For 10 years Global Canopy has been publishing its Forest 500 report, assessing the deforestation record of the 350 companies and 150 financial institutions most exposed to tropical deforestation. In this podcast - to mark the launch of the tenth report - you'll hear about the 10 lessons that can drive real deforestation change.
Ten years has seen the collection of 1.3 million data points that are used to assess the strength and implementation of the 500's publicly available deforestation, ecosystem conversion and human rights commitments and policies.
In this podcast, the Independent's senior climate correspondent Louise Boyle is joined by Giulia Carbone, Director of Natural Climate Solutions at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Grace Iara, Lead convenor of the Alliance for the Amazon, Global Canopy Executive Director Niki Mardas and Pierre Cannet, Global Head of Public Affairs and Policy at Client Earth.
Learn more and read the report at www.forest500.org