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New Guide Supports Relationship Managers on EUDR and Deforestation Risk
Access the guide Why deforestation and biodiversity loss matter for the finance sector Deforestation accounts for nearly 30% of global greenhouse gas emissions and driving catastrophic biodiversity loss – trends that carry significant financial implications. Through their lending and investment…
The Future of SPOTT Assessments: Reflecting, Refining and Strengthening Our Impact
Sustainability is essential to long-term business success. Despite this, it is often ignored. Financial institutions on average provide £8.3 billion of financing to companies linked to deforestation – leaving markets, buyers and financers exposed to serious risks. ZSL is working…
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Thematic Guide to The Living Wage
A guide to setting robust policy commitments and reporting on practice in soft commodity supply chains. Download guide This guide is designed to help companies set and report on robust living wage commitments. It is relevant whether you are a…
Le secteur forestier appelé à adopter de meilleures politiques de lutte contre le déclin de la biodiversité
Les experts du projet SPOTT de ZSL ont mis en évidence dans leurs dernières recherches l’importance pour les entreprises d’adopter une politique solide en faveur de la biodiversité. Data summary Une nouvelle évaluation menée par l’ONG internationale de conservation de…
Sustainability experts call on timber and pulp sector to adopt stronger policies to halt biodiversity decline
A new assessment led by ZSL has revealed that only 2% (2/90) of the world’s leading tropical timber and pulp producers have a comprehensive biodiversity policy. Data summary As record high temperatures are surpassed across the world, ZSL is urgently…
A new open-access platform to bring greater oversight of deforestation risks
ZSL, as a sub-grantee alongside Global Canopy, will be launching a revolutionary platform in 2022 bringing together the best data available on corporate exposure to, and reporting on, deforestation and other related environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. The project…
What next for sustainable natural rubber? Reflections on the GPSNR’s 2022 General Assembly
It’s estimated that over 5 million hectares of natural forest were converted to rubber plantations between 2003 and 2017 in mainland Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Renewed ambition to tackle deforestation as a major driver of climate emissions was set…
ZSL calls for natural rubber to be included in the scope of the proposed EU Deforestation Regulation
ZSL (Zoological Society of London) welcomes the proposal from the European Union (EU) Commission for a regulation on deforestation-free products designed to tackle deforestation associated with products placed on the EU market. However, we call on the EU to include…
Palm Oil Company Selection Updates
SPOTT assesses the most impactful producers, processors and traders in the palm oil sector on their public disclosure regarding the organisation, policies and practices related to environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. Assessed companies are reviewed on an annual basis…
Consultancy Position: Spatial Data Analyst
Consultancy Position: Spatial Data Analyst (HCVs in Indonesia) ZSL’s Sustainable Business and Finance programme is seeking a consultant to support on landscape High Conservation Value (HCV) probability mapping and analysis using spatial data. Using ZSL’s existing methodology, the consultant will…
Consultancy Position: Data Architect
Consultancy Position: Data Architect ZSL’s Sustainable Business and Finance programme is seeking a consultant to support the delivery of SPOTT’s launch of the 2022 timber & pulp SPOTT assessments, managing My SQL data exports, manipulation and imports using ProBench, MyPhpAdmin,…
Committed to Sustainable Palm Oil? 3rd Edition.
In this third edition of ‘Committed to Sustainable Palm Oil?’, ZSL and WWF analysed Annual Communication of Progress (ACOP) reports submitted by palm oil growers, processors and traders, consumer goods manufacturers (CGMs) and retailers for the year 2020. Some key…