Contacts: Elana Sulakshana, Rainforest Action Network, (703) 589-0040 Katherine Tu, SumOfUs, +61422 430 282 (Melbourne, Australia) Photos available here, and more available upon request. Tens of Thousands Demand Liberty Mutual…
World’s 4th largest bank Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group considers ending loans for new coal fired power projects. NGOs demand stronger action to withdraw from coal.
For Immediate Release CONTACT: Yuki Sekimoto, Rainforest Action Network, Japan Communications Coordinator yuki.sekimoto@ran.org, +81(0)80 4005 2489 TOKYO – Today, several newspapers have reported that Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group(MUFG)is considering the announcement of…
SOUTHEAST ASIAN PALM OIL FREE OF DEFORESTATION, PEATLAND USE OR EXPLOITATION HITS THE MARKET
Musim Mas Group is the first Southeast Asian producer to complete verification and demonstrate its proof of concept of responsible palm oil, says Palm Oil Innovation Group (POIG) Singapore –…
Activists Rally Against World’s Worst Banker of Climate Change, JPMorgan Chase, in National Day of Action
CONTACT: Ayse Gursoz, (650)391-6443, Ayse@ran.org Activists Rally Against World’s Worst Banker of Climate Change, JPMorgan Chase, in National Day of Action As CEO Jamie Dimon testifies in front of the…
Report Finds Global Banks Poured $1.9 Trillion into Fossil Fuel Financing Since the Paris Agreement was Adopted, with Financing on the Rise Each Year
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Findings reveal U.S. banks dominated fossil fuel funding, with JPMorgan Chase the worst on climate change by an astonishingly wide margin. CONTACT: Ayse Gursoz, (650)391-6443, Ayse@ran.org To download the full…
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Indonesian Food Giant Indofood’s Palm Oil Arm Terminated From Sustainability Certification Over Labor Abuses
Global banks and investors on the hook for fueling illegal and exploitative acts, NGOs say CONTACT: Emma Rae Lierley, emma@ran.org, +1 425-281-1989 San Francisco, CA – The leading palm oil…
Activists Disrupt Chase CEO Jamie Dimon at Governors Association Meeting, Sending Message that Chase Must “Stop Funding Climate Change”
For immediate release, February 23, 2019, 12PM EST Video of disruption available here. Washington D.C.–This morning activists disrupted JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon’s address to the National Governors Association Winter…
Salim Ivomas, subsidiary of palm oil giant Indofood, withdraws from RSPO over labor abuses
Today the Indofood subsidiary Salim Ivomas announced its plans to withdraw its membership from the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). This move from Salim Ivomas follows the same action taken by its…
Palm Oil Giant Indofood Subsidiary Loses Sustainability Certification Over Labor Abuses; Suspension of RSPO Membership Looms
San Francisco, CA – Today the world’s largest palm oil certification scheme, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), ordered the suspension of the “sustainability” certificates of Indonesian palm oil…
NGO Statement of Concern on Tokyo 2020 Olympics’ revised Timber Sourcing Code
We, the undersigned NGOs, are deeply disappointed by the recent revision of Tokyo 2020 Olympics’ timber sourcing policy (1), which fails to end the use of timber associated with rainforest…