WWF's work on sustainable trade & investment issues

24 Sep 2008
Chinese central bank and WWF outline greener banking roadmap
Chinese commercial banks should establish environmental reporting, assessment, management, and risk evaluation systems to promote sustainable development in China, according to a new report today from WWF and the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), the country’s financial and monetary regulatory agency.
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22 Sep 2008
Sustainable investing can pay off for sovereign wealth funds
Sovereign wealth funds could and should focus more attention on the investment risks as well as opportunities of the carbon-constrained economies of the future, an Innovest report commissioned by WWF-Norway has found.
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16 Jul 2008
Fisheries Subsidies : A Core Element of a Successful WTO Trade Round
Fisheries subsidies: a core element of a successful WTO trade round

WWFstatement at the WTO ministerial gathering starting on 21 July 2008 » Read more

05 May 2008
Small Boats, Big Problems
While most governments say they want to halt subsidies that contribute to overfishing and over capacity, many demand the right to continue subsidising 'small' vessels. But small boats can cause as much  damage in fisheries around the world as the big trawlers. WWF argues that relaxing WTO rules for 'small boats' has no basis in sound policy and runs the risk of introducing a dangerous loophole in WTO fisheries subsidies rules. » Read more

25 Mar 2008
APP irregularities threaten massive climate and tiger impact
Pekanbaru, INDONESIA – One of the world’s biggest carbon stores and a key tiger habitat are threatened by a new logging road in Riau Province, Sumatra, according to an investigative report published today.

An absence of permits and other irregularities suggest that the new road cutting into Kampar peninsula is likely to be illegal, says Riau’s Eyes on the Forest group, a coalition of local NGO network Jikalahari, Walhi Riau, and WWF-Indonesia. » Read more