Listen to Giulia Bondi, Senior EU Campaigner, lead for Forests at the investigatory organisation Global Witness.
In this episode, we invited Giulia Bondi to discuss the new EU Deforestation Regulation recently adopted and the role of businesses in saving the world's forests. Giulia is a Senior Advocate/ campaigner, lead for Forests at the investigatory organisation Global Witness. Giulia has been part of the European Union policy community for over ten years and is a leading voice on the matter.
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“We hope that other major markets can follow the example of the European Union. Yes, the regulation is not perfect. The gaps are major gaps. But it's a blueprint indeed. The European Union can not stop deforestation alone. So it's important that other countries also step up their efforts.”
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The Taskforce on Inequality and Social-related Financial Disclosures (TISFD) wants to do for social issues what the TCFD did for climate a decade ago: harness capital markets to drive corporate action, this time on inequality and people-related risk.
What’s the track record of German companies implementing the LkSG? Listen to Sarah Hechler, previously Social Project Manager at the UN Global Compact Netzwerk Deutschland, and Christopher Bayer, Senior Researcher on the study and Principal Investigator at Development International
Are US companies retreating from or respecting human rights? Listen to Bennett Freeman, former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor and Chloe Cole, Senior Researcher in US Business and Human Rights at the Business and Human Rights Centre
