New Global Conservation Standards Applied to World-Renowned Leuser Ecosystem
Large-scale HCV-HCS mapping advances in Aceh; But More investment needed to map rainforests needing protection After decades of hard-fought international pressure campaigns by local organizations, international NGOs and consumers, an…
New Evidence Questions the Credibility of Multi-billion Dollar “Sustainable Finance” Deals Arranged by Japanese Megabank MUFG
As Billions in finance have flowed to the Royal Golden Eagle Group, deforestation connected to the giant conglomerate continued August 27, 2024 – San Francisco, CA – Today, Rainforest Action…
Royal Golden Eagle Group Receives Billions in Sustainability Loans Amid Ongoing Links to Deforestation Across its Business
Royal Golden Eagle has received $4.25 billion in “sustainability linked loans” since 2021, with Japanese megabank Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) playing a key role. This green finance purports to incentivize “zero tolerance for deforestation” and “radical traceability and transparency,” among other headline goals, but regulators have expressed concerns around greenwashing.
Massive Deforestation and Accountability Issues Remain at Royal Golden Eagle Group
A pulpwood concession linked to the Royal Golden Eagle group cleared 2,200 hectares of forested peatlands in April and May 2024 amid conflict with an Indigenous Dayak community.
Senior Corporate Engagement Specialist, Forests
RAN is looking for a motivated, passionate and hard-working Senior Corporate Engagement Specialist to lead engagement with companies named in our Keep Forests Standing campaign, and work together with our global team. This position will use a high level of professionalism and savvy negotiating skills to pressure some of the biggest agribusiness and forestry companies in the world as well as their multinational customers.
Deforestation Spikes in Leuser Ecosystem’s Iconic Tripa Peatland Region
Forest clearance resumes inside PT. Surya Panen Subur’s palm oil concession Analysis of satellite imagery has once again found that deforestation for palm oil continues within the concession of PT….
PT. Toba Pulp Lestari: A Corporate Repeat Offender
424 hectares of natural forest were cleared within PT. Toba Pulp Lestari’s concessions after the introduction of RGE’s “no deforestation” policy in 2015.
