TOKYO, Japan, March 29 2021: Japanese NGO Kiko Network, along with three individual investors, have just filed Japan’s second ever climate resolution on a Japanese financial institution, this time on…
For Immediate Release CONTACT: Yuki Sekimoto, Rainforest Action Network, Japan Communications Coordinator yuki.sekimoto@ran.org, +81(0)80 4005 2489 TOKYO – Today, several newspapers have reported that Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group（MUFG）is considering the announcement of…
Climate activists demand MUFG end financing of extreme fossil fuels and deforestation ***Photos available at ran.org/mufg San Francisco – Dozens of environmental, Indigenous, and human rights advocates staged an action…
Currently, there are 36 liquefied natural gas terminals and expansion projects proposed, under construction or actively operating in the United States, with 28 concentrated in the Gulf Coast. Liquefied natural…
Banking on Climate Chaos report reveals nearly $1 trillion in annual fossil fuel financing as bank policy rollbacks accelerate and fossil energy instability deepens the global cost-of-living crisis June 8,…
LNG export in the US Gulf coast is a risky business. Alongside the human rights, climate and biodiversity impacts of the industry itself, the operation and expansion of methane gas…
The rainforest destruction we observed in Mahakam Ulu is already making its way into products sold globally.
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…
Nine years after RGE committed to ending deforestation, concessions in its supply chain are actively clearing rainforests.
Around the world, Indigenous communities are on the frontlines of defending the planet’s remaining tropical forests, and their victories are becoming powerful examples of how land rights can drive environmental…