This podcast introduces the newest edition in Global Canopy’s Little Book series, The Little Book of Nature Business – An investment framework for tomorrow’s world.

The book offers investors, lenders, businesses and policymakers a simple inspirational guide to investing in a nature-positive economy.

Moderated by Global Canopy's Nature-Positive Lead, Alexandra Pinzon-Torres, the podcast features a panel of experts:

• Andrew Mitchell - the book’s co-author and Global Canopy’s Founder and Senior Advisor
• David Craig - Co-chair of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
• John Tobin-de la Puente, the book’s co-author and Professor of Practice at the SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University
• Dorothy Maseke, Head of ANCA Secretariat and Lead, Nature Finance and TNFD at FSD Africa, joining us from Cape Town
• Santiago Cortés, Senior Responsible Investment Manager at APG Asset Management
• Mitch Reznick, Group Head of Fixed Income – London at Federated Hermes Ltd.

The podcast looks at the new book and what’s in it for financial institutions and explores the role that investors and lenders can play in the transition toward a nature-positive economy.

This podcast focuses on the latest Global Canopy and Trase data and guidance around Brazil's cattle sector. It exposes the shocking levels of deforestation linked to cattle pasture in Brazil, but also highlights opportunities for action.

You’ll hear from Global Canopy’s communications lead Darren Mckenzie and our Trase South American Engagement Lead Paula Bernasconi, detailing key findings and datasets including the latest Trase beef and Trase emissions data alongside our new Floresta 250 - Cattle assessments, and our finance sector roadmap.

This podcast is a recording from the official Blue Zone press conference we held at COP30 in Belém.

Since 2014, Forest 500 has assessed the companies and financial institutions most exposed to deforestation risk through their supply chains and investments on the strength and implementation of their commitments on deforestation and human rights. In a pivotal year for climate and nature, Global Canopy’s 11th annual Forest 500 report reveals new data on the most influential companies in the deforestation economy.

This podcast is taken from our skillshare webinar that explores how journalists and researchers use the data to identify the key actors driving deforestation and how the Forest 500 screening tool allows users to search the deforestation exposure risk of the most influential companies and financial institutions.

You'll hear from:

• Rob Soutar, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (moderator)
• Emma Thomson, Forest 500 and Tracking Lead, Global Canopy
• Katalin Csatadi, Writer/Researcher, Ethical Consumer
• Heather Clancy, VP, Editor at Large, Trellis Group

And for more information and a deeper dive into the data head to our website www.forest500.org