Analysis: Chubb’s New Oil and Gas Standards Remain Inadequate
On March 22, 2023, Chubb announced a new suite of policies to restrict underwriting oil and gas extraction based on conservation and methane emissions criteria. Chubb will not insure oil…
Keep Forests Standing: Community resistance on the frontlines of deforestation
Around the world, however, forests continue to fall. Indigenous Peoples and local communities have been successfully managing some of the last intact rainforests for generations, but face constant threats. Indigenous…
Indigenous Land Stewardship Keeps Forests Standing
With the climate crisis in full swing, protecting ecosystems that stabilize the climate like tropical forests is more urgent than ever. Forests naturally store massive amounts of carbon in the…
2022: A Year in Review
The past year marked a record high in Rainforest Action Network’s (RAN) 30 years of providing Community Action Grant (CAG) funding to frontline communities and grassroots initiatives fighting to keep…
Looking Ahead: Seven Priorities to Guide us in 2023
It’s 2023 and the clock is ticking as we race toward 2030 — the indisputable, internationally agreed upon deadline to cut global emissions by half if we want to mitigate…
Will new CEO Tim Sweeney clean up Liberty Mutual’s climate and human rights record?
You’ve likely never heard of him, but Tim Sweeney just became a critical decision-maker when it comes to the fate of the fossil fuel industry’s global expansion plans. As of…
COP27: What We Won and What We’re Still Fighting For
Protecting and preserving ecosystems like rainforests and peatlands is critical to any climate solution as they act as “carbon sinks” that store carbon, preventing it from releasing into our atmosphere….
We Took Our Demands to the Doorstep of Chubb CEO Evan Greenberg
Last month, RAN and partners in New York City built a two-story oil derrick right outside Chubb CEO Evan Greenberg’s house. Because while he’s making insurance deals and crunching profits…
These U.S. Banks Are Financing Climate Chaos through Fossil Fuel Expansion
We’ve heard lofty net zero promises over the last year from the top U.S. banks – Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Citi, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, and Goldman Sachs. But…
The Forest Stewardship Council Risks its Reputation
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) General Assembly meeting in Bali this October resulted in far-reaching changes to the FSC’s sustainable timber and paper certification scheme. Changes to the 1994 conversion…
This CEO Could Thwart Global Fossil Fuel Expansion Plans
Evan Greenberg may not be a household name, but he should be, as CEO of the world’s largest publicly-traded property and casualty insurer: Chubb. Chubb provides insurance coverage for everything…
Rio Grande Valley: At Risk from From Fracked Gas Terminals
Years of sustained local community resistance and international support has kept three liquefied natural gas projects (aka LNG or fracked gas) at bay in the southern Texas border town of…
New Report: Global Bank Policies ‘Dangerously Inadequate’ to Prevent Financing of Deforestation
The latest annual report from the Forests & Finance Coalition reveals a wide gulf between big banks’ environmental pledges and their business-as-usual financing of companies that pose grave risks to…
The Price of Procter & Gamble’s Inaction
Last week, we protested outside Procter & Gamble’s headquarters in Cincinnati, demanding that the company take action against deforestation and human rights abuses in its global supply chain. A broad…
“When we lose our land, we lose our identity.”
Indigenous peoples in North Sumatra are facing threats to their identities, livelihoods and safety as corporations destroy the rainforests that their communities have relied on for generations. In this open…
The Trans Mountain Pipeline Threatens Livelihoods and Ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest
This is an opinion piece by RAN Insurance Campaign Coordinator, Mary Lovell, and was originally published on Common Dreams. I recently celebrated my 31st birthday, and I had the joy…
Announcing the RAN Alliance for Workers’ Rights!
Baca dalam Bahasa 日本語で読む Rainforest Action Network (RAN) preserves forests, protects the climate and upholds human rights by challenging corporate power and systemic injustice through frontline partnerships and strategic campaigns….
The Reckless Violence of the Supreme Court
West Virginia v. the Environmental Protection Agency will limit the ability of the EPA to regulate carbon emissions, restrict the development and enforcement of pollution standards, and severely hamper the effort to fight climate change.
This is a human rights crisis.
The decision to overturn Roe v. Wade is a direct and violent attack on women, the LGBTQIA+ community, and everyone in the country. Taking away our rights to control our…
Meet Liberty Mutual’s Board of Directors and their Fossil Fuel Connections
Liberty Mutual directors are governing over and personally profiting from the expansion of climate-destroying fossil fuel operations, while ostensibly guiding one of the world’s biggest insurance companies through the demands of the climate crisis.
How Major Companies Score on Deforestation & Human Rights
Despite lofty commitments, 17 major brands and banks aren’t doing enough to prevent deforestation and rights abuses in their supply chains.
Is Procter & Gamble a Climate and Rights Villain?
Procter & Gamble likes to pretend it’s a climate hero, but it’s really a classic villain. Its far-flung suppliers cause social and environmental mayhem all the way from the tropical forests of Indonesia to the boreal forests of Canada.
Thousands Demand Protection for Pargamanan-Bintang Maria Community’s Benzoin Forests
The #SaveBenzoinForests movement has generated 23 thousand petition signatures to protect an Indigenous community’s benzoin forests in North Sumatra, Indonesia.
We’re Demanding that the U.S. Insurance Industry Stop Risking Our World & Our Communities
This April, nearly 10,000 insurance industry and risk management professionals are gathering in San Francisco for the Risk Management Society’s annual meeting: RISKWORLD 2022. Yet while the conference is focused…
From Russia to Brazil, Chubb is Insuring Deadly Oil and Gas Expansion
Without insurance, no new polluting energy project can be built, or even financed. Chubb, an insurance giant based in NYC, is one of the biggest providers of these insurance policies,…