The report, “The Human Cost of Conflict Palm Oil,” details the results of an on-the-ground investigation into the conditions of workers on two representative palm oil plantations in Sumatra, Indonesia….
The destruction of rainforests, the stealing of local communities’ and Indigenous Peoples’ lands, and the massive greenhouse gas emissions caused by the draining and burning of peatlands for the production of Conflict Palm…
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…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:Friends of the Earth-United States, Jeff Conant, jconant@foe.org, U.S. +1 510 900 0016Rainforest Action Network, Emma Rae Lierley, Emma@ran.org, U.S. +1 425.281.1989Oxfam America, Becky Davis, bdavis@oxfamamerica.org ,…
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…
IOI responds to the suspension of its sustainability certification by denying wrongdoing, fighting back with lawsuit against the RSPO FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Emma Rae Lierley, Emma@ran.org, +1 425.281.1989 …
An international coalition of environmental and human rights groups is calling on hundreds of global brands and traders to drop their ties to controversial palm oil supplier IOI Group. The…
Rainforest Action Network and SumOfUs help rally 100,000’s of people calling on PepsiCo to take meaningful action to halt deforestation and human rights abuses in its supply chain FOR IMMEDIATE…
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…
