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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 1d

None of these banks have robust No Deforestation policies or effective due diligence procedures on high-risk supply chains. They should adopt strong policies and processes immediately.
📊 Data: @forestsandfinance | forestsandfinance.org
#BankingOnDestruction #Minerva #Deforestation #ClimateCrisis

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The banks and investors exposed to deforestation risks in Southeast Asia

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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 1d

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From 2016 to September 2024, major financiers, including several Brazilian banks, as well as HSBC and JP Morgan Chase, have backed Minerva’s operations across tropical regions.

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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 2d

New Greenpeace report links JBS to violations of indigenous rights.

AGAIN.

Yet, investors like:
@bndes.bsky.social
@capitalgroup.bsky.social
#Blackrock
#Vanguard and
#Santander
keep profiting from its bonds and shares.

#dropJBS

Greenpeace EU @greenpeace.eu · 13d

🍽️ New exposé by Greenpeace Brazil reveals: beef raised in violation of Indigenous rights in the Amazon may have reached plates in Europe‼️

#StopEUMercosur #StopBigAg #RespectTheAmazon

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European shops imported beef newly linked to illegal cattle ranching on Indigenous Amazon lands - Greenpeace European Unit

Beef from cattle illegally raised on protected Indigenous land in the Amazon rainforest may have ended up on the plates of European consumers after entering the supply chains of Brazilian beef giant J...

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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 11d

An important step towards addressing the Financial Fault Lines in the Energy Transition is to have stronger regulations at the international level. Therefore, CSO's welcome Colombia's efforts to submit a resolution at the upcoming UNEA.

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O Joio e O Trigo @ojoioeotrigo.bsky.social · 19d

Crédito milionário para ferir a constituição. Entre as bets e o agro, o Joio revela o caminho percorrido por 3 milhões cedidos pelo Banco do Brasil para o financiamento de uma lavoura de milho transgênico na fazenda Vale Verde, propriedade sobreposta a terra indígena Kanela Memortumré no Maranhão. 🧵

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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 16d

New documentary by @thegeckoproject shows that soy expansion is driving deforestation in Bolivia. Cargill is one of the largest soy traders in Bolivia, and it's financed by #BNPParibas #BankofAmerica #JPMorganChase

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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 19d

#CanaccordFinancial #TorontoDominionBank #BMOFinancialGroup

Repórter Brasil @reporterbrasil.org.br · 20d

A pedido do Ministério Público do Pará, reintegração de posse de área cobiçada pela mineradora Belo Sun, sobreposta a um assentamento da reforma agrária, foi adiada pela Justiça estadual, e o processo pode ser federalizado reporterbrasil.org.br/2025/09/belo...

Belo Sun sofre derrota em projeto de megagarimpo de ouro no PA

Reintegração de posse de área cobiçada pela Belo Sun, sobreposta a um assentamento da reforma agrária, foi adiada pela Justiça estadual

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Repórter Brasil @reporterbrasil.org.br · 20d

A pedido do Ministério Público do Pará, reintegração de posse de área cobiçada pela mineradora Belo Sun, sobreposta a um assentamento da reforma agrária, foi adiada pela Justiça estadual, e o processo pode ser federalizado reporterbrasil.org.br/2025/09/belo...

Belo Sun sofre derrota em projeto de megagarimpo de ouro no PA

Reintegração de posse de área cobiçada pela Belo Sun, sobreposta a um assentamento da reforma agrária, foi adiada pela Justiça estadual

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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 21d

📢 Happening Sept 26 at #NYClimateWeek!

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🗓 Sept 26 | 10AM–6:30PM
📍 The People’s Forum, NYC

Join panels, workshops & actions led by frontline groups reshaping food, land & forests.

🔗 Register: events.humanitix.com/nycw-finance...

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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 21d

Financial institutions must have strong anti-money laundering policies, as well as strong due-diligence processes, to avoid complicity in environmental crimes.

Read more about the role of banks in financing the impacts of the mining sector in our report:
www.forestsandfinance.org/MiningReport...

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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 21d

The Brazilian police is executing 22 arrest warrants and freezing assets of a criminal organization involved in a R$1.5 bln (USD 280 mln) mining scheme that includes environmental crimes and money laundering.

www.terra.com.br/noticias/bra...

Esquema de R$ 1,5 bilhão na mineração em MG é alvo de operação da PF e da CGU

Operação Rejeito: PF e CGU desarticulam esquema de R$ 1,5 bi em mineração ilegal em Minas Gerais, com prisão de 22 suspeitos e bloqueio de ativos. Ação combate crimes ambientais, corrupção e lavagem d...

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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 22d

TuK INDONESIA has filed an appeal to the Administrative Court (PTUN) in the #DesakMandiri lawsuit.

They’re holding a public examination of the South Jakarta District Court’s ruling to strengthen their case.

