Calls for systems reforms to make newly revised RSPO standard impactful Members of the world’s largest certification scheme for palm oil, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), voted today…
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Rainforest Action Network joins dozens of environmental groups in urging the California Air Resources Board to reject consideration of the Tropical Forest Standard (TFS).
Dozens of scientists and academics are opposing the Tropical Forest Standard
Activists Disrupt Jamie Dimon Speech And Hand Deliver IPCC Report to Send Message that Chase Must Stop Banking on Fossil Fuels
For immediate release, November 15, 2018 Activists Disrupt Jamie Dimon Speech And Hand Deliver IPCC Report to Send Message that Chase Must Stop Banking on Fossil Fuels Photos available…
Explosive Reports Expose Illegal Logging and Human Rights Abuses by Forestry Giant Korindo Group; Tokyo 2020 Olympics Implicated in Sourcing Tainted Wood
PRESS RELEASE ***High res photos, video testimonies, b-roll footage and phone interviews available Contact: Laurel Sutherlin, laurel@ran.org +1.415.246.0161 Explosive Reports Expose Illegal Logging and Human Rights Abuses by Forestry Giant Korindo…
Federal Judge Blocks Keystone XL Pipeline, Rainforest Action Network Responds
The controversial Keystone XL pipeline has hit yet another major legal roadblock. US district judge Brian Morris just overturned President Trump’s approval for the tar sands pipeline, finding the administration…
Palm Oil Giant Indofood Sanctioned Over Labor Rights Violations
Sustainability certificate suspended over 10 legal offenses, “grave and methodical” breaches after complaint brought by Rainforest Action Network, International Labor Rights Forum, and OPPUK San Francisco, CA – Indonesian palm…
Nestlé, Mars, Mondelēz and Hershey’s Hiding Rainforest Destruction In Halloween Candy
Reports show active deforestation for palm oil plantations which are connected to the biggest candy makers in the world, despite company promises to clean up their supply chains San Francisco…
MEDIA ADVISORY: Indigenous, Environmental, and Climate Justice Groups Rally Outside Equator Principles Meeting, Demand Stronger Commitments
Indigenous, Environmental, and Climate Justice Groups Rally Outside Equator Principles Meeting, Demand Stronger Commitments Despite global standards, world’s biggest banks continue to fund environmentally damaging projects that disregard Indigenous communities’…
JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, and Crédit Agricole Warned Not to Finance Tar Sands Pipeline Companies
Bank clients Enbridge and TransCanada have failed to secure Free, Prior and Informed Consent of Indigenous Communities Today, on Indigenous People’s Day, Honor The Earth, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club,…
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Forbes: See How Your Halloween Candy Is Made From Palm Oil Destroying The Sumatran Rainforest
“Candy makers and companies like PepsiCo and Unilever have made promises to change their practices when it comes to using conflict palm oil, but according to the Rainforest Action Network, that’s been monitoring…
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,…