Banker Blindness to Fossil Fuel Risk
Guest Blog by Tom Sanzillo, IEEFA’s director of finance. Institutions That Fail to Heed Market Warnings Are Likely to End Up With Far Worse Than Bad Grades From the Rainforest Action Network…
Biggest Little Climate Rally in the World!
A grassroots rebellion against oil, gas and coal extraction on public lands is spreading across the U.S. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) continues to auction off our public lands,…
New report: banks are deep in extreme fossil fuels
Last December, for the first time in history, the international community agreed to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change. Meeting…
Behind the Scenes: Exposing PepsiCo’s Dirty Palm Oil Secret
There are so many stories behind the production of palm oil. Stories of rampant deforestation, toxic haze from man-made fires, and sky high climate emissions are a few that have…
Video: Day of Action turns up the heat on Abercrombie & Fitch
Abercrombie & Fitch found itself in the hot seat this Memorial Day weekend as shoppers, in search of hot summer deals at Abercrombie & Fitch stores across the globe, were…
Shareholders beware: Company misreporting on critical sustainability issues could cost you the earth
Are Japan’s biggest corporations deliberately misreporting sustainability or simply oblivious to the major environmental and social risks they face from deforestation footprints? Either way, shareholders beware; environmental and social risks…
Big Food Tries to Buy Its Way to a Healthy Image
Another one bites the dust. Another mom and pop business, that is. Yesterday, snack food giant Hormel bought out Justin’s Nut Butter for $286 million. This is another example of…
Thank you! Global Solidarity Photos Delivered at PepsiCo’s AGM
PepsiCo executives and shareholders received a very clear message from RAN at PepsiCo’s annual shareholder meeting: a growing movement around the world is demanding real change and will not stop…
Demand Action To Stop Guatemala’s Palm Oil Driven Human Rights Crisis
The 6th of June marks the first anniversary of Group Olmeca, a notorious palm oil giant, polluting significant Guatemalan waterways when its effluent ponds overflowed into the Pasión River, causing…
Dallas Activists Infiltrate Frito-Lay Headquarters
Guest post from Morgan Larson from Dallas, Texas. Early this week, PepsiCo subsidiary Frito-Lay held its biannual farmer’s market in Plano, Texas. Dozens of local farmers, spice makers, craftsmen, and…
Six things you need to know about Anadarko, the worst corporation you’ve never heard of
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) continues to auction millions of acres of public lands and waters for pennies on the dollar. But who exactly is profiting from these corporate…
PepsiCo’s Greenwashing Attempts Foiled
PepsiCo is feeling the pressure this week, as people across the country are calling on the giant snack food company to cut Conflict Palm Oil from its products. In addition…
BREAKING: Activists Confront PepsiCo Executive on Labor Abuses
Today RAN activists confronted Al Carey, CEO of PepsiCo North America, on the company’s connection to the exploitation of palm oil workers after his keynote address at an exclusive industry…
Joint letter calling on financial regulators and major banks to prevent repeat Southeast Asia haze crisis in 2016
Corresponding addresses: Rahmawati Retno Winarni Program Director, TuK Indonesia wiwin@tuk.or.id Tom Picken Forests and Finance Campaign Director Rainforest Action Network tpicken@ran.org Jakarta, 27th April 2016 As the fire…
Despite Historic Paris Climate Agreement, Southeast Asia Braces for Another Catastrophic Fire Season
Last week was critical for the world’s forests and climate. First, around 175 countries signed the historic Paris climate agreement which recognizes the crucial role forests play in the fight…
Student Activists Confront PepsiCo Executive on Conflict Palm Oil
On the same day Pepsi was targeted with a daring action in NYC, five student activists at Kansas State University (KSU) took action on their campus by publicly calling out…
BREAKING: Protesters Scale Iconic NYC Pepsi Sign to drop 100’ “Cut Conflict Palm Oil” Banner
In Midtown New York City, if you stand on the banks of the East River and look across to Queens, you’ll see a six story “Pepsi-Cola” sign, with 40 foot…
Tell the Obama administration: Don’t help Big Coal wreck the world’s largest mangrove forest!
Today, Earth Day, Secretary of State John Kerry signs the Paris climate agreement, confirming the United States’ commitment to address global climate change. At the same time, the U.S. government…
Taking on Big Oil and Gas on their Home Turf
Resilient to Resistant If there was one word that I could remove whenever folks speak about the Gulf Coast region, it would be “resilient.” From my experience, resilient is…
For the Orangutan Capital of the World, Stop the Bulldozers
The last peatland forests of the “orangutan capital of the world,” are still being destroyed in a plantation controlled by notorious palm oil company, PT. Surya Panen Subur (SPS) II….
Activists Infiltrate Abercrombie & Fitch Executive’s Speech and Expose Scandal
Last week, RAN activists infiltrated an exclusive investor’s conference in New York and exposed the scandalous risk of rainforest destruction in Abercrombie & Fitch’s fabric supply chain. Abercrombie & Fitch…
Thank You From an Indonesian Frontline Activist
Last December, RAN circulated a petition in support of Indonesian movement leader Sammas Sitorus. Sammas Sitorus’ community of Lumban Sitorus, in North Sumatra, Indonesia, has been fighting for just compensation from pulp…
Cargill’s Progress Reports on Cutting Conflict Palm Oil: More Spin Than Substance.
In its latest Sustainable Palm Oil Report and video, agribusiness giant Cargill tries to convince both its customers in the Snack Food 20 and the public that “Cargill surely are…
RAN Exposes PepsiCo’s Conflict Palm Oil Problem at ExpoWest
As PepsiCo attempted to brand its products as “healthy” and “sustainable” at the Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim this past weekend, RAN was there to expose the truth: human…
RAN Volunteers Working Hard for People and Planet
Since January of this year, a diverse group of intrepid new volunteers joined the San Francisco-based RAN team in a host of roles that collectively support RAN’s critical work to…