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Banking on Climate Chaos: Fossil Fuel Finance Report 2023
The world’s 60 biggest banks poured over $5,500,000,000,000 over 7 years into the fossil fuel industry, driving climate chaos & causing deadly local community impacts.
Keep Forests Standing: How Local Community Resistance is Saving the Last Rainforests of Borneo
Download Bahasa Indonesia Company response to Long Isun report The Harita Group Response to RAN RAN response to Harita Group Bumitama response to Harita Group Grievance RAN response to…
RAN Annual Report 2021-2022
Our strength is in our NETWORK. We stand at a critical juncture for life on planet Earth. At stake is our climate, the rich biodiversity of flora and fauna that sustains us, and the future that our children, and their children, will inherit.
RAN COP 27 Position Paper
For too long, those least responsible for our climate crisis pay the highest price — often with their lives. This year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) being held on…
Keep Forests Standing Scorecard 2022
Evaluating the Brands and Banks Driving Deforestation and Human Rights Abuses
Keep Forests Standing 2022 – Japanese
キープ・フォレスト・スタンディング 森林&人権方針ランキング2022
Keep Borneo’s Forests Standing
Keep Borneo’s Forests Standing: Evaluating the Forest Footprint of Brands Driving Deforestation and Land Rights Violations in the Indonesian Provinces of North and East Kalimantan, Borneo Click here to read…
COP26: RAN Position Paper
The most important climate talks since the Paris Agreement are scheduled to begin in Glasgow, yet the ability to attend and have a full voice at this conference remains in question for Indigenous Peoples, delegates from the least wealthy nations, and those representing Black and Brown communities across the globe.
Open Letter to All Multinationals Resuming Palm Oil Sourcing from REPSA in Sayaxché, Guatemala
Open Letter to All Multinationals Resuming Palm Oil Sourcing from REPSA in Sayaxché, Guatemala despite its failure to consult with and address the grievances of indigenous communities affected by ecocide,…
The Need for Free, Prior and Informed Consent
An Evaluation of the Policies and Standard Operating Procedures of Ten Major Corporate Groups involved in Forest-Risk Commodity Supply Chains in Southeast Asia
Urgent letter of concern for the safety of land and human rights defenders
Urgent letter of concern for the safety of land and human rights defenders impacted by the Korindo Group and POSCO International, from 126 NGOs
Mempertahankan Tegakan Hutan: Mengungkap Merek dan Bank Pemicu Deforestasi
Mempertahankan Tegakan Hutan: Mengungkap Merek dan Bank Pemicu Deforestasi
Keep Forests Standing: Exposing Brands and Banks Driving Deforestation
Keep Forests Standing: Exposing Brands and Banks Driving Deforestation
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
Snack Food 20 Policy Implementation Evaluation
Snack Food 20 Policy Implementation Evaluation: A Framework to Assess the Implementation of No Deforestation, No Peatland and No Exploitation Commitments
APP acknowledges links to controversial suppliers, but fails to release an auditor’s report
Seven takeaways from a new report by Asia Pulp & Paper on links to its pulpwood suppliers in Indonesia
A LEADER NO MORE:
AN ANALYSIS OF THE CLIMATE-RELATED PROVISIONS IN BANK OF AMERICA’S APRIL 2019 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL RISK POLICY FRAMEWORK
Banking on Climate Change 2019
The tenth annual fossil fuel finance report card grades banks on their policy commitments regarding extreme fossil fuel financing and calculates their financing for these fuels from 2016 to 2018.
Chase Financing Coal Power Expansion in Poland 2018
While other European Union countries are setting near-term deadlines to sunset their nal coal mines and generating stations, the Polish government, in complete disregard of climate realities and economic common sense, is pushing ahead with a 1,000 megawatt coal- red power plant in the northeastern city of Ostrołeka.
Chase Financing Coal Power Expansion in Poland 2018 – Polish
Podczas gdy inne kraje Unii Europejskiej wyznaczają bliskie terminy wygaszania swoich kopalń i elektrowni węglowych, polski rząd, nie zważając na realia klimatyczne i zdrowy rozsądek gospodarczy, forsuje projekt elektrowni węglowej o mocy 1000 MW w Ostrołęce.
Broken Promises
Olympic authorities have violated their pledge to host a sustainable Olympics in 2020. Our joint investigation found Korindo wood used in the construction of Olympic venues from the same mill linked to destruction of orangutan habitat and large-scale conversion of tropical rainforests.
Perilous Report
We detail how Korindo’s logging and oil palm operations in North Maluku have, among other things, violated numerous Indonesian laws, destroyed community farms and forests, used fire to clear land, and engaged police who have harassed and mistreated local community members.
Banking on Coal Mining
The big six U.S. banks continue to finance coal mining — including a big spike in financing in 2017 — despite broadly complying with their policies to reduce credit exposure to the industry.
