Climate activists demand MUFG end financing of extreme fossil fuels and deforestation ***Photos available at ran.org/mufg San Francisco – Dozens of environmental, Indigenous, and human rights advocates staged an action…
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New Coal Report Finds Troubling Loopholes in Existing Bank Policies
CONTACT: Ayse Gursoz, Rainforest Action Network, 650.391.6443, ayse@ran.org New Coal Report Finds Troubling Loopholes in Existing Bank Policies Analysis Shows Broad Compliance with Credit Exposure Reduction Commitments – But Six…
Statement from Rainforest Action Network in response to Elevated Felony Charges for Peaceful Protesters in San Diego
Statement from Rainforest Action Network in response to Elevated Felony Charges for Peaceful Protesters in San Diego CONTACT: Christopher Herrera, christopher@ran.org Yesterday in San Diego, thousands gathered under the Free…
PepsiCo Misses Yet Another Opportunity to Fix its Major Palm Oil Problem
Rainforest Action Network says snack giant’s latest policy still contains unacceptable loopholes that fail to protect labor rights or stop rainforest destruction Today, under intense international pressure over its continued…
Rainforest Action Network Responds to Trump’s Withdrawal of U.S. from U.N. Human Rights Council
Trump’s decision to pull the U.S. out of the United Nation Council on Human Rights comes just a day after the U.N.’s High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al…
Companies Breaking Promises Over Pulp and Paper Use; Deforestation, Climate Emissions and Human Rights Abuses Still Problematic
New report finds some –– like Scholastic –– are leading the pack, while others fall behind, despite commitments to clean up corporate supply chains CONTACT: Emma Rae Lierley, Emma@ran.org, +1…
RAN Statement on Cancellation of C$5.5B Credit Facility for Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Pipeline
Rainforest Action Network responds to the news that that Kinder Morgan’s C$5.5 billion Trans Mountain loan package has been cancelled in the wake of the Canadian government’s decision to purchase…
Major Brands Connected to Ongoing Deforestation in Critical Orangutan Habitat for Palm Oil
A new field investigation connects palm oil sourced by snack food giant PepsiCo, others, to destruction of ‘Orangutan Capital of the World’ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Emma Rae Lierley, Emma@ran.org,…
Royal Bank of Scotland Announces New Policy Ahead of Tomorrow’s Shareholder Meeting
Royal Bank of Scotland Announces New Policy Ahead of Tomorrow’s Shareholder Meeting Statement from Rainforest Action Network Executive Director, Lindsey Allen: “Today’s announcement comes as a result of groups like…
RAN Responds to Trudeau Government’s Kinder Morgan Pipeline Buyout
In response to today’s announcement on the Trudeau government’s plan to buy Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline, Patrick McCully, RAN’s Climate and Energy Program Director issued this statement: “The Trudeau…
Recent Media
Fast Company: At “forest school,” humans teach orphaned orangutans how to be apes
“Clearly, protecting the habitat in the first place is the only longterm viable answer,” says Laurel Sutherlin, with the nonprofit Rainforest Action Network. The organization, along with others, has pressured…
The Nation: The Climate-Wrecking Industry… and How to Beat It
“Recognizing that problem, organizers have sought to outflank the companies by targeting their bankers. As the protests and blockades make new fossil-fuel projects controversial, even notorious, there’s an increased reputational…
New York Times: Think the Big Banks Have Abandoned Coal? Think Again
Starting three years ago, the largest American banks vowed to cut back on lending to the coal industry. “The bank has a responsibility to help mitigate climate change by leveraging…
Equal Times: Slow progress in the fight against child labour in Indonesia
“Many of them harvest palm oil, one of the country’s main exports, in the plantations covering millions of hectares. “Child labour is really widespread in the palm oil industry,” says…
Huffington Post: A UK Grocery Chain Banned Palm Oil. Here’s Why That’s Not Enough.
“If we want to create real change for the world’s forests and climate, we need to change the industry from the plantation ground-up, and time is running out.” (Read More)
Mongabay: Indonesian billionaire using ‘shadow companies’ to clear forest for palm oil, report alleges
“The owner of Indonesia’s largest conglomerate has been accused of participating in the illegal deforestation of Borneo’s Ketungau peat swamp to make way for oil palm plantations. The Salim Group,…
The London Economic: Major international brands connected to one of the largest cases of illegal rainforest clearance ever
““This report provides clear evidence of shady business dealings and inaction at the highest levels of business, all while tropical rainforests continue to fall for Conflict Palm Oil,” said Gemma…
Global News: Kinder Morgan decision to halt pipeline work a ‘devastating’ blow to energy sector: Scheer
One of the environmental groups that signed that letter, Rainforest Action Network, issued a short statement in response to the halting of work and spending by Kinder Morgan, saying investors…
Sierra Club: Bank Funding in Fossil Fuels Increased Last Year
Private banks around the world funneled more money into the global fossil fuel sectors in 2017, according to a report released today by Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network,…
Quartz: Sustainability is all the rage but financing of extreme fossil fuels is on the rise
As the world struggles to keep to its commitment of stopping global temperatures from increasing more than 2°C above pre-industrial levels, there has been increasing scrutiny over the financial sector’s…