NGOs Call for Immediate Action from U.S. Customs to Block Import of Palm Oil Produced Using Forced Labor New evidence of forced labor against Procter & Gamble’s joint venture partner, Malaysian…
Press Releases
Destroying Rainforests for Snacks: Global Food Brands Ranked Against Each Other Over Progress Towards Fulfilling 2020 Deforestation Promises
*Brand scoring graphic here, scoring rationale backgrounder here, RAN blog on survey results here Destroying Rainforests for Snacks: Global Food Brands Ranked Against Each Other Over Progress Towards Fulfilling 2020…
Rainforest Action Network Responds to BlackRock’s Climate Change Commitment
Statement from Patrick McCully, Climate and Energy Program Director at Rainforest Action Network “BlackRock CEO Larry Fink’s annual letter lays down the gauntlet to other mega-money managers to also get…
Dozens of People Take Action at J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference
Dozens of People Take Action at J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference Urging Chase Bank to Demonstrate Healthcare by Defunding Climate Change Action follows Fire Drill Friday launch of the “Stop the Money…
The Hartford Adopts Policy on Tar Sands and Coal
THE HARTFORD ADOPTS POLICY ON TAR SANDS AND COAL Tar sands measures highlight weakness of Liberty Mutual’s coal-only policy Contact: Blair Fitzgibbon blair@soundspeedpr.com (202) 503-6141 December 20, 2019 – Today, The…
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Stadium Inauguration Overshadowed by Legacy of Rainforest Destruction
December 20 2019 Contact: Blair Fitzgibbon, (202)503-6161, Blair@SoundspeedPR.com Tokyo 2020 Olympic Stadium Inauguration Overshadowed by Legacy of Rainforest Destruction ~ SDGs Undermined; NGOs Demand Accountability from Tokyo 2020 Organizers ~…
Goldman Sachs Adopts Strongest Fossil Finance Policy by a Major U.S. Bank
Bank Rules Out Thermal Coal and Arctic Oil Projects, Commits to Exit Coal Mining San Francisco– Today, Goldman Sachs announced the strongest fossil finance restrictions of any major U.S. bank, though it still…
LIBERTY MUTUAL ADOPTS COAL POLICY IN RESPONSE TO PUBLIC PRESSURE
But policy falls short of U.S. and global peers on tar sands oil and coal. December 13, 2019 – Today, insurer Liberty Mutual announced a new policy that restricts coal insurance and…
Major Banks Complicit in Financing Indonesia’s Illegal Fire and Haze Crisis: Report
***Embargoed until: 10pm December 10th, EST/NYC; 10am December 11th, 2019 WIB/Jakarta Major Banks Complicit in Financing Indonesia’s Illegal Fire and Haze Crisis: Report Report released on the five year anniversary…
Lima Tahun Peta Jalan Keuangan Berkelanjutan Indonesia Namun Bank-bank Besar Masih Danai Perusahaan Penyebab Karhutla
SIARAN PERS UNTUK DISIARKAN SEGERA Jakarta, 11 Desember 2019 Lima Tahun Peta Jalan Keuangan Berkelanjutan Indonesia Namun Bank-bank Besar Masih Danai Perusahaan Penyebab Karhutla Sebuah laporan dirilis untuk mengkaji keberhasilan…
Recent Media
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…
The Wall Street Journal: Food Companies Put Supply Chains Under a Microscope
“The most information being made available covers palm oil, an ingredient companies use in everything from frozen pizza to soap. For years, environmental organizations have implicated palm oil in the…
Newsweek: MAJORITY OF WORLD’S LARGEST PRIVATE BANKS DON’T HAVE SUSTAINABLE FINANCE COMMITMENT
A majority of the world’s largest private-sector banks have not made sustainable investment commitments to finance a low-carbon future. (Read More)
MSN: Why Big Banks Are Accused Of Funding The Climate Crisis
Rachel Heaton understands better than most the power banks have to shape our world. Heaton, a member of the Muckleshoot tribe, started to make the connection between money and climate…