New Report: Despite ‘No Deforestation’ Rhetoric, Major Brands and Banks Failing to Stop Deforestation and Human Rights Abuses
Annual analysis reveals that as threats facing Indigenous communities in rainforest regions increase, demand-side companies are failing to reform supply chains Major multinational brands and banks are failing to stop…
BREAKING: Four Climate Advocates Arrested In Protest At P&G Headquarters
Event Calls Out Company for Connections to Climate Crisis, Deforestation, and Human Rights Abuses **High-res photo and video available upon request Cincinnati, OH – This morning, concerned local Cincinnati residents…
Rainforest Action Network Responds to Mars, Incorporated’s First-Ever Statement on Human Rights Defenders
Mars, the multinational corporation and maker of confectionery, pet food, and other products, just recently released its first official statement on Human Rights Defenders. Civil society has long pressured the…
In Disturbing Trend, as Forest Loss Lessens within the Leuser Ecosystem’s Government-Issued Concessions, it is Rising Outside of Them
Major loopholes identified in the ‘No Deforestation’ commitments of global brands Climate scientists are clear that, alongside weaning our societies off of fossil fuels, any viable solution to the rapidly…
Looking Ahead: Eight Priorities to guide us in 2022
We’ve just started the new year, but already the clock is ticking… LOUDLY. That’s because according to the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), we only have until 2030 to…
From Indonesia to the U.S.: Put people and planet over profit
Untuk Bahasa Indonesia klik disini This Wednesday, RAN and partners gathered in front of Cincinnati City Hall to deliver over 100,000 signatures from across the U.S. and the world demanding…
Multinational Consumer Brands Procter & Gamble, Ferrero, Mondelez and Others Failing To Disclose Full Impact on Forests, Human Rights
New report evaluates ten of some of the largest consumer goods companies on their full impact on forests and communities in Indonesian Borneo San Francisco, CA – Amidst announcements from…
Unilever Discloses Impact of Palm Oil Supply Chain on Forests and Communities
Rainforest Action Network calls on Ferrero, Procter & Gamble, and Mondeléz to follow suit in urgent response to climate, human rights crises Today international consumer goods giant Unilever — maker…
Silent Stadium, Silent Forest
The Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony is set for July 23 and the games have already begun in Japan, as Tokyo remains under a declared state of emergency because of the…
Shareholders send MUFG a stark climate warning
June 29, 2021: June 29, 2021: At its AGM today in Tokyo, 23% of shareholders issued a major climate warning to Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (“MUFG”) management by voting in…