RAN Calls on RSPO to Strengthen Requirements
Criteria Fails to Comply with New EU Deforestation Regulations (EUDR) RSPO Risks Undermining Credibility with Weakened Standards Contact: Jakarta Time Zone | Gemma Tillack: +61 456 843 690 US Time…
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Big Wins for Forest and Communities
The most effective and efficient way to protect forest ecosystems is to protect the land rights of the Indigenous and frontline communities who depend on them. Science and history have…
“Natural” Gas is Methane
A decade ago, Rainforest Action Network coined the term “Conflict Palm Oil.” It was a part of a concerted effort to rebrand the most widely used vegetable oil in the…
Big Brands Show Little Sign of Progress in Our 2023 ‘Keep Forests Standing’ Scorecard
RAN’s 2023 Keep Forests Standing Scorecard shows minimal deforestation and human rights improvements among major consumer goods brands, and worsening performance by Procter & Gamble.
Report: Major Global Brands Receive Failing Grades in Efforts to Stop Deforestation and Human Rights Violations, Breaking Public Policy Promises
Detailed scorecard reveals worst global laggards include Procter & Gamble, Ferrero, Mondelēz and Nissin Foods *High resolution photos and drone footage available of recent deforestation global forest hotspots San Francisco–…
Orangutan Extinction Emergency: Illegal Rainforest Destruction Accelerating in the Leuser Ecosystem
Fresh destruction for palm oil underway now inside nationally protected wildlife reserve Rainforest Action Network (RAN) is ringing the alarm once again that the crisis of illegal rainforest destruction for…
Colorful Rally Confronts Procter and Gamble’s Annual Shareholders Meeting
Large coalition brings grievances over forest destruction and rights abuses to P&G HQ in effort to raise investor awareness on risks of investing in P&G Cincinnati – Today, dozens of climate…
BREAKING: Arrests in Daring Protest Against Procter & Gamble’s Role in Deforestation and Human Rights Abuses
Frustrated by years of inaction from P&G, Indigenous rights and environmental advocates escalate actions aimed at pushing the company to act *High res photos and videos available Cincinnati, OH —…
Is TNFD an answer to the biodiversity crisis?
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has emerged as a proposed solution to the biodiversity crisis — but it’s a product of the same collusion between corporations and regulators that has deepened, not helped, the planet’s biodiversity crisis.
Aceh Communities Set to Receive Government Recognition of Customary Land Rights
Brands Must Support Advancement of Customary Rights Recognition in Leuser Ecosystem Indigenous communities in the Sumatran province of Aceh may soon receive formal recognition of their customary rights, an historic…
