The Iran War is reaching the world’s rainforests
Everyone knows by now that the war in Iran — a devastating conflict already exacting a heavy human toll — is disrupting the flow of oil around the world. It’s…
The soy industry just gutted the Amazon’s best protection
The agreement that kept the Amazon rainforest from turning into a giant soybean field is falling apart after grain traders backed out of it.
Mondelēz has built a reputation on sustainability. We call it deception.
Investigative reporting reveals a stark picture of a company more focused on protecting its reputation than preventing harm to people and the planet.
The Amazon Soy Moratorium is Collapsing. Will Big Finance Use Its Leverage to Protect the Amazon?
Brazil’s soy industry association, ABIOVE, formally withdrew from the Amazon Soy Moratorium.The consequences are huge: Amazon deforestation could surge 30% by 2045.
The shadowy network destroying one of Borneo’s last intact rainforests
The rainforest destruction we observed in Mahakam Ulu is already making its way into products sold globally.
Mahakam Ulu — the most important rainforest you’ve never heard of
Mahakam Ulu’s ecosystem is a living archive of Borneo’s cultural and natural history — one that took millions of years to evolve, but that could vanish in a little more than a decade.
Global Consumer Brands Continue to Fall Short on Deforestation and Human Rights
Our 2025 Keep Forests Standing Scorecard shows that corporate action on deforestation and human rights remains slow.
Belém and Beyond: Why Saving the Amazon Requires Transforming Global Finance
COP30 is unfolding in the Amazon for the first time. The question is no longer whether this COP can “save” the Amazon — but whether the financial and political order are capable of doing so.
At COP30, policymakers drip water onto a wildfire
Developing countries need trillions of dollars to decarbonize, but the funding initiatives under discussion at COP30 don’t deliver on true climate justice.
EU hits “snooze” on landmark anti-deforestation law, Oreo cheers
If the planned delay goes through, this will be the second time in as many years that the EUDR has been delayed. The planet cannot wait any longer.