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…
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….
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…
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 (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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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.
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…
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.
Despite lofty commitments, 17 major brands and banks aren’t doing enough to prevent deforestation and rights abuses in their supply chains.
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.
The #SaveBenzoinForests movement has generated 23 thousand petition signatures to protect an Indigenous community’s benzoin forests in North Sumatra, Indonesia.
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…
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,…
We’ve just started the new year, but already the clock is ticking… LOUDLY. That’s because according to the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), we only have until 2030 to…
Untuk Bahasa Indonesia klik disini This Wednesday, RAN and partners gathered in front of Cincinnati City Hall to deliver over 100,000 signatures from across the U.S. and the world demanding…
Did you know that Liberty Mutual spends $435 million on advertisements each year in order to sell more insurance policies? But what their silly ads don’t make clear is that…
As global leaders, activists, and Indigenous Peoples around the world gather for the UNFCCC Climate Conference in Glasgow, two farm workers were detained by Indonesian police in Jambi, Indonesia, for…
Rajes Sitanggang walks quietly and confidently through the dense shrubs and trees — just like a New Yorker would walk down their street in their neighborhood without even thinking. Then,…