Japanese Megabank MUFG Found to be Financing Massive Carbon Bomb in Indonesia’s Peatlands
JAKARTA/TOKYO — An explosive new investigation by Rainforest Action Network (RAN) has uncovered that Japanese banking giant Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) has been financing one of Indonesia’s worst environmental…
Rainforest Action Network Responds to Mondelēz International’s Updated Deforestation Statement
Amidst increasing pressure and scrutiny from investors and consumer watchdog organizations, Mondelēz International has quietly issued revisions to its statement on deforestation on the company’s website. When it was first…
Real Change in the Leuser or More False Promises?
Illegal ‘Orangutan Capital’ Deforestation Scandal Forces Responses from Global Companies RAN’s recent report, Orangutan Capital Under Siege, documenting illegal palm oil development within Indonesia’s nationally protected Rawa Singkil Wildlife Reserve,…
Civil society organizations applaud Canada’s natural resources committee’s call to bring owner of Domtar, (formerly Paper Excellence) to testify
Joint Statement – December 11, 2024 Civil society organizations applaud Canada’s natural resources committee’s call to bring Jackson Wijaya (owner of Domtar, formerly Paper Excellence), as well as Canada’s Industry…
Following Biden’s Historic Amazon Visit, RAN Calls on Global Leaders at COP29 to Restructure the Financial System Driving Deforestation
San Francisco – After Joe Biden made history this week as the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Amazon rainforest, Rainforest Action Network is calling on global political and…
We Need an Economy that Doesn’t Kill Us
Kicking off New York Climate Week, RAN and Parliamentarians for a Fossil Free Future organized Financing the Future: Aligning Finance with the Promise of the Paris Agreement, a forum focused…
From COP16: Global NGOs File Formal Complaint to UNEP over its role in the TNFD
*Full complaint available here. Contact Laurel@ran.org **Quotes and complaint summary below text. Corporate-driven initiative accused of greenwashing forest destroying companies Cali, Colombia – Today, a global group of NGOs and…
US Senators, International Policymakers, and Prime Minister of Nepal Kick Off Climate Week With Forum on Climate Finances for the Global South
World leaders: no transition without a focus on global equity and cooperation ** LIVE PHOTO GALLERY OF EVENT HERE ** *INTERVIEWS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST* (New York City, New York) —…
New Global Conservation Standards Applied to World-Renowned Leuser Ecosystem
Large-scale HCV-HCS mapping advances in Aceh; But More investment needed to map rainforests needing protection After decades of hard-fought international pressure campaigns by local organizations, international NGOs and consumers, an…
Deforestation Spikes in Leuser Ecosystem’s Iconic Tripa Peatland Region
Forest clearance resumes inside PT. Surya Panen Subur’s palm oil concession Analysis of satellite imagery has once again found that deforestation for palm oil continues within the concession of PT….
