2016: Driving PepsiCo towards Change
2016 has been a busy year for the Conflict Palm Oil organizing program. When we kicked off the year, we decided to really ramp up the pressure on PepsiCo. At…
PepsiCo: Performance without Principles
We’ve got PepsiCo’s attention, and we know that the company is feeling the heat. Over the past 5 months, we’ve hunted down PepsiCo’s biggest and most expensive advertising campaigns—from new…
Urgent Action for Endangered Orangutans
One of the few remaining primary forests in West Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo), Sungai Putri is home to between 750 and 1750 critically endangered Bornean orangutans. This forest is one of…
Tyson Foods, Conflict Palm Oil & Factory Farming: A Pre-Holiday Look at the True Cost of Industrial Food.
Content Warning: Images of Industrial Farming and Animal Violence. The average American dinner plate – meat, potatoes and/or a frozen packaged meal with Conflict Palm Oil. Photo credit: Flickr/1950s Unlimited 80…
Activists Confront PepsiCo Leaders Across the Country
Last week, RAN activists confronted both Indra Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo and Al Carey, CEO of PepsiCo North America, on the company’s connection to the exploitation of palm oil workers…
Calls for Labor Reform Dominate Annual Palm Oil Sustainability Meeting
RAN and Allies Bring Labor Issues Front and Center for the Palm Oil Industry The issues faced by the roughly 3.5 million workers in the palm oil industry were front…
HCS Convergence Process Concludes: Agreement on Unified Approach to Implementing No Deforestation Commitments
8 November 2016 Bangkok, Thailand — Following a year of intensive work, the HCS Convergence Working Group announced in Bangkok that they have reached agreement on convergence between the HCSA and…
New Report: Despite Moratorium, Ongoing Forest Clearance by Palm Oil Industry Threatens Survival of Key Species and Safety and Livelihood for Millions
Critical Leuser Ecosystem suffers continued destruction of lowland rainforest and peatland areas for palm oil; Plantations threaten disappearing Sumatran elephant and orangutan habitat CONTACT: U.S. based — Emma Rae Lierley, Emma@ran.org, +1…
BREAKING: Activists Confront PepsiCo CEO on Labor Abuses
This week, during the Fast Company Innovation Festival in New York City, RAN activists confronted Indra Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo, on the company’s connection to the exploitation of Indonesian palm…