The Panther Spring 2018
A Publication of Rainforest Action Network
Open Letter to RSPO members re P&C
Aligning with ‘No Deforestation’ standards requires the RSPO limit clearance of secondary forest in high forest cover areas
Beyond Paper Promises
Assessing the Impacts of Corporate Pulp and Paper Commitments on Forests and Frontline Communities
Performance Verification Criteria & Indicators
FSC standards cannot be used as a tool to measure or verify the performance of Sinar Mas Group (SMG) and Royal Golden Eagle (RGE) companies, affiliates1 and global wood supply…
White Paper: JPMorgan Chase – Banking on Climate Change
JPMorgan Chase has greatly increased its financing of extreme fossil fuels in recent years, especially to tar sands oil and coal mining. This is flatly incompatible with global climate goals,…
Palm oil sustainability assessment of Salim-related companies in Borneo peat forests
This report presents the sustainability impact of two oil palm plantation companies that operate in Sintang District, on the island of Borneo, Indonesia.
Summary Briefing for Investors, Banks and Regulators in Japan
This is a summary briefing of the 2018 edition of Banking on Climate Change, the ninth annual fossil fuel finance report card, which grades 36 commercial banks from Australia, Canada,…
Banking on Climate Change: Fossil Fuel Finance Report Card 2018
This ninth annual fossil fuel finance report card grades banks on their policy commitments regarding extreme fossil fuel financing and calculates their financing for these fuels from 2015 to 2017….
The Panther Summer 2017
This past year we’ve produced some of our best work yet. We’ve stopped auctions for fossil fuel leases in cities across the country. We’ve exposed the role banks are playing…
RAN Annual Report 2016-2017
The president makes a lot of noise on social media. He’s appointed some awful fossil fuel cronies into key positions. He’s declared that the U.S. is pulling out of the…
The Human Cost of Conflict Palm Oil Revisited
The research reveals that, after one year and five months, systemic labor violations persist on Indofood plantations, and the RSPO system is failing to detect these violations and effectively sanction…
Funding Tar Sands: Private Banks vs. the Paris Agreement
Tar sands occupy a unique place among these fuels due to its high extraction costs, difficulties in getting to market, huge reserves, greenhouse-gas intensity, major local environmental and Indigenous rights…
Banks High Carbon Hidden Risks
Large banks are driving climate change by pumping billions of dollars into carbon-intensive extreme fossil fuels and tropical deforestation, with significant hidden environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks.
PT. Agra Bumi Niaga
PT. AGRA BUMI NIAGA: CONTINUES TO DESTROY ELEPHANT HABITAT AND SELL CONFLICT PALM OIL TO SUPPLIERS OF MAJOR BRANDS ACROSS THE GLOBE
Banking On Climate Change Summary
This report card ranks bank policies around the financing of the most carbon-intensive, financially risky, and environmentally destructive sectors of the fossil fuel industry, and sums up the amount of…
2016 ESG Performance Report of MIZUHO FINANCIAL GROUP JUNE 2017
Mizuho’s irresponsible banking practices are fueling dangerous climate change, threatening tropical forests, endangering human health, and facilitating human rights violations.
Banking on Climate Change 2017
Your bank is funding extreme fossil fuels. Tell it to stop. Download the Report
PepsiCo: Profits Over People and Planet
Even as PepsiCo outlines lofty goals through its “Products, People and Planet” vision, its insatiable drive for profits continues to have devastating impacts, both on people at the frontlines of…
Every Investor Has A Responsibility [English]
This report profiles key environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance issues of 8 companies operating in Southeast Asia’s tropical forest-risk commodity sectors.
Still Coughing up for Coal Big Banks After the Paris Agreement
The world’s top commercial banks, many of whom enthusiastically welcomed the Paris Agreement, are failing the planet with their largely unabated, multi-billion dollar support for oil, gas and – most…
RAN Annual Report 2015 – 2016
Why RAN is Needed Now More Than Ever
Conflict Palm Oil: The Human cost of Conflict Palm Oil
The destruction of rainforests, the stealing of local communities’ and Indigenous Peoples’ lands, and the massive greenhouse gas emissions caused by the draining and burning of peatlands for the production of Conflict Palm…
Will Asia Pulp & Paper default on its “zero deforestation” commitment?
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Coal Risk Update
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The Coal Test: Where Banks Stand on Climate at COP 21
A report from Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, Friends of the Earth-France, and urgewald, analyzes coal policy strengths and weaknesses and highlights where noncommittal banks fall short. With the world…
Public Lands, Private Profits
America’s publicly owned lands and offshore waters are being sold at bargain prices for private fossil fuel extraction — making the world’s wealthiest companies even richer while driving the…
Conflict Palm Oil: How U.S. snack food brands are Contributing to Orangutan Extinction, Climate Change and Human Rights violations
The full report can be accessed here.
Turning the Page
Turning the Page
White Paper: Asia Pulp & Paper’s Hidden Emissions
Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) is Indonesia’s largest paper company and the fourth largest in the world. Largely driven by the pulp and paper industry, the clearing of rainforests and…
