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ZSL is Hiring for an Asia-based Sustainable Finance Specialist
Position Title Sustainable Finance Specialist (Tiger Conservation Coalition) Location Flexible within Asia – Thailand, Malaysia, Nepal or Bhutan preferred Contract Form Full-time equivalent consultancy (225 days/year) Contract Period Two years Contract Value Dependent on location Department Sustainable Business & Finance…
SPOTT 2025 Palm Oil Indicator Framework – Feedback Welcome
Have your say on the SPOTT 2025 Palm Oil Indicator Framework We invite you to provide feedback on the SPOTT Palm Oil indicator framework as we prepare for the 2025 assessments. Each year we review the indicator framework to ensure…
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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…
Disclosure against PRI “Investor Expectations on Sustainable Palm Oil”
As part of the PRI-coordinated engagement on Sustainable Palm Oil, more than 62 investment organisations with approximately US$8 trillion in assets under management endorsed a statement laying out their expectations of companies operating across the palm oil value chain and…
The UK Environment Act: Due diligence on forest risk commodities
The UK Environment Act 2021 sets out an important new suite of measures to tackle imported deforestation, by requiring companies to implement due diligence systems (DDS) for forest risk commodities in their supply chains. Whilst importing companies have been legally…
Thematic Guide to Gender
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 gender equality commitments across all operations, including in relation to…
New research reveals gaps in sustainability reporting for the world’s biggest tyre brands
Thirteen leading rubber manufacturers including Michelin, Pirelli and Top Glove, are ranked in a new assessment led by ZSL SPOTT. This analysis covers the companies’ public policies and commitments relating to environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues – a world-first…
Company selection updates for 2022 SPOTT Timber and Pulp assessments
SPOTT assesses the most impactful producers, processors and traders in the timber and pulp 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…
Biodiversity Conservation and Communities in Forestry
At least a quarter of the world’s land area is owned, managed, used, or occupied by indigenous peoples, encompassing up to 80% of the planet’s biodiversity. Indigenous and local communities can and should be essential partners in the conservation of…