Who gains from saving nature
Ledger 1 : 33 — For each dollar financing nature-based solutions in 2023, about $33 financed activities harmful to nature. (UNEP)
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Bayer

Appears in 17 cases in this database. Roles as given in the documented record.

CaseRoleCountryPeriodInstrument
PCB pollution and the Monsanto Anniston settlementOwner of Monsanto; party to the 2020 settlements; plaintiff against AIGUnited States2002–2025Chemical pollution
Dicamba drift (Bader Farms) and EPA re-registrationOwner of Monsanto; set aside up to USD 400 million for drift damageUnited States2015–2026Pesticides and agrochemicals
Sri Lanka fertiliser banCrop-protection company that commented on the transitionSri Lanka2021Agriculture, livestock and food
PPL Therapeutics collapse and transgenic sheep cull (Scotland, New Zealand)Partner reported to have withdrawn in 2003United Kingdom1987–2004Biotech, cloning and de-extinction
Cali Fund (digital sequence information)Company commenting on legal uncertaintyGlobal2024–2026Genetic resources and benefit-sharing
Roundup litigation, settlements and legal shield (Bayer/Monsanto)Parent company of Monsanto; settlement payerUnited States2009–2026Pesticides and agrochemicals
Pará state pre-sold 12 million REDD+ credits; federal prosecutors sue to cancelNamed buyerBrazil2023–2026Carbon credits
Bayer buys Monsanto for $66bn; four firms hold most seed and pesticide salesAcquirer of Monsanto (2018); large seed and pesticide sellerGlobal2018Pesticides and agrochemicals
Bayer's carbon program pays farmers per practice, not per tonneRuns the programme; measures, verifies and holds the carbon assetsUnited States2024Law, regulation and treaties
Major agrochemical firms buy biological input makers and sell organic-approved linesAcquirer of AgraQuest; organic seed launchMultiple countries2012–2023Chemical pollution
Glyphosate safety review retracted over undisclosed Monsanto ghostwritingCompany that responded for MonsantoGlobal2000–2025Pesticides and agrochemicals
EU bans three neonicotinoid pesticides outdoors in 2018; Turkey follows in partneonicotinoid manufacturer; bee-health programme; court challengeEuropean Union2018Law, regulation and treaties
Court reverses $60 million punitive award in dicamba caseParty in the dicamba litigationUnited States2015–2026Pesticides and agrochemicals
Brazilian court halts Bayer licence fees on Intacta soy after patent expiryLicence holder that sought fees on Intacta soyBrazildate not statedGenetic resources and benefit-sharing
The four biggest agrochemical firms each bought a biologicals company, 2012 to 2026bought AgraQuest; carbon programme operatorGlobal2012–2026Oil, gas and coal operations
Verra suspends three REDD+ schemes in Brazil's Portel over public land overlapBuyer of credits from the Portel schemesBrazil2023–2025Carbon credits
Monsanto/Bayer PCB and Roundup insurance suit v AIGClaimant in the suit against AIG; owner of MonsantoUnited States1967–2026Pesticides and agrochemicals
Appears alongside
Monsanto ×6BASF ×4US Environmental Protection Agency ×4AIG ×3Corteva ×3US Supreme Court ×2Syngenta Group ×2Government of Sri LankaWorld BankPPL TherapeuticsRoslin InstituteConvention on Biological Diversity SecretariatTierraViva AIProzomixGinkgo BioworksAstraZenecaGSKLSE Grantham Research InstituteThird World NetworkModern Ag AllianceInternational Agency for Research on CancerUS Right to KnowEuropean Food Safety AuthorityUS Department of JusticeGovernment of ParáFederal Public Prosecutors' Office (MPF), ParáLEAF CoalitionAmazonH&MWalmart FoundationThe Nature ConservancyNauru Ocean Resources Inc. (NORI)European CommissionSyngentaGovernment of TurkeyGreenpeaceVerraPará public defender's officePortel municipalityAir FranceDelta Air LinesEcopetrolPhilip MorrisMastercardBlackRock
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Carbon and conservation finance

Carbon credit
A certificate representing one tonne of carbon dioxide (or equivalent) that a project says it reduced, avoided or removed. Buyers use credits to balance their own emissions in climate claims.