The Guidance on Integrating Deforestation into Net Zero Strategies supports institutional investors seeking to address the financial risks of deforestation, land conversion, and associated human rights risks issues through a climate-focused lens. These case studies show how investors are taking practical steps to translate high-level commitments on deforestation into actionable strategies for their investment decisions, engagement activity, and transition planning.
Each case study highlights the operational decisions that investors are making in line with their individual investment strategies, and fiduciary responsibilities, using different tools, data and stewardship levers to manage financially material risks linked to deforestation and land conversion.
These case studies showcase a variety of investor approaches to deforestation targets and actions. They also offer insight into how deforestation and associated risks are being integrated into investment frameworks alongside climate objectives, nature considerations and human rights issues. The examples reflect different asset classes and starting points, giving a view of how investors are applying the Guidance on Integrating Deforestation into Net Zero Strategies in practice.
This series can be used as an example of industry approaches for investors who are developing or refining their own individual plans, and to show the types of actions that can be taken now while data, regulation and market practice continue to evolve.