Publications

The banking sector accelerates global climate change through its “financed emissions,” the greenhouse gas emissions induced by bank loans, investments, and financial services. A bank’s physical operations typically have a modest climate impact, but banks that finance coal-fired electric utilities or fossil fuel producers bear co-responsibility for the massive quantities of greenhouse gases emitted by these companies. Major banks therefore have financed emissions footprints that are much larger than their operational climate impacts and expose them to both reputational and financial risks.

A manmade inferno inside the globally renowned Tripa rainforest in Aceh, Indonesia is pushing this forest’s unique population of Sumatran orangutans to the brink of extinction. Destruction inside palm oil plantation leases is driving the end of this great lowland forest, despite years of efforts by local communities to defend their forests and livelihood.

Five Ways to Change the World in 2012 | Levi's Unzips New Policy to Protect Rainforests | The High Stakes of the Palm Oil Crisis | Appeals Court in Ecuador Upholds Chevron Guilty Verdict | Tar Sands Pipeline Faces Imminent Demise | RAN Launches National Campaign Targeting Bank of America

As outrage at the country’s largest banks increases with the Occupy Movement and record bank customers move money to credit unions and local banks, RAN finds yet another reason customers should be wary of BoA. Our campaign briefing shines a light on the company as the country’s top financier of the coal industry, in turn, a leading contributor to climate change in the United States.

This infographic shows exactly how pristine rainforests get turned into palm oil plantations, how they make their way onto our grocery store shelves and into our homes, and what we can do about it.

This image-rich trifold brochure summarizes the driving forces behind Indonesia's deforestation crisis as well as its impact on wildlife, humans and the climate.

Chevron Found Guilty In Ecuador | Reclaiming Stolen Lands | From The Canopy | Historic Trial Finds Chevron Liable For $18 Billion In Ecuador | RAN Descends On The Magic Kingdom | RAN Demands Banking Industry Quit Coal

We reviewed 12 of the dirtiest corporate tax dodgers: Bank of America, Citi, JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, Chevron, BP, Shell, Exxon, Massey Energy, Alpha Natural Resources, Peabody Energy and Arch Coal. These 12 banks, oil and coal companies are responsible for foreclosing on millions of people’s homes and polluting our air, water and climate. At the same time, we found that they pay next to nothing into a tax system that provides the very services that protect the homeless, the sick and our environment.

1985-2010: 25 Years Of Challenging Corporate Power | General Mills Joins Race To Protect Indonesia's Rainforests, Can Cargill Catch Up? | From The Canopy | RAN Exposes Truth Beneath Chevron's New Ad Campaign | Royal Bank Of Canada Steps Away From The Tar Sands | Rainforest Action Network's Top Ten of 2010 | Top Five Ways To Protect Rainforests In 2011 | RAN Challenges Book Publishers To Go Green On Black Friday | Appalachia Rises Against MTR

Our 2010 Annual Report: Greatest Hits 1985-2010 is an insider's look at our accomplishments over the last 25 years and how our campaign strategy continues to evolve to meet new challenges. It is also a tribute to all of our activists, supporters and allies who have helped make our victories possible.

RAN’s Rainforest-Safe Kids’ Books buying guide ranks eleven of the nation’s largest children book publishers for their commitments to protect Indonesia's rainforests and the environment. Disney is ranked Avoid for failing to keep rainforest destruction out of its books.