Deforestation rates are dropping in Southeast Asia, but companies still need to ramp up ambition to halt nature-loss and irreversible damage
The latest Global Forest Report from CDP, the world's largest environmental disclosure platform, shows that a record of 1,043 companies disclosed through CDP's forests questionnaire last year, representing a 300% increase over the past five years, a welcome sign that companies are beginning to recognize and disclose their impact on forests, although only 35 of these companies come from Southeast Asia. Despite an increase in companies recognizing the risks of deforestation there is a lack of acti