CONTACT: Ayse Gursoz, Rainforest Action Network: +1-650-391-6443, ayse@ran.orgYann Louvel, BankTrack: +33-688-907-868, yann@banktrack.org Cindy Carr, Sierra Club: +1-202-495-3034, cindy.carr@sierraclub.org David Turnbull, Oil Change International: +1-202-316-3499, david@priceofoil.org New Report Reveals Bank Policies…
Amid EU Palm Oil Bill Debate, New Members Join Leading Initiative to Reform Palm Oil Industry
The Palm Oil Innovation Group welcomes major global companies L’Oréal and Barry Callebaut CONTACT: London: Gemma Tillack, Gemma@ran.org, +1 415.350.0341 US: Emma Rae Lierley, Emma@ran.org, +1 425.281.1989 London – Today,…
NGOs Call For Systemic Reforms To RSPO Certification Scheme Beyond Standards Review
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, June 12, 2017 CONTACT: Emma Rae Lierley, +1.425.281.1989, Emma@ran.org NGOs Call For Systemic Reforms To RSPO