Finance Sector Deforestation Action (FSDA): Expectations for Commercial and Investment Banks

This paper from the FSDA and the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) was created to set out investor expectations for banks on eliminating commodity-driven deforestation, conversion, and associated human rights abuses in their lending and investment practices. It explains investor implementation expectations for commercial and investment banks in relation to risk assessment, commitment and governance, expectations of clients, monitoring and compliance, and disclosure.

Although specifically created for banks, this paper's lessons are also applicable to other financial institutions and investors.