Destruction of nature is exacerbating climate change, raising the risk of new infectious diseases and taking us closer to tipping points in the Earth's system.Tropical deforestation is a case in point, the majority caused by agricultural expansion for globally traded commodities like soy, palm oil, beef and timber. Tropical forests store vast reserves of carbon and are home to half of life on earth. Yet a football field of forest is lost every 6 seconds to clear the way for these commodities.

At Global Canopy we use data to transform the transparency of these supply chains and the trillions of dollars of finance that support them. We work with leading research institutions worldwide to develop ground breaking tools and platforms that can be used to assess and manage deforestation and natural capital risk.