New Report Finds Global Food Giants PepsiCo, Indofood Linked to Poverty Wages, Worker Exploitation and Discrimination
The second field investigation in a year documents systemic labor violations on Indofood-owned palm oil plantations in Indonesia FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Emma Rae Lierley, +1.425.281.1989, Emma@ran.org San Francisco, CA…
First of its Kind Online Platform Reveals the Banks and Investors Financing Companies Linked to Tropical Forest Loss in Southeast Asia
Financial sector under the spotlight in new international push to protect forests and forest communities FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Blair Fitzgibbon, blair@soundspeedmedia.com Singapore ––Today, Rainforest Action Network (RAN), TuK INDONESIA…
New Report Finds Food Giants PepsiCo, Indofood Linked to Child Labor, Poverty Wages, and Worker Exploitation
Field investigations on Indofood-owned palm oil plantations expose egregious labor rights abuses in Indonesia FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, June 8th, 2016 CONTACT: Emma Rae Lierley, +1.425.281.1989, Emma@ran.org …
Pressure Builds on Snack Food Giant PepsiCo to Drop Conflict Palm Oil
Rainforest Action Network and SumOfUs help rally 100,000’s of people calling on PepsiCo to take meaningful action to halt deforestation and human rights abuses in its supply chain FOR IMMEDIATE…
International Coalition Calls for Emergency Sanctions Against Indonesian Forest Fire Culprits
Financial regulators are called on to do all that they can to prevent another environmental and public health disaster, as forest fires begin to blaze again in 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE…
Plagued By Scandal, Abercrombie & Fitch Announces Fourth Quarter Profits
Consumers are calling on the ‘most-hated retailer’ to clean up its act and get forest-sourced fabric out of stores FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ***High-res Images of protests available, here. CONTACT: Emma…
Global Palm Oil Giant Wilmar International Misses Deadline To Cut Conflict Palm Oil
Rainforest Action Network Calls Announcements “Disappointing,” Outlines Steps Needed To Drive Real Change On The Ground FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Emma Rae Lierley, Emma@ran.org , 425.281.1989 San Francisco, CA…
Palm Oil Giant Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad (KLK) Plagued By Ongoing Conflict and Exploitation, New Progress Report Finds
Report sets six month timeline for KLK to resolve cases and calls on KLK’s customers and financiers to cut all ties if the company does not FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE…
Alternet: Corruption, Human Rights Violations and Unchecked Pollution
“On the opening day of the Paris climate talks, global consumer goods brands Unilever and Marks & Spencer have announced plans to join a major public-private partnership, launched and supported…
NYTimes: Delegates at Climate Talks Focus on Saving the World’s Forests
“Activists for the Rainforest Action Network, for instance, used genetic testing in 2011 to assert that Disney, the world’s largest publisher of children’s books, was receiving paper made from improperly…