The Iran War is reaching the world’s rainforests
Everyone knows by now that the war in Iran — a devastating conflict already exacting a heavy human toll — is disrupting the flow of oil around the world. It’s…
We had a day of action against Oreo
Activists in more than a dozen cities gathered outside offices and facilities belonging to Mondelēz International on Oreo Day to demand an end to deforestation and human rights abuses in the company’s supply chains.
The soy industry just gutted the Amazon’s best protection
The agreement that kept the Amazon rainforest from turning into a giant soybean field is falling apart after grain traders backed out of it.
On National Oreo Cookie Day, Activists Stage Coast-to-Coast “Stop Oreo Day” Actions Demanding Mondelēz Protect Forests and Human Rights Defenders
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ***Photos available here (Flickr gallery link) Protests in at least a dozen major U.S. cities, plus distributed consumer actions nationwide, target Mondelēz HQs, Oreo facilities, and retail…
Mondelēz has built a reputation on sustainability. We call it deception.
Investigative reporting reveals a stark picture of a company more focused on protecting its reputation than preventing harm to people and the planet.
The Amazon Soy Moratorium is Collapsing. Will Big Finance Use Its Leverage to Protect the Amazon?
Brazil’s soy industry association, ABIOVE, formally withdrew from the Amazon Soy Moratorium.The consequences are huge: Amazon deforestation could surge 30% by 2045.
Mondelēz CEO Faces Deforestation and Human Rights Protest at Wall Street Consumer Conference
Rainforest Action Network challenges Oreo maker during plenary address at CAGNY, calling for binding protections for forests and human rights defenders Orlando, FL / San Francisco, CA — Human rights…
The shadowy network destroying one of Borneo’s last intact rainforests
The rainforest destruction we observed in Mahakam Ulu is already making its way into products sold globally.
Mahakam Ulu — the most important rainforest you’ve never heard of
Mahakam Ulu’s ecosystem is a living archive of Borneo’s cultural and natural history — one that took millions of years to evolve, but that could vanish in a little more than a decade.
Gratitude from the Rainforests — thank you Bobby Weir!
RAN’s story with the Grateful Dead goes back to our very roots. Over the years, Bob Weir has been an honorary board member and a steadfast supporter of our work — and what a long, strange trip it’s been.