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More than 190 governments, businesses and civil society organizations have committed to ending commodity-driven deforestation by 2020.
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It's vines versus old-growth forests, a biodiversity debate with consequences for steelhead trout, mountain lions and spotted owls.
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In this week's episode: Michelin, GM halt deforestation; a G20-approved guide to disclosure; and the troubling new math on carbon reduction.
by Joel Makower
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Deforestation has accelerated in the rubber producing countries of Southeast Asia to feed global demand for tires. But Michelin and now General Motors have launched zero deforestation rubber procurement policies.
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The economic benefits of restoring degraded or deforested land are an estimated $84 billion, roughly the entire gross domestic product of Sri Lanka in 2015.
by Andrew Wu
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The multinational personal care companies are among new supporters of the CDP's forest supply chain initiative, which requires deeper disclosure from key suppliers.
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Sponsored: Aligning the interests of companies and communities to protect, restore and conserve land should be part of every company's commodity supply-chain strategy.
by Dewi Bramono
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The trees planted under this targeted approach do more than offset emissions. They make supply chains more resilient.
by Meg Wilcox
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Don't brush off tree planting as mere greenwashing. PUR Projet has helped companies offset an admirable 1.4 million tons of carbon, and counting.
by Meg Wilcox
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Corporate exposure to “forest risk commodities” like soy and timber could top $900 billion per year. Now, as institutional investors push companies in all sectors to come clean on their climate-change liabilities and exposure, their impacts on forests could become clearer as well.
by Steve Zwick
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Nonprofit canopy's founder shares 5 lessons to accelerate sustainability on fabric and forests.
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Only 17 percent of funding needs for forest restoration are met each year — and very little of that coming from the private sector.
by Sofia Faruqi
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Dandelion, Raaka Chocolate and Valrhona are among the chocolate makers eyeing ways to combat poverty and renew the land.
by Meg Wilcox
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Scores of companies have made hundreds of deforestation commitments, and almost 60 percent of those commitments have a deadline of 2020 or earlier.
by Steve Zwick
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It will take better links with transit for existing transit infrastructure to work in the future.
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Increasing urban consumption contributes massively to deforestation, a major source of emissions, despite growing sustainability efforts.
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Hundreds of companies say they're taking action, but in our analysis only 35 percent offer proof.
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Forests are massive carbon sinks, and the U.S., alongside other developed countries, are donating large sums of money to protect these carbon-rich landscapes from deforestation.
by Bobby Magill
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It is time for more transparency on the issue of deforestation from cattle products.
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If every big business committed to these actions, business could come a long way toward satisfying the Paris Accord, says a new report.
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For companies that illegally cut protected forests, satellite monitoring systems and data analytics leave nowhere to hide.
by Sarah Mann
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After a long but ultimately successful campaign, deforestation for soy production is a thing of the past.
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After years of incentivizing timber production, how could policy encourage landowners to think more sustainably?
by Danna Smith