Global Canopy 342d ago

Over the last decade Forest 500 data has become the go-to data source for information on companies and financial institutions operating in the deforestation economy. This skillshare webinar looked at how journalists and researchers use this open access data from Global Canopy to home in on the actors driving deforestation. The session explored the Forest 500 screening tool that allows users to search the deforestation exposure risk of the most influential companies and financial institutions by name, jurisdiction, commodity type and industry sector. We were joined by an excellent panel: Rob Soutar, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism Emma Thomson, Global Canopy Heather Clancy, Trellis Group Dr Katalin Csatádi, Ethical Consumer Find out more at https://forest500.org/ 00:00 Introduction from Rob Soutar 03:43 Forest 500 data and key findings - Emma Thomson 12:30 How the Bureau of Investigative Journalism uses the data - Rob Soutar 14:30 How does Trellis Group use deforestation? Heather Clancy 21:54 How does Ethical Consumer account for deforestation in its ratings? Katalin Csatadi 28:32 Which companies are doing well? Heather Clancy 31:16 Forest 500 skillshare video 34:25 Q&A 41:28 Closing remarks - Rob Soutar