New Investigation Exposes MUFG’s Financing of Royal Golden Eagle’s Deforestation as Indonesia Reels from Deadly Floods
SAN FRANCISCO / JAKARTA — A new investigation released today reveals that Japanese megabank Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has continued financing Royal Golden Eagle (RGE)—the pulp and paper conglomerate controlled…
Royal Golden Eagle acknowledges new deforestation in its pulpwood supply chain
Nine years after RGE committed to ending deforestation, concessions in its supply chain are actively clearing rainforests.
Rainforest Action Network Resigns from the Forest Stewardship Council, Citing Loss of Credibility
Founding member warns FSC label cannot be trusted San Francisco — Rainforest Action Network (RAN) has resigned from the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), ending more than 30 years of membership…
Mahakam Landscape: Borneo’s Last Biodiverse Backbone Under Threat
In East Kalimantan lies one of Borneo’s last living ecosystem backbones — the Mahakam Landscape.
Global Consumer Brands Continue to Fall Short on Deforestation and Human Rights
Our 2025 Keep Forests Standing Scorecard shows that corporate action on deforestation and human rights remains slow.
Global Brands Continue to Fall Short on Deforestation and Human Rights in 2025 Keep Forests Standing Scorecard
San Francisco, CA – Global consumer goods companies are still failing to meet their public promises to eliminate deforestation and human rights abuses from their supply chains. Rainforest Action Network’s…
Belém and Beyond: Why Saving the Amazon Requires Transforming Global Finance
COP30 is unfolding in the Amazon for the first time. The question is no longer whether this COP can “save” the Amazon — but whether the financial and political order are capable of doing so.
At COP30, policymakers drip water onto a wildfire
Developing countries need trillions of dollars to decarbonize, but the funding initiatives under discussion at COP30 don’t deliver on true climate justice.
Rainforest Action Network: Brazil’s New Forest Finance Facility Risks Reinforcing the Same Broken System It Seeks to Fix
Belém, Brazil – November 10, 2025 As world leaders gather in Belém for COP30, Rainforest Action Network (RAN) warns that the newly launched Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) could fall…
Start of COP30: Implementation Has to Mean Accountability
COP30 opens today in Belém, Brazil with leaders promising an “implementation COP.” Yet implementation without accountability will fail. Governments are pledging funds for forest protection while letting their banks and investors finance deforestation with impunity.