📍 16 Sept — 2PM WIB
Faculty of Law, Universitas Indonesia
Live on TuK INDONESIA’s YouTube

Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 29d

Dive deeper here → tinyurl.com/MiningReport... 📖
#JustTransition #JustFinance #ForestsAndFinance

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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · 29d

We're unveiling research that exposes the financial networks backing destructive transition mineral operations across four continents. 🏦⛏️

Our investigation reveals: billions in backing, extractive practices that devastate communities, and weak policies that enable harm. 📊💔

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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · Sep 8

Nature needs your help NOW 🚨
Across Europe, our forests are thinning, our rivers are drying, and our wildlife is vanishing. Now the European Commission wants to weaken the very laws that protect them.
It’s our nature, our home, our future, our right. #HandsOffNature
📢 Speak up now: handsoffnature.eu

Hands Off Nature – Defend Europe’s Forests, Rivers & Wildlife

Stop the dismantling of European environmental protections. Stand up for forests, wildlife, clean air, and safe water - our nature depends on it.

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Repórter Brasil @reporterbrasil.org.br · Sep 3

Divulgado hoje (3) pela Coalizão Florestas e Finanças, relatório aponta que bancos e investidores alimentam práticas violentas e exploratórias em nome da transição energética. Vale ficou em 5º lugar no ranking global de mineradoras beneficiadas. reporterbrasil.org.br/2025/09/vale...

Vale é destaque em estudo sobre investimentos predatórios em ‘energia limpa’

Divulgado nesta quarta-feira (3) pela Coalizão Florestas e Finanças, relatório aponta que bancos e investidores alimentam práticas violentas e exploratórias em nome da transição energética; Brasileira...

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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · Sep 3

Irresponsible banks & investors are fueling harm financing companies with egregious track records on rights, waste management, labour and the environment
A just transition means accountable finance.
Full report here: tinyurl.com/MiningReport...
#JustTransition

Mining and Money: Financial Fault Lines in the Energy Transition - Forests & Finance

The Forests & Finance Coalition, with support from global civil society partners, published a new report titled Mining and Money: Financial Fault Lines in the Energy Transition on 3 September 2025.

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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · Sep 3

New Report: Mining & Money - Financial Faultlines in the Energy Transition
The energy transition is driving a global mining boom, but communities and ecosystems are paying the price.
💰 $493B in credit
💰 $289B in investments

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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · Sep 1

The beef sector is the largest driver of deforestation in Brazil. It has many large financiers, including BNDES, Banco do Brasil, Itaú, Santander and Bradesco. They must be held co-responsible if/when found to be financing deforestation and rights violations.

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The banks and investors exposed to deforestation risks in Southeast Asia

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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · Sep 1

Brazilian environment agency Ibama has notified 12 meatpacking plants, including two operated by #JBS , of an inspection into their alleged involvement in a scheme to buy cattle from illegally cleared land in the Amazon rainforest.

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Brazil probes JBS and other beefpackers for buying cattle from deforested land

Brazilian environment agency Ibama has notified 12 meatpacking plants, including two operated by JBS SA , of an inspection into their alleged involvement in a scheme to buy cattle from illegally cleared land in the Amazon rainforest, according to a document seen by Reuters on Friday.

www.reuters.com

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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · Aug 29

Coming soon: A deep dive into the money pipeline driving the transition mineral mining boom, which is causing widespread harm
📊 $100s of billions.
🌱 A failing energy transition.
Get ready to follow the money. #ForestsAndFinance #JustTransition

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Repórter Brasil @reporterbrasil.org.br · Aug 26

Decisão que restabeleceu o acordo atendeu a um pedido da Abiove (Associação Brasileira das Indústrias de Óleos Vegetais). Firmada em 2006, a moratória é considerada um dos principais instrumentos para conter o desmatamento na Amazônia e havia sido suspensa pelo Cade, órgão do governo federal.

Moratória da Soja: Justiça restaura acordo que proíbe soja de desmatamento

Decisão que restabeleceu o acordo atendeu a um pedido da Abiove (Associação Brasileira das Indústrias de Óleos Vegetais)

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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · Aug 11

On Friday, President Lula signed the controversial 'Devastation Bill', which reduces environmental licensing requirements in Brazil. He vetoed 63 out of the almost 400 provisions, including one that weakened the liability of financial institutions.

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Lula vetoes weakening of financial institutions' liability - Forests & Finance

President Lula today signed the Environmental Licensing Law into law today, but vetoed 63 of the approximately 400 provisions approved by Congress. The controversial bill, known as the “Devastation Bi...

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Forests & Finance @forestsandfinance.bsky.social · Aug 5

Juíza sustenta que a iniciativa do Ibram de enfraquecer medidas de segurança para barragens, pode gerar “grande risco de dano reverso”.
Isso também aumenta o risco para financiadores e investidores na mineração no Brasil.

Repórter Brasil @reporterbrasil.org.br · Aug 4

Ibram alega que o MTE estaria interferindo em competência da Agência Nacional de Mineração. Fontes ouvidas pela Repórter Brasil avaliam que iniciativa enfraquece medidas de segurança criadas após a tragédia de Brumadinho (MG), que deixou 250 trabalhadores mortos bit.ly/40L65FV

Mineradoras querem restringir atuação do Ministério do Trabalho

Entidade de mineradoras quer restringir atuação do Ministério do Trabalho; especialistas temem retrocesso após tragédia de Brumadinho

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