{"id":5,"date":"2020-12-02T13:54:03","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T13:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portfolio.earth\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2021-12-07T07:53:39","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T07:53:39","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/portfolio.earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"hero white-content\">\n\t<div class=\"background\" data-aos=\"fade\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/portfolio.earth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Group-121.png);\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"container\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"title\" src=\"https:\/\/portfolio.earth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/hero-text.png\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>The banking sector\u2019s role in the global biodiversity crisis<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circular\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/portfolio.earth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/circular-text.svg);\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"link-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"arrow-link\" href=\"https:\/\/portfolio.earth\/campaigns\/bankrolling-pesticides\/\">Bankrolling Pesticides<span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"arrow-link\" href=\"https:\/\/portfolio.earth\/campaigns\/subsidising-extinction\/\">Subsidising Extinction<span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"arrow-link\" href=\"https:\/\/portfolio.earth\/campaigns\/bankrolling-plastics\/\">Bankrolling Plastics<span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"arrow-link\" href=\"https:\/\/portfolio.earth\/campaigns\/bankrolling-extinction\/\">Bankrolling Extinction<span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"after-hero\"><\/div>\n\n    <section class=\"ra-it\">\n                    <div id=\"next1\" class=\"block flex two-col\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n                                    <div class=\"col copy\">\n                        <p><span class=\"big-body\">In 2019, the world\u2019s largest banks invested more than <span style=\"color: #908f8f;\">USD 2.6 trillion<\/span> (c. entire GDP of Canada) in sectors which governments and scientists agree are the primary drivers of biodiversity destruction.<\/span><\/p>\n                        <a class=\"down-arrow\" href=\"#next2\">\n                            <img src=\"https:\/\/portfolio.earth\/wp-content\/themes\/portfolioearth\/assets\/images\/dist\/arrow-down-grey.svg\" alt=\"\">\n                        <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"col image\">\n                        <div class=\"background\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/portfolio.earth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rectangle-39-e1608261941208.jpg);\"><\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                                            <div id=\"next2\" class=\"block flex two-col\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n                                    <div class=\"col copy\">\n                        <p><span class=\"big-body\">None of the banks assessed have chosen to put sufficient systems in place to monitor or measure the <span style=\"color: #908f8f;\">impact of their loans on biodiversity<\/span>, nor do they have comprehensive policies to halt it.<\/span><\/p>\n                        <a class=\"down-arrow\" href=\"#next3\">\n                            <img src=\"https:\/\/portfolio.earth\/wp-content\/themes\/portfolioearth\/assets\/images\/dist\/arrow-down-grey.svg\" alt=\"\">\n                        <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"col image\">\n                        <div class=\"background\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/portfolio.earth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rectangle-40-e1607707136824.jpg);\"><\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                                            <div id=\"next3\" class=\"block flex two-col\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n                                    <div class=\"col copy\">\n                        <p><span class=\"big-body\">Banks play a key role in a financial system that <span style=\"color: #908f8f;\">free rides on biodiversity<\/span>, and the regulators and rules which govern banks currently protect them from any consequences.<\/span><\/p>\n                        <a class=\"down-arrow\" href=\"#next4\">\n                            <img src=\"https:\/\/portfolio.earth\/wp-content\/themes\/portfolioearth\/assets\/images\/dist\/arrow-down-grey.svg\" alt=\"\">\n                        <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"col image\">\n                        <div class=\"background\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/portfolio.earth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rectangle-41.jpg);\"><\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                            <div id=\"next4\"><\/div>\n                                    <\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n<section class=\"big-title-over relative half-width\">\n    <div class=\"background \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/portfolio.earth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rectangle-42.png);\" ><\/div>\n    <div class=\"container\" data-aos=\"fade\">\n        <h2 class=\"xl white\">The financial sector is bankrolling the mass extinction crisis, while undermining human rights and indigenous sovereignty<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"intro-numbered-steps bigblockpad  white-bg\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"flex two-col-offset-left\">\n            <div class=\"col-left\" data-aos=\"fade\">\n                                    <h2 class=\"xl\">We are calling for<\/h2>\n                                                    <div class=\"trigger-wrap\">\n                        <div class=\"report-trigger trigger\">\n    Download Report <span class=\"arrow\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"42.004\" height=\"25.44\" viewbox=\"0 0 42 25\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\"><g data-name=\"Group 401\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#fcf7f7\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" stroke-width=\"4\"><path data-name=\"Line 88\" d=\"M0 12.72h36.125\"\/><path data-name=\"Path 319\" d=\"M27.871 24.025l11.306-11.306L27.871 1.413\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/span>\n<\/div>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"col-right\">\n                                    <ul class=\"num-list\">\n                                                    <li class=\"cf\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n                                <span class=\"num\">1<\/span>\n                                <span class=\"copy\"><p>Banks to disclose and radically reduce their impact on nature and stop finance for new fossil fuels, deforestation, overfishing and ecosystem destruction.<\/p>\n<\/span>\n                            <\/li>\n                                                    <li class=\"cf\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n                                <span class=\"num\">2<\/span>\n                                <span class=\"copy\"><p>Governments to stop protecting banks\u2019 role in biodiversity destruction and rewrite the rules of finance to hold banks liable for the damage caused by their lending.<\/p>\n<\/span>\n                            <\/li>\n                                                    <li class=\"cf\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n                                <span class=\"num\">3<\/span>\n                                <span class=\"copy\"><p>People everywhere to have a say in how our money is invested, and a right to stop banks from causing serious harm to people and planet.<\/p>\n<\/span>\n                            <\/li>\n                                            <\/ul>\n                                <div class=\"mobile-trigger-wrap cf\">\n                    <div class=\"report-trigger trigger\">\n    Download Report <span class=\"arrow\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"42.004\" height=\"25.44\" viewbox=\"0 0 42 25\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\"><g data-name=\"Group 401\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#fcf7f7\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" stroke-width=\"4\"><path data-name=\"Line 88\" d=\"M0 12.72h36.125\"\/><path data-name=\"Path 319\" d=\"M27.871 24.025l11.306-11.306L27.871 1.413\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/span>\n<\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n    <div class=\"biglinks black-bg\">\n        <div class=\"container\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n                            <div class=\"flex biglink relative\">\n                                            <a class=\"overlink\" 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<a class=\"overlink\" href=\"https:\/\/portfolio.earth\/campaigns\/subsidising-extinction\/\"><\/a>\n                                                                <div class=\"col1\">\n                            <img src=\"https:\/\/portfolio.earth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/subsidising-extinction-logo.png\" alt=\"\">\n                        <\/div>\n                                                                <div class=\"col2\">\n                            <span class=\"subtitle\">Public money for public harm<\/span>\n                        <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"col3\">\n                                                    <a class=\"underlined\" href=\"https:\/\/portfolio.earth\/campaigns\/subsidising-extinction\/\">Find out more<\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"flex biglink relative\">\n                                            <a 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nature.<\/p>\n<p>We aim to bring together diverse voices to amplify the incredible pressure that is mounting upon the finance industry and its role in bankrolling extinction, find new ways to tell this story and double down on the changes we need to see.<\/p>\n<p>For more information please contact<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:info@portfolio.earth\">info@portfolio.earth<\/a><\/p>\n                                            <\/div>\n                                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div id=\"block\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Portfolio Earth | The Banking Sector\u2019s Role in the Global Biodiversity 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