Fair Finance International and Consumers International recently sent a letter to the President of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, Deputy Rodrigo Maia, requesting the Chamber of Deputies to approve Bill 3515/2015 on consumer protection in...

Meat and soy - is Norwegian money deforesting Brazil? A new report from Framtiden i våre hender shows that Norwegian investments are going to companies with a high deforestation risk in Brazil. At least 6.44 billion NOK from seven Norwegian banks...

A year ago the “Dia do Fogo” or ‘Day of Fires’ put the crisis of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon and Cerrado on the front pages of international media. Those fires raged throughout August and September and contributed to the deforestation of...

From 2015 to 2020, 33 major European based Financial Institutions invested a combined total of 20 billion US$ in companies directly linked to climate-changing deforestation in Brazil. Unless Financial Institutions urgently address their role in...

With the completion of the 18th bank policy assessment of Fair Finance Guide in the Netherlands, it seems that continuous assessment and advocacy for policy improvements is paying off. Many of the banks assessed show improvements in their...

Q & A with Jeppe Bo Rasmussen, Oxfam IBIS Denmark As public pressure for a responsible financial sector grows, Jeppe Bo Rasmussen believes that ethics and sustainability must become a competitive factor in the Danish banking sector - and...