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The Finance & Deforestation Advisory Group brings together experts in deforestation, nature-loss and sustainable finance to provide expertise and guidance to financial institutions as they seek to address their deforestation risks. This group has worked together to create the Finance Sector Roadmap for Eliminating Commodity-Driven Deforestation, defining the best practice for financial institutions linked to forest-risk commodity supply chains.

The Roadmap builds on the Accountability Framework’s principles and guidance for companies, and has been endorsed by the Accountability Framework initiative as a means to help financial institutions to act in accordance with the Framework to address these risks.

This, and subsequent guidance, will define best practice for financial institutions who are exposed to deforestation, conversion, and associated human rights risks.

Partners include: the Finance & Deforestation Advisory Group (Conservation International, Global Canopy, Climate Champions Team, Nature4Climate Coalition, and WEF Tropical Forest Alliance).

Read our FAQs to learn more about why this Roadmap has been developed.

Global Canopy has also created a Portuguese-language Roadmap, the Roteiro de Finanças Livres de Desmatamento. This is customised for Brazilian financial institutions and has a special focus on cattle-related clients, holdings operations and supply chains.

We engaged experts with extensive knowledge of the Brazilian context to conduct a technical review of this document, aiming to ensure its practical applicability and alignment with regional specificities. We are grateful for the valuable contributions of: TNC Brasil, Climate Champions Team, GIZ and Imaflora.