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The document demands that AXA cease providing insurance for new oil and gas projects, divest from unconventional hydrocarbons, and adopt a stricter definition of the Arctic region. It specifically calls for AXA to vote against Total's climate strategy, divest from Fortum due to pro-coal lobbying, and implement an exclusion policy for soy traders linked to deforestation in the Cerrado.

The report reveals that BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole, Société Générale, and BPCE provided $10 billion in financing to Bunge and Cargill between January 2024 and September 2025, despite the traders' exposure to deforestation risks in Brazil. Analysis shows that Bunge and Cargill are linked to 11,800 hectares of deforestation in the Amazon and 91,000 hectares in the Cerrado during this period. The document criticizes the deforestation policies of the involved banks as insufficient, lacking clear objectives, and opaque in their implementation.

The UK Soy Manifesto is an industry-led commitment to eliminate deforestation and conversion from soy supply chains entering the UK. Signatories commit to a cut-off date of January 2020 for deforestation and conversion, with full implementation required by 2025. The framework emphasizes collective action across the supply chain—from traders to retailers—and requires annual public reporting on progress. It aligns with the French Soy Manifesto and the European National Soy Initiatives (ENSI) to create a unified market signal. The UK Government supports the initiative, linking it to the due diligence obligations being established through the Environment Bill. To ensure accountability, a monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) system is being developed by a working group including the Stockholm Environment Institute and WWF-UK.

Brazil aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 36.1 to 38.9 percent from a projected baseline by 2020, with a heavy focus on the agriculture, forestry, and other land use (AFOLU) sector as it is the country's largest emission source. The document evaluates three primary initiatives: the Action Plan to Prevent and Control Deforestation in the Amazon (PPCDAm), which has slowed deforestation but faces challenges from market demand for soy and beef and weak law enforcement; the Action Plan to Prevent and Control Deforestation and Fire in the Cerrado (PPCerrado), which targets a 40 percent reduction in deforestation by 2020; and the Low-Carbon Agriculture Plan (ABC Plan), which saw a significant increase in funded projects from five in 2010-11 to 5,038 in 2011-12. The author argues that policy effectiveness could be improved through better civil society engagement, enhanced monitoring and evaluation, improved inter-institutional coordination, and clearer long-term funding.

The project addressed threats to hyacinth macaws in the Estancia Arrecife Natural Reserve, including climate-exacerbated wildfires and poaching. Interventions included educational campaigns involving 187 participants and the installation of 20 artificial nest boxes and the repair of three natural nest trees. These efforts resulted in the first recorded wild occupation of a nest box by a hyacinth macaw in Paraguay, alongside the occupation of five natural cavities by hyacinth and scarlet macaws.

The document details the environmental threats posed by agriculture and infrastructure, such as the fact that 70% of biodiversity loss and 80% of deforestation are caused by agriculture. WWF's strategy focuses on four pillars: conservation of critical landscapes, creating regenerative and resilient systems, strengthening transboundary governance and sustainable finance, and reducing food loss and waste. By 2030, the organization aims to achieve zero deforestation and land conversion in priority landscapes, halve the environmental footprint of food systems, and protect and restore rivers.