U.S. Environmental Group Calls on MUFG to End Fossil Fuel and Deforestation Financing
RAN challenges Japan’s largest bank for failing on climate, human rights, and governance July 2, 2025 — Tokyo, Japan — Rainforest Action Network (RAN), a U.S.-based environmental NGO headquartered in…
Japan’s largest bank blinked, and then peatlands burned
MUFG acquired one of Indonesia’s largest banks, yet failed to vet its client list, which includes firms responsible for egregious acts of peatland destruction.
A playbook for combating corporate land theft emerges in Borneo
Indonesia’s pro-corporate land use system has caused devastating deforestation, but one Indigenous community is fighting back—and winning.
The Leuser Ecosystem has come a long way, but its future is still uncertain
A critically threatened rainforest sits at a crossroads—will it become a global model for rainforest conservation, or will it disappear piece by piece?
10 Years in the Leuser Ecosystem
Sumatra’s Leuser Ecosystem sits at a crossroads—will it become a global model for rainforest conservation, or will it disappear piece by piece?
Protesters Confront Mondelēz Over Deforestation and Human Rights Failures At Shareholder Meeting
Chicago, IL – As Mondelēz International (Nasdaq: MDLZ) prepares for its 2025 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, public pressure is mounting. Today, activists gathered outside the company’s Chicago headquarters, calling…
The maker of Oreos is not taking its human rights responsibilities seriously
Rising authoritarianism is eroding basic democratic principles and human rights around the world, and corporations aren’t doing enough about it.
RAN responds to Mondelēz’s ESG Annual Report
Mondelēz, the maker of Oreos, released its annual Snacking Made Right Report a few weeks before the company’s annual shareholder meeting, which will be held on May 21, 2025. Rainforest…
Japanese Megabank MUFG Found to be Financing Massive Carbon Bomb in Indonesia’s Peatlands
JAKARTA/TOKYO — An explosive new investigation by Rainforest Action Network (RAN) has uncovered that Japanese banking giant Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) has been financing one of Indonesia’s worst environmental…
Animal feed is the new, silent planetary killer
The increasing use of palm oil in animal feed has deepened an unholy alliance between palm oil and animal agriculture, two planet-destroying industries, with the potential to dramatically accelerate tropical deforestation.