Two Asian palm oil traders that supply to a list of major consumer brands are investigating two mills accused this week of buying from an illegal plantation in Indonesian rainforest that is home to endangered orangutans.
October 1, 2019
September 30, 2019
Gizmodo: Your Favorite Snacks May Be Driving Deforestation in Ancient Indonesian Peatlands
“The fact that it takes an NGO-conducted investigation to expose that these major global brands are still actively sourcing Conflict Palm Oil from illegal sources, years after each of them has issued public policies explicitly committing them to stop sourcing from suppliers destroying rainforests and carbon-rich peatlands, signals a major failure of the implementation efforts conducted to date by these companies. Consumer trust is understandably undermined when…”
September 30, 2019
Reuters: Palm oil from ‘orangutan capital of world’ sold to major brands, says forest group
Palm oil from an illegal plantation inside an Indonesian rainforest home to endangered orangutans has found its way into the supply chains of major consumer brands including Unilever and Nestlé, according to a U.S.-based environmental group.
September 29, 2019
South China Morning Post: Can big banks and bosses look Greta Thunberg in the eye as they talk the talk on climate change?
Last week was surely the week Sweden’s diminutive teenager Greta Thunberg stormed the world from her pulpit at the UN Climate Change Summit: “People are suffering. People are dying. Entire…
September 29, 2019
ABC News: The Earth is warming. Here are the top warning signs, according to experts
The amount of greenhouse gases being emitted into Earth’s atmosphere has reached such a high level that it will take major changes around the world to mitigate the effects on…
September 28, 2019
ABC News: What you can do to help prevent climate change, according to experts
With experts warning that the global climate crisis is becoming more and more dire, scientists and environmental activists say they are turning to the public to help effect change before…
September 27, 2019
The Register Guard: Climate action week comes to end with ‘die in’ at bank in downtown Eugene
Climate Action Week in Eugene ended with an attention-grabbing finale — hundreds of activists marched in downtown Eugene to Chase Bank on Willamatte to chant, yell, lie down and “die-in.”…
September 26, 2019
Mother Jones: Photos: Inside the Raucous, Colorful Protest that Shut Down “Wall Street West”
Leidesdorff Street, a shadowy corridor stretching just three blocks, is hardly the hub of San Francisco’s downtown Financial District. Yet for a few hours on Wednesday morning, a lively climate…
September 25, 2019
Financial News London: Banks worth $47tn sign UN climate promise — but just three of top 10
Banks with more than $47tn collectively in assets signed on to the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) framework for climate action rolled out this week. Yet only three…
September 25, 2019
Market Watch: Banks worth $47 trillion adopt UN-backed climate pact — but only 3 of the top 10
Banks with more than $47 trillion collectively in assets signed on to the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) framework for climate action rolled out this week. Yet only…