San Francisco, CA – Today the world’s largest palm oil certification scheme, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), ordered the suspension of the “sustainability” certificates of Indonesian palm oil…
February 7, 2019
January 30, 2019
NGO Statement of Concern on Tokyo 2020 Olympics’ revised Timber Sourcing Code
We, the undersigned NGOs, are deeply disappointed by the recent revision of Tokyo 2020 Olympics’ timber sourcing policy (1), which fails to end the use of timber associated with rainforest…
January 25, 2019
Palm Oil Giant Indofood Plans to Withdraws from RSPO Over Labor Abuses; RSPO Threatens to Suspend Membership
PepsiCo, Wilmar, and Banks remain connected, must terminate partnerships, NGOs say San Francisco, CA – Indonesian palm oil giant Indofood has announced its plans to withdraw from the world’s largest…
January 23, 2019
Report Finds 11 Banks Increased Financing to TransCanada Subsidiary Building Coastal GasLink Pipeline, Despite Wet’suwet’en Opposition
With no consent secured from hereditary Wet’suwet’en leadership, banks funding Coastal Gaslink Pipeline are complicit in violating Indigenous Rights A white paper released today by Rainforest Action Network (RAN) reveals…
January 11, 2019
Statement From Rainforest Action Network In Solidarity With Unist’ot’en Camp and Wet’suwet’en Leadership
Outrageous human rights abuses in the name of corporate profits have to stop — and Rainforest Action Network stands in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs in their peaceful efforts…
January 9, 2019
Activists Shut Down SF JPMorgan Chase Branch Decrying Bank’s Massive Financing of Fossil Fuels While Hosting Healthcare Conference
For Release Contact: Blair Fitzgibbon, 202-503-6141, blair@soundspeedpr.com *** High resolution photos available upon request *** San Francisco – Today, dozens of activists locked down the Chase bank branch in downtown…
January 8, 2019
Rally Outside JPMorgan Chase Health Conference Highlighting WHO Report Climate Change Health Impacts
For immediate release, January 8, 2019, 1pm PST High resolution photos available. San Francisco – As part of a growing trend of actions targeting JPMorgan Chase for its financing of…
December 13, 2018
Arrests Made at Chase Bank as Protests Escalate Against Bank’s Funding Choices
“Block the Big Banks” rally decries Chase funding of pipelines, prisons and immigrant detention centers
December 5, 2018
As World Gathers for COP24, Chase Bank Found Undermining Paris Agreement by Financing Coal Power Expansion in Poland
Climate advocates claim JPMorgan funding is starkly at odds with the goal of a 1.5 degree world Katowice – As global leaders head to Katowice to strengthen climate commitments at…
November 29, 2018
Palm Oil Giant FELDA Sanctioned Over Forced Labor, Human Trafficking
Major brands Procter & Gamble, Hershey’s, and Unilever linked to illegality and labor abuses CONTACT: Emma Rae Lierley, emma@ran.org, +1 425-281-1989 San Francisco, CA – Malaysian palm oil giant FGV…