“Two-thirds of Procter & Gamble’s shareholders this week defied the company’s own recommendations, upping the pressure on the consumer-goods giant to reduce sourcing virgin timber for its Charmin toilet paper,…
October 15, 2020
September 25, 2020
Reuters: ANALYSIS-Can global brands avoid ‘greenwash’ with new forest-saving plan?
“”We’ve seen ten years of inaction, half-measures and greenwashing from the CGF, while human rights defenders and frontline communities have been putting their lives on the line to defend forests,”…
September 3, 2020
Mongabay: $154b in capital has gone to 300 forest-risk companies since the Paris Agreement
“Since the Paris climate agreement was signed in 2016, 300 companies at risk for contributing to deforestation have received at least $153.9 billion in financing, according to a new analysis by…
June 30, 2020
Guardian: Environment groups urge Nippon Paper to scrap Victorian timber from supply chain
In a letter to the Japanese company, activists call for rapid transition to products sourced from plantations and recycled fibre More than 40 environment groups have called on Japan’s Nippon…
June 7, 2020
International Business Time: Climate Change News: Amid Pandemic, Japan’s Megabanks Must Lead On Sustainability
“The path out of the current COVID-19 pandemic is still shifting, with long-term economic recovery perhaps even harder to predict. Massive amounts of money will be spent in the coming…
May 13, 2020
Reuters: MUFG puts oil sands, Arctic drilling on ‘restricted transactions’ list
““MUFG’s recognition of tar sands and Arctic oil & gas as high risk sectors deserve some credit, but the newly adopted policies fail to establish clear no-go zones for financing,”…
May 8, 2020
South China Morning Post: Tokyo 2020 ‘fake sustainability’: new Olympics report attracts heat from orangutan and rainforest activists
“US-based Rainforest Action Nethawork (RAN) was one of more than 40 NGOs calling on the IOC in 2016 to demand organisers refrain from sourcing wood from endangered tropical forests in…
April 14, 2020
Mongabay: Celebrating the 50th Earth Day amidst a global pandemic
“On today’s episode of the Mongabay Newscast we discuss what it means to be celebrating the 50th Earth Day amidst the coronavirus pandemic. How have Earth Day celebrations changed in…
April 8, 2020
Time: Want to Stop the Next Pandemic? Start Protecting Wildlife Habitats
“Despite years of creative and resource-intensive work by governments and nonprofits, companies’ actions to mitigate habitat loss aren’t adding up. Many large companies have pledged to halt deforestation, the largest driver of…
February 25, 2020
Reuters: PepsiCo adopts stricter, greener rules for palm oil in products
“Under PepsiCo’s new policy, the major international buyer of palm oil has strengthened its commitments to protect, restore and monitor forests and peatlands. It has pledged not to purchase palm…