Corporate failure on deforestation putting their net zero goals at risk, report warns

Cecilia Keating
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Global Canopy research finds glaring deforestation blindspot in many company policies that threatens to undermine their ability to achieve net zero

Companies and financial institutions have never had better data, more advanced tools or more detailed guidance to help them eliminate deforestation from their supply chains, yet 40 per cent of those most...

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