Marks the launch of a new campaign by Rainforest Action Network ***Rainforest Action Network wants to acknowledge the extraordinary circumstances of this moment, given the terrible impacts of COVID-19 on…
Press Releases
Joint NGO Statement on Tokyo 2020 Olympics’ “Fake Sustainability”
Joint NGO Statement on Tokyo 2020 Olympics’ “Fake Sustainability” Organizers called on to learn from & fix procurement failures linked to rainforest destruction in light of the Olympics postponement March…
New Report Reveals Global Banks Funneled $2.7 Trillion into Fossil Fuels Since Paris Climate Agreement, with Financing on the Rise Each Year
*** The organizations authoring the latest edition of this annual report want to acknowledge the extraordinary circumstances of this moment, given the terrible impacts of COVID-19 on lives, health, and…
PepsiCo Mengadopsi Perubahan Pendekatan Kelapa Sawit yang Komprehensif
LSM mengapresiasi penguatan kebijakan dan aksi perusahaan makanan raksasa untuk mengatasi deforestasi dan pelanggaran HAM KONTAK : Leoni Rahmawati, leoni@ran.org, +62 812 9464 1038 San Francisco, CA – PepsiCo Inc.,…
Media Briefer: PepsiCo Adopts Comprehensive Shift in Approach to Palm Oil
MEDIA BRIEFER, February 25, 2020 Link to RAN’s press release: https://www.ran.org/press-releases/pepsico-adopts-comprehensive-shift-in-approach-to-palm-oil/ Link to PepsiCo’s policy: https://www.pepsico.com/docs/album/esg-topics-policies/global-policy-for-sustainable-palm-oil.pdf Link to PepsiCo’s commitments on Independent Verification, the Leuser Ecosystem, and Grievance Process: https://www.pepsico.com/sustainability/palm-oil…
PepsiCo Adopts Comprehensive Shift in Approach to Palm Oil
PepsiCo Inc., the world’s second-largest food and beverage company, has announced the adoption of a comprehensive palm oil sourcing policy and committed to a broad set of actions aimed at ensuring the palm oil in its supply chain will not contain deforestation, peatland destruction, or human and labor rights abuses. PepsiCo’s shift on palm oil is the result of a six-years long public campaign and positions it as a front runner amongst its peers, signaling to the industry that responsible palm oil production must be achieved.
JPMorgan Chase Coal and Arctic Policy a Step Forward But Fails to Match its Climate Responsibility as the World’s #1 Fossil Bank
***For Immediate Release ***Detailed analysis of JPMorgan Chase’s policy update available by request, and will publicly be available at www.ran.org/JPMCbriefer at 8am ET, Feb. 25th. JPMorgan Chase Coal and Arctic…
Kellogg Company Releases Revised Palm Oil and Deforestation Policies
Rainforest Action Network applauds new commitments, including the first from a brand to highlight human rights defenders Just weeks after Rainforest Action Network (RAN) released an analysis ranking global food brands‘ progress…
Florida Climate Activists Storm Jamie Dimon Event With Multiple Disruptions and Message: Defund Sea Level Rise
World’s worst banker of fossil fuels, JPMorgan Chase, under fire in Palm Beach for outsized role in funding the climate crisis. Photos and video available upon request. Livestream available here….
Japan’s Megabanks Complicit in Destroying Critical Carbon Sinks & Fueling Illegality
New report examines Japanese bank financing of Indonesia’s devastating fires; tropical forest and peatland destruction; human rights abuses Tokyo – A new report published today by Rainforest Action Network (RAN)…
Recent Media
Reuters: PepsiCo adopts stricter, greener rules for palm oil in products
“Under PepsiCo’s new policy, the major international buyer of palm oil has strengthened its commitments to protect, restore and monitor forests and peatlands. It has pledged not to purchase palm…
International Business Times: OpEd – For Forest Survival, Corporations Are Accountable To Uphold Indigenous Land Rights
“As climate change deepens, forests –– those lush, abundant, mysterious stands of trees that for millennia have quietly produced the air we breathe and the water we drink –– have…
The Telegraph: HSBC has not cut its ties to deforestation despite pledge, say activists
“HSBC has been accused of continuing to fund firms linked to deforestation despite its pledge to sever ties with unethical palm oil producers years ago. The bank is “falling short” on…
Gizmodo: How China Is Helping Drive Deforestation in Brazil and Indonesia
“The outpouring of support around the Amazon fires from the general public is important,” Emma Lierley, forests communications manager at the non-profit Rainforest Action Network, told Earther. “People are remembering…
Newsweek: THE FIRES DECIMATING RAINFORESTS CAN ONLY BE STOPPED IF WE SIDE WITH COMMUNITIES OVER CORPORATIONS | OPINION
“Across the globe, tropical rainforests are burning. Even as the Amazon continues to burn, the rainforest in the Congo Basin –– the second-largest rainforest on Earth –– is on fire. And…
Reuters: Green groups flag threat to Indonesia forests recovered from palm planters
“Gemma Tillack, forest policy director at U.S.-based environmental group Rainforest Action Network, said the move was “a welcome signal at a time when forest fires are destroying rainforests the world…
The Guardian: Banks warned over Saudi Aramco by environmental groups
Green groups have warned that banks linked to Saudi Aramco’s $2tn (£1.6tn) market float are undermining global efforts to tackle the climate crisis by supporting the listing of the world’s…
The Washington Post: The Energy 202: Wall Street shouldn’t help huge Saudi oil company go public, green groups say
Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and other big banks are getting an earful from environmental groups over what’s set to be the biggest initial public offering in history. (Read…
Markets Insider: Investment banks have plowed more than $700 billion into fossil fuels since the Paris climate agreement
The world’s largest investment banks are funding hundreds of billions of dollars into fossil fuels. (Read More)
The Guardian: Top investment banks provide billions to expand fossil fuel industry
The world’s largest investment banks have provided more than $700bn of financing for the fossil fuel companies most aggressively expanding in new coal, oil and gas projects since the Paris…