Ward Warmerdam a senior financial researcher at Profundo.
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Massive industrial livestock financing sabotages major U.S. banks’ climate goals.
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Ward Warmerdam is a senior financial researcher at Profundo, and coordinates the finance and tax research working group.
He maps financial flows to controversial projects, companies, and sectors; maps complex (shadow) company structures; conducts financed and facilitated emissions research; coordinates the work of Forests & Finance in Profundo; and provides workshops on financial sector advocacy to a broad range of civil society organizations across the globe.
Warmerdam holds a PhD in development studies from Erasmus University Rotterdam, and an MSc in political science with a focus on conflict resolution and governance.External
Big Meat Leaves ʻA Huge Cow-Shaped Holeʼ in Big Banksʼ Climate Commitments, New Report Finds
Co-authors: Monique Mikhail | Fortune | April | 2024
Most of the animal products we buy come from a few multinational corporations that reap billions in profits as small-scale farmers lose money.
Status, Challenges, and Impact on Ugandan Society
Co-authors: Meine Pieter van Dijk | ResearchGate | January | 2016
Chinese petty traders are the most popular and yet most controversial foreign population that most Africans meet and engage with on a regular basis. Although the quality of their goods is suspect, their contribution of affordable goods to some African societies is recognized. There has been much discontent directed towards them, especially by small traders, because they are seen as undercutting local traders, not contributing to the local economy, and only interested in short-term gain. This paper examines the role of Chinese traders in Kampala, Uganda and their contributions to that countryʼs economy according to a number of economic indicators as informed by the survey that the authors conducted in Kampala in 2012. It also analyses the Ugandan government's attitude toward these traders, the policies it implements, and the prospects for further investment in Uganda.
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Policies, Challenges, and Prospects
Co-authors: Ajarat Bada, Andrew Grant, Ariane Goetz, Arjan de Haan, Aylin Yardimci, Barassou Diawara, Christina Sandra Lengfelder, Cristina D'Alessandro, Karin Costa Vazquez, Karolina Werner, Kobena Hanson, Manmohan Agarwal, Natasha Fernando and Simon Mevel | University of Ottawa Press | August | 2019
With the rise of emerging powers, we face an important question: Is the changing global order transforming the nature of development cooperation? If our universal goal is to alleviate poverty by promoting equitable broad-based growth, we need to form new relationships. Specifically, we need a new understanding of the principles of development assistance, good governance, transparency, ownership, and accountability.
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Feature | June | 2022
To kick off the LandAc Conference 2022, Ward Warmerdam of the Forest and Finance Coalition tells us about the group's upcoming session at the event.
Feature | September | 2020
During this webinar, the key findings of the Forests & Finance dataset will be presented, revealing the largest financiers of forest-risk commodity companies operating in Southeast Asia, Central and West Africa, and Brazil. Speakers are as follows: Ward Warmerdam (Profundo), Hana Heineken (RAN), Merel van der Mark (RAN), Edi Sutrisno (TuK INDONESIA), Piero Locatelli (Repórter Brasil).
