Daily Brief ESG: Supply-Chain Deforestation Laws as a New and Growing Source of Transition Risk and more

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Supply-Chain Deforestation Laws as a New and Growing Source of Transition Risk

Recent and pending supply-chain deforestation regulations represent a new and ever-growing source of transition risks – financially-material risks with far-reaching ramifications.
Significant developments regarding the European Union’s pending forest-risk commodity laws (e.g., inclusion of natural rubber, addition of banks to its purview) inspired this Insight.
This Insight briefly summarises EU and U.K. deforestation regulations, then analyses potential risks and implications for issuers involved in related forest-risk commodity supply chains.

A recently-published Insight discussed new supply-chain deforestation regulations and related risks from the perspective of commodity-related companies (e.g., producers, manufacturers).
Whilst that report mentioned recent developments regarding EU legislation (e.g., the addition of rubber to its forest-risk commodities), one major developement deserves more attention.
Hence, this follow-up Insight about the EU’s addition of financial institutions (banks, investors, and insurance) to the purview of its pending forest-risk regulations, and associated risks.

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