PROGRESS & updates

Humane Society International’s Farm Animal Welfare and Protection released the “Guide to humane washing,” a resource to support financial...

Cohosted webinar between HSI and IFC about the importance of integrating farm animal welfare into financing

CIWF U.S.'s first annual PigTrack report

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) , one of the largest development banks in the world, released an update  to its Environmental and Social...

Link to report: Welfare issues with furnished cages for egg-laying hens June 2024 FURNISHED CAGES were developed in response to...

The Good Food Finance Network (GFFN) released its “Blueprint for Good Food Finance Data Systems Integration” in May 2024. Integrated Data...

Banks for Animals released their 2024 updated report, “Beyond Profits: Global Review of Financial Institutions in Animal Welfare and Food...

In February 2024, Standard Chartered , a multinational bank headquartered in the U.K. that primarily finances companies in Asia and...

Access the report here  (in English). Access the report here  (in Vietnamese). Access the report here (in Thai). Financial institutions...

This guide was created for financial institutions and those that work for financial institutions.   The goal of the guide is to educate...

The OECD includes animal welfare in its updated Guidelines for MNEs

Directly from the press release: Global financing model aims to catalyze more than $100 million in fisheries improvement by 2030 Today,...

Report focusing on the Sustainable Development Goals related to poverty, economic growth, inequality, health, food production and the...

An independent global review of the economics of biodiversity led by Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta, has highlighted the impact of an...

A World Wildlife Fund report, Bringing It Down To Earth: Nature Risk & Agriculture, has highlighted how unsustainable food production...

The UN has established its Principles for Responsible Banking to ensure that the strategies and practices of signatory banks align with...

In 2020 the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) published guidance called Managing environmental, social and governance risks in...

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The European Commission has committed to introducing legislation that phases out and then bans the use of cages for farmed animals such...

Animal welfare, the overuse of antibiotics, and environmental protection are among topics covered by a free, global database that...

A ten-year deal tying sustainability criteria to finance for large-scale egg production has been signed in Singapore. DBS Bank, which...

UK-based Standard Chartered Bank, which operates in more than 70 countries, now only serves livestock clients using cage-free or...

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released its Principles for Responsible Banking in September 2019 during the annual UN...

Dutch bank ABN AMRO has acknowledged that as a financial services provider it must recognize the environmental, social, and ethical risks...

The United Nations Environmental Programme Finance Initiative (UNEPFI), in collaboration with Allianz, published the first ESG guide for...

15 February 2021 Experts from Eurogroup for Animals, a Europe-wide advocacy organization, were among those helping develop the FARMS,...

BNP Paribas is a large European bank active in more than 70 countries. One of those countries is Brazil, where beef and soybean farming...

The World Bank has set out requirements for borrowers relating to the risks and impacts of the projects they support. These requirements...

The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) is an investor-focused not-for-profit organization, promoting large-scale investments that could help...