Urgent action needed on climate and human rights, but fossil fuel’s biggest banker largely maintains business as usual September 30, 2021 Today JPMorgan Chase updated its policy on financing palm…
COP26 Glasgow: What’s Needed Now to Avert Climate Chaos
Rainforest Action Network September 2021 The most important climate talks since the Paris Agreement are scheduled to begin in Glasgow, Scotland, on November 1st, 2021. Yet the ability to attend…
RAN Cautiously Optimistic about Liberty Mutual Joining the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials
San Francisco, CA –– Today, Liberty Mutual, one of the world’s largest fossil fuel insurers, announced that it will join the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF) and participate in its…
Colgate-Palmolive Discloses Impact of Supply Chain on Forests and Communities
Rainforest Action Network calls on Ferrero, Procter & Gamble, and Kao to follow suit in urgent response to climate, human rights crises [San Francisco, CA] – International consumer goods giant…
Procter & Gamble Rules Out Ending Its Role in the Logging of Intact Forests and Misleads Investors Again
Rainforest Action Network Alerts Investors and Consumers that P & G Brands will remain tainted with forests destruction for years to come Rainforest Action Network condemns the latest report released…
Line 3 Construction Halted As Activists Lock Down, Charged with Felonies; National Support of Indigenous Fight Against Enbridge Pipeline Grows
As a sign of the growing national movement to stop the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline being built on the treaty territory of Anishinaabe peoples, activists from across the country are risking arrest to stop construction of this disastrous fossil fuel project. On Thursday, July 1, 2021, Rainforest Action Network Executive Director Ginger Cassady and others engaged in a peaceful civil disobedience to protest construction.
Cargill, Nestlé resumed palm oil sourcing in Guatemala despite legacy of violence and intimidation, advocates find
Washington DC – Cargill and Nestlé have resumed business with Guatemalan palm oil supplier REPSA (Reforestadora de Palma S.A.), whose links to corruption, bribery, violence, and intimidation forced the multinational…
Shareholders send MUFG a stark climate warning
June 29, 2021: June 29, 2021: At its AGM today in Tokyo, 23% of shareholders issued a major climate warning to Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (“MUFG”) management by voting in…
World’s 50 Largest Banks and Investors Driving Deforestation Through Weak Policies and Major Investments, New Study Finds
Top investors BlackRock, Vanguard, State Street, PNB, EPF, GPIF, and KWAP all amongst lowest-scoring The world’s 50 largest banks and investors are driving deforestation through weak policies and major investments…
During Bank AGM, Climate Movement Challenges JPMorgan Chase’s Promises of ‘Paris Alignment’
Groups issue analysis of Chase’s newly released 2030 ‘carbon intensity’ targets as nationwide protests target top Chase decisionmakers NYC — At today’s JPMorgan Chase annual general meeting, CEO Jamie Dimon…