This panel features short video clips from leading global voices tackling financial and environmental crime, as well as information about how environmental crime intersects with human rights issues, security threats and Indigenous rights.
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, and 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.
Written Testimonials
Celine Herweijer, Group Chief Sustainability Officer, HSBC
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.
Andrew Walton, Chief Sustainability Officer, Lloyds Banking Group
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.
Paul Horlick, Director, Intelligence and Investigations, Barclays
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.
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.