Fifteen environmental NGOs demand that sustainable palm oil watchdog does its job
BANGKOK: As members of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), the world’s largest palm oil certification system, meet in Bangkok for their 17th annual meeting, the world is in the midst…
Gizmodo: How China Is Helping Drive Deforestation in Brazil and Indonesia
“The outpouring of support around the Amazon fires from the general public is important,” Emma Lierley, forests communications manager at the non-profit Rainforest Action Network, told Earther. “People are remembering…
Newsweek: THE FIRES DECIMATING RAINFORESTS CAN ONLY BE STOPPED IF WE SIDE WITH COMMUNITIES OVER CORPORATIONS | OPINION
“Across the globe, tropical rainforests are burning. Even as the Amazon continues to burn, the rainforest in the Congo Basin –– the second-largest rainforest on Earth –– is on fire. And…
The Wall Street Journal: Food Companies Put Supply Chains Under a Microscope
“The most information being made available covers palm oil, an ingredient companies use in everything from frozen pizza to soap. For years, environmental organizations have implicated palm oil in the…
Hundreds of Companies Set to Miss 2020 Deadline to End Deforestation in Supply Chains
A Coalition of NGOs calls for companies to act with greater urgency amid the climate crisis New York, NY – Today, an international coalition of dozens of NGOs and labor…
Statement by Rainforest Action Network on the Devastating Climate Impacts of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
On September 18, Tokyo 2020 Olympic organizers will converge at the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to attend a meeting with the UNFCCC and other signatories of the…
Global NGOs: Dirty Dozen Companies Driving Deforestation Must Act Now to Stop the Burning of the World’s Forests
Groups call for the immediate suspension of all business and financing with traders active in the Brazilian Amazon; “The Amazon is on fire. Corporations share the blame. They need to…
CNN: Opinion: We are facing a global emergency in the Amazon. Here’s what we can do
“The Amazon is burning, the Arctic is burning, and the list of scorched lands seems to continuously grow: Alaska, Greenland, Siberia, across Europe, and again in Indonesia. We must take action,…
Rainforest Action Network statement on Amazon Rainforest Wildfires
Ginger Cassady, Forest Program Director at Rainforest Action Network (RAN), said: “We know that protecting tropical rainforests and upholding the rights of Indigenous Peoples are some of the most important…
NGOs Call on U.S. Customs to Block Import of Palm Oil Produced using Forced Labor
Procter & Gamble major importer of “illicit” palm oil products produced by Malaysia’s FGV Washington, D.C. – Today a coalition of labor, environmental, and social justice NGOs filed a formal…