Forests
Rainforests are as essential to our survival as they are to the survival of our planet. They’re home to wildlife found nowhere else on Earth and provide livelihoods for millions of people. But massive corporations are making huge profits off of tropical deforestation and the terrible human rights violations that come with it.
Stop Deforestation
Corporate greed is driving the destruction of entire rainforest ecosystems to make the products that line our store shelves. Every massive brand and bank we move from policy to action influences the entire industry. With your help, we can bring powerful public pressure to bear on corporations to stop deforestation and end human rights abuses.
Urgent letter of concern for the safety of land and human rights defenders
Urgent letter of concern for the safety of land and human rights defenders impacted by the Korindo Group and POSCO International, from 126 NGOs
Permata Hijau exposed again for sourcing Conflict Palm Oil
RAN field investigators have caught one of Indonesia’s largest palm oil processors sourcing Conflict Palm Oil from a notorious company responsible for destruction of the Leuser Ecosystem… again.
Nippon Paper Group Put On Notice: Bushfires Change Everything
Forty-one environmental groups have today written to Japan’s Nippon Paper Group, which owns the Opal Australian Paper mill in Maryvale, Victoria, Australia, detailing concerns around the company’s Australian supply chain. The…
MUFG fails to commit to Paris alignment at 2020 AGM
ESG financing policy now weakest among Japanese megabanks Tokyo, Japan – Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Japan’s largest bank, indicated at today’s annual shareholder meeting that it has no intention…
Amidst COVID-19 lockdown deforestation for palm oil climbs
Urgent intervention needed by Unilever, Mondelēz, PepsiCo, Nestlé, Mars and Nissin Foods to stop producers clearing forests in the Leuser Ecosystem.
Will Nestlé and Mars intervene to protect Indonesia’s peatlands?
Within Indonesia’s notoriously corrupt, exploitative and destructive palm oil plantation industry, it takes a high degree of well documented bad behavior to stand out among the worst of the worst. But PT. Kallista Alam (PT KA), a palm oil company operating in the Aceh Province of Sumatra, is such a bad actor…
International Business Time: Climate Change News: Amid Pandemic, Japan’s Megabanks Must Lead On Sustainability
“The path out of the current COVID-19 pandemic is still shifting, with long-term economic recovery perhaps even harder to predict. Massive amounts of money will be spent in the coming…
MUFG Falls Behind Peers in New ESG Finance Policy Announcement
MUFG’s policy revisions “disappointing,” says Rainforest Action Network Japan’s largest bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), released a revised Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) financing policy today, but fell short…