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COP30 Halting deforestation: Why investors action’s matters?

Deforestation is a key topic for COP30. Although the pace of deforestation tends to slow, eliminating it entirely is essential to achieving climate and biodiversity goals. Investors play a vital role in encouraging companies to further assess deforestation risks and adopt action plans to adressthem.

One topic highlighted during COP30 is deforestation. Our latest analysis highlights why this issue remains critical for climate, biodiversity and long-term economic stability, but not only: deforestation is closely linked to social and human right issues.

Key insights from our research:

  • Over 30% of global tree-cover loss between 2001–2024 is driven by permanent agriculture, with cattle, palm oil, soy, cocoa, rubber and coffee among the main contributing commodities
  • Potential financial impacts from forest-related risks are underestimated by companies
  • Investors need detailed information from companies to assess these risks while companies' zero deforestation commitments are not yet widespread
  • Some companies may benefit from efforts to tackle deforestation

At Sycomore AM, we integrate these issues in our exclusion policy and into our SPICE ESG analysis model and deepen our engagement with companies, notably through the FABRIC collaborative initiative with a focus on supply-chain traceability

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