(East Rutherford, NJ) – Holiday shoppers at the American Dream Mall were surprised by an unexpected spectacle today as protesters deployed two story banners from the balcony of the iconic…
December 20, 2025
December 18, 2025
New Investigation Exposes MUFG’s Financing of Royal Golden Eagle’s Deforestation as Indonesia Reels from Deadly Floods
SAN FRANCISCO / JAKARTA — A new investigation released today reveals that Japanese megabank Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has continued financing Royal Golden Eagle (RGE)—the pulp and paper conglomerate controlled…
December 18, 2025
Rainforest Action Network Resigns from the Forest Stewardship Council, Citing Loss of Credibility
Founding member warns FSC label cannot be trusted San Francisco — Rainforest Action Network (RAN) has resigned from the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), ending more than 30 years of membership…
December 2, 2025
Global Brands Continue to Fall Short on Deforestation and Human Rights in 2025 Keep Forests Standing Scorecard
San Francisco, CA – Global consumer goods companies are still failing to meet their public promises to eliminate deforestation and human rights abuses from their supply chains. Rainforest Action Network’s…
November 22, 2025
COP30 Falls Short on Fossil Fuels, Finance, Justice and Protection for the Amazon
(Belém, Brazil) — COP30 concluded with a package that falls far short of the structural action needed to confront the climate and biodiversity crises. Despite historic Indigenous mobilisation and strong…
November 21, 2025
RAN Alliance for Workers’ Rights Secures First Contract at Rainforest Action Network
RAWR Press Contact: Shawna Ambrose shawna@ran.org 628. 444. 2211 San Francisco, CA — Workers at Rainforest Action Network have unanimously voted to ratify their first union contract between RAN Alliance…
November 10, 2025
Rainforest Action Network: Brazil’s New Forest Finance Facility Risks Reinforcing the Same Broken System It Seeks to Fix
Belém, Brazil – November 10, 2025 As world leaders gather in Belém for COP30, Rainforest Action Network (RAN) warns that the newly launched Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) could fall…
November 9, 2025
Media Brief: The Forests and Finance Coalition and Rainforest Action Network at COP30
Rainforest Action Network recognizes the immense stakes for people and the planet dependent on the outcome of the global negotiations underway at COP30, Nov 11-21 in Belem, Brazil. RAN’s forty…
November 5, 2025
New Report Exposes How Global Banks and Investors Are Still “Banking on Biodiversity Collapse” — Coalition Calls for Financial Regulation to Halt Deforestation
São Paulo, Brazil – As world leaders will soon convene in Brazil for COP30, a new report from the Forests & Finance Coalition reveals that finance for sectors driving tropical…
September 11, 2025
“Greenwash.” Rainforest Action Network Responds to Asia Pulp and Paper’s New Forest Policy
Gemma Tillack, Rainforest Action Network’s forest policy director issued the following response: There is nothing “Forest Positive” about Asia Pulp and Paper – A notorious forest destroyer that is becoming one of…