Global Voices on Land Conversion & Financial Crime

Global Voices

Luca Maiotti

Policy Analyst, Minerals Team, OECD Centre for Responsible Business Conduct

Luca Maiotti introduces the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Mineral Supply Chains and the importance of tackling financial crimes in corporate supply chains.

John “Ned” Conway

Global Head of Financial Crime Compliance Framework & Policies, Banco Santander and Chair of the UN’s Private Sector Dialogue on the Financial Disruption of Environmental Crime

John “Ned” Conway discusses the intersection between land conversion, financial crime, and human rights.

Ketakandriana Rafitoson

Vice Chair, Transparency International and Senior Staff Advisor, Transparency International Madagascar

Ketakandriana Rafitoson highlights the impact of environmental crimes on Indigenous Peoples.

Cindy Buckley

Senior Operations Coordinator, Interpol

Cindy Buckley discusses the global security threats posed by environmental crimes and the role of Interpol in tackling these issues.

Magaly Avila

Director of the Environmental Governance Programme, Peruvian Chapter of Transparency International

Magaly Avila talks about the intersection between international environmental crime, corruption, and human trafficking.

Theppasu Bavornchotidara

Secretary-General of the Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) in Thailand

Theppasu Bavornchotidara, Secretary-General of the Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) in Thailand, talks about the convergence of environmental crime with a range of other predicate crimes and the far-reaching impacts of illegal fishing.

Thought Leadership

Introductory Video : Environmental Crimes Financial Toolkit

A clip summarising the Environmental Crimes Financial Toolkit, developed for its global launch at COP16 in Colombia on 30.10.2024.

Themis and WWF : Deforestation, Land Conversion, & the Financial Crime Nexus

Themis and WWF discuss some of the key findings of their report on how deforestation intersects with a range of financial crimes.

Testimonials

"Partnerships and collaborations play a critical role in unlocking sector transitions and nature-based solutions. The Climate Solutions Partnership, our philanthropic partnership with WWF and the World Resources Institute, is a great example of this and we have been proud to work with our partners in the civil society and across the industry to support the launch of the Environmental Crime Financial Toolkit.

As a global trade bank, HSBC understands the complexities of global supply chains and the need to take a comprehensive approach to risk management in supporting our clients. The Environmental Crimes Financial Toolkit is a practical way of helping financial institutions to improve their understanding of the risks related to the natural environment alongside financial crimes and secure nature-positive outcomes."

Celine Herweijer

Group Chief Sustainability Officer

"Financial institutions have a key role to play in monitoring financial flows related to deforestation and land conversion. As a member of the Sustainable Markets Initiative’s Financial Services Taskforce, Lloyds Banking Group is pleased to support the development of the Environmental Crimes Financial Toolkit – a market leading guide to assist the sector in detecting and monitoring the convergence between financial crime and illicit activity related to deforestation and land conversion."

Andrew Walton

Chief Sustainability Officer

"Deforestation and land conversion often intersects with complex financial crimes that operate across borders, such as money laundering and corruption. We need sustained, collaborative action across the financial sector to eradicate this issue; this initiative and resulting Environmental Crimes Financial Toolkit is a significant step forward towards that goal."

Paul Horlick

Director, Intelligence and Investigations

The Environmental Crimes Financial Toolkit is developed by WWF and Themis, with support from the Climate Solutions Partnership (CSP). The CSP is a philanthropic collaboration between HSBC, WRI and WWF, with a global network of local partners, aiming at scaling up innovative nature-based solutions, and supporting the transition of the energy sector to renewables in Asia, by combining our resources, knowledge, and insight.

Global Voices Tackling Land Conversion-Linked Financial Crime

Global Voices

Thought Leadership

Testimonials