A             LUX
Soyuz Corporation                 RUS
Steve Madden Ltd                  USA
Strong OOO                        RUS
Suguna Foods                      IND
Tangrenshen Group (TRS)           CHN
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Companies with commitments                         Company                            HQ    Score   Company                        HQ       Score

for all commodities                                J Sainsbury's PLC                  GBR           Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC    GBR
                                                   Kencana Agri Ltd                   SNG           RELX Group                     GBR
Company                      HQ      Score
                                                   Kering S.A.                        FRA           Restaurant Brands International CAN
3M Company                   USA
                                                   Kimberly-Clark Group               USA           Royal Dutch Shell              NLD
AAK AB                       SWE
                                                   Koninklijke FrieslandCampina       NLD           R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co.     USA
Adecoagro S.A.               LUX                   N.V.
                                                                                                    Saint Gobain S.A.              FRA
Aditya Birla Group           IND                   Korindo Group PT                   IDN
                                                                                                    Sampoerna Agri Resources       SNG
Amaggi                       BRA                   L'Oreal S.A.                       FRA           Pte. Ltd
Angelini Group               CHL                   LOUIS DREYFUS                      NLD           SC Johnson & Son Inc           USA
Arla Foods                   DNK                   LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis           FRA           Schwarz Group                  DEU
                                                   Vuitton S.A.
Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA    DEU                                                                    Shandong Chenming Paper        China
                                                   Marks & Spencer Group PLC          GBR           Holdings Co., Ltd.
Blondeau Group               DEU
                                                   Mars Inc.                          USA           Sipef Group                    BEL
Cargill                      USA
                                                   McDonald's Corp.                   USA           Socfin Group                   LUX
Carrefour S.A.               FRA
                                                   Mondi Group                        AUT           Staples Inc.                   USA
Colgate-Palmolive Co.        USA
                                                   Natura&Co                          BRA           Stora Enso                     FIN
ConAgra Brands Inc           USA
                                                   Neste Corp.                        FIN           Sumitomo Forestry              JPN
Dai Nippon Printing          JPN
                                                   Nestlé S.A.                        CHE           Suzano Group                   Brazil
Daio Paper Corporation       JPN
                                                   New Balance Athletic Shoe Inc.     USA           Tangshan sanyou                CHN
Danone                       FRA
                                                   News Corp.                         USA           Tetra Laval                    CHE
DekelOil                     CIV
                                                   Nike Inc.                          USA           Toppan Printing Co. Ltd.       JPN
DuPont                       USA
                                                   Nippon Paper Industries Co. Ltd.   JPN           Triputra Group                 IDN
Empresas CMPC S.A.           Chile
                                                   NordSud Timber                     DRC           Tyson Foods Inc.               USA
Essity                       SWE
                                                   Oji Holdings corporation           JPN           Unicharm Corp                  JPN
Frialto                      BRA
                                                   Orkla Group                        NOR           Unilever PLC                   GBR
Genting Bhd.                 MYS
                                                   Pearson PLC                        GBR           UPM                            FIN
Grupo SLC                    BRA
                                                   Perkebunan Nusantara               IDN           Vancouros Indústria e          BRA
H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB    SWE                                                                    Comércio de Couros LTDA
                                                   Permata Hijau Group                IDN
Harita Group                 IDN                                                                    VF Corp.                       USA
                                                   Perum Perhutani                    IDN
Hengan International Group   CHN                                                                    Westrock                       USA
Co Ltd                                             Precious Woods Holding AG          CHE
                                                                                                    Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC   GBR
International Paper          USA                   PT Astra International TBK         IDN
                                                                                                    Yum! Brands Inc.               USA
JBJ Investimentos            BRA                   PT Rajawali Corp.                  IDN
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