Alex Reid

RT @Global_Witness: BREAKING: Our new investigation reveals top chocolate brands like Mars, KitKat & Dairy Milk are at high risk of using c…

Could a ‘pension for rainforests’ actually be a way for the financial sector to profit from the climate emergency? Find out more about the Tropical Forest Forever Facility initiative launched at Cop30 in our latest episode, featuring @AlexHREID from @Global_Witness. Listen now!

How much is your bank profiting from deforestation? Our new analysis reveals how efforts to end deforestation are undermined by climate-wrecking profits of US, EU and UK financial institutions. Read the report: gwitness.org/4mWOWkQ We wrote to all the financial institutions featured in the report seeking their comment. For their responses, see the full report.

Without rules to curb deforestation finance, the #TFFF could end up insuring the same banks that profit from forest loss - letting them play both sides of the market. @GlobalWitness shows they’ve already made $26 bn from forest destruction since Paris: 🔗globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/f…

Justice can’t wait. This cycle of violence must end. #StandWithDefenders.

🗣️ “Nothing short of an abject failure of our global financial system.” 💬 What does it say about our financial system when a company linked to Amazon #deforestation, Indigenous land invasions, and corruption is approved to trade on the New York Stock Exchange – the biggest stock market in the world? At a time when forests are vanishing and climate commitments are more urgent than ever, global finance is still pouring billions into companies like @JBS. Why – and how are they allowed? 🤔 Read why JBS’s Wall Street debut matters – and what needs to change: gwitness.org/4mrsb8L

🌿 REGISTER NOW: Natural Renewal – Labour’s Case for Nature, hosted with @avivaplc. This event brings together MPs, businesses, NGOs and finance leaders to explore how the private sector can help drive nature recovery. 🔗 Register: lu.ma/rcijgjje

Over the past week(s) Peers in the @UKHouseofLords busily questioned govt on: 🍼🌊Plastic Pollution, damaging our land and oceans ⚓️⛏️Deep sea bed mining, wrecking habitats we know little about 🌴🎋Ending the link between supply chains and deforestation peersfortheplanet.org/post/peers-cal…

📏 Imagine a forest the size of Austria. That’s how much climate-critical forest the EU anti-deforestation law (EUDR) could save in the next 10 years – if it’s properly enforced. gwitness.org/4kHvGY2 #Together4Forests #EUDR #ClimateJustice

@vonderleyen and @jessikaroswal - we 💚 forests. Defend the EUDR. 8 million hectares of forest are at stake #Together4Forests globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/f…

Chinese banks have poured $23B+ into forest-risk companies since 2018. They've become some of the top international lenders to the global agribusiness sector, yet mostly lack #deforestation policies to stop cash falling into the hands of deforesters: globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/f…

🚨 Santander helped raise $1.3bn for Cresud, responsible for 170,000 ha of deforestation including in Argentina's #GranChaco. Our @Global_Witness story for Forbes covered by @davidrvetter: forbes.com/sites/davidrve…

Reportagem de hoje na @bbcbrasil mostra como o território das onças-pintadas vem sendo eliminado. Mesmo em uma área criada para protegê-las houve mais de 400 infrações ambientais nos últimos anos, segundo nosso levantamento nos dados do ICMBio. bbc.com/portuguese/art…

Jaguars are losing the fight to Big Agribusiness Industrial agriculture, especially cattle ranching, is accelerating biodiversity loss in Brazil – endangering species such as the jaguar and undermining global climate goals. gwitness.org/44sUM7K

Super PhD opportunity with funding for either a UK or an overseas student, on the impact of governance and management structures on #conservation and community outcomes in #Cameroon. There must be some amazing applicants out there, please spread the word! kent.ac.uk/durrell-instit…

Labour’s planting a “new forest” 🌳 but @Global_Witness just showed UK supply chains drove global forest loss over 5x the size of the new project in 2024 alone. Planting trees is great. Stopping deforestation imports too is even better, @MaryCreagh_: globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/f…

Trump’s USAid cuts will have huge impact on global climate finance, data shows theguardian.com/environment/20…

Who will world leaders stand with as #COP16 resumes? 🌍 With corporate lobbyists at last year’s summit at an all-time high, @sumaumajournal asks if leaders will defend people and nature, over the industries profiting from #deforestation🌳💰 gwitness.org/4hWyPlg

Economic growth and climate action go hand in hand 🤝 Last year, net zero sectors such as renewables, electric cars and heat pumps grew three times faster than the overall economy. theguardian.com/environment/20…

🌳 Join us to end the UK's role in deforestation! We're hiring a consultant campaigner (2 days/week) to get deforestation-linked products off UK shelves, stop destructive financial deals 💸and protect communities + ecosystems✊🗓 Apply by 27 January: globalwitness.org/en/jobs/forest…