Under the spotlight: Chinese banks' risky agribusiness portfolio
Our new analysis sheds a spotlight on the often-overlooked role of Chinese banks as some of the biggest global financiers of deforestation
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Article | June 07, 2021
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Press Release | June 07, 2021 Chinese banks are pouring billions into destructive agribusiness linked to global deforestation
Global Witness reveals today that Chinese banks are failing to take adequate measures to ensure their money is not contributing to environmental destruction
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Briefing Document | March 02, 2021 Digging for Disclosure
Human rights, corruption and environmental risks are part and parcel of the extraction, transport and trade of minerals. With these risks comes the responsibility of companies all along the supply chain to put in place effective measures to ensure they are not contributing to, or profiting from, serious harm to individuals, society or the environment
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Briefing Document | December 02, 2020 Legislative actions to tackle global deforestation: progress in Europe and lessons for China
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Briefings
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Briefing Document | March 02, 2021 Digging for Disclosure
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Briefing Document | December 02, 2020 Legislative actions to tackle global deforestation: progress in Europe and lessons for China
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Briefing Document | April 01, 2019 Lessons from China’s global forest footprint
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Press Releases
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Press Release | June 07, 2021 Chinese banks are pouring billions into destructive agribusiness linked to global deforestation
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Press Release | March 11, 2019 New analysis shows a worrying surge in exports of tropical timber to Vietnam and China from the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2018
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Press Release | October 18, 2018 Alarm bells sound for China’s trade reputation, as new report reveals destructive logging of Solomon Islands’ rainforests risks illegality
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Press Release | October 23, 2017 Chinese industry takes bold step to tackle land grabs with launch of new rubber guidelines
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Press Release | October 23, 2014 New Chinese Guidelines offer mineral companies chance to reduce conflict, corruption risks and show value to host communities
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Press Release | September 13, 2016 Public consultation announced on promising Chinese industry guidelines for rubber companies
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Press Release | August 30, 2016 Congo’s Mines Minister calls for “genuine clean up” of gold sector following Global Witness investigation into chaotic boom in country’s east
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Press Release | December 02, 2015 Global Witness welcomes progressive new Chinese mineral supply chain guidelines
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Report | October 18, 2018 Paradise Lost
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Report | July 30, 2018 A Major Liability
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Report | October 24, 2014 Tackling Conflict Minerals
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Blog Post | December 02, 2020 China’s major revamp of banking laws falls short of its green ambition, but it can still change that
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Blog Post | August 06, 2020 How to tackle the illegal timber trade? New rules on implementing China’s Forest Law could hold the key
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Blog Post | January 27, 2020 New Chinese rules on illegal timber could help safeguard the world’s climate critical forests
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Blog Post | July 31, 2019 China’s role in global forest governance and the revision of its Forest Law
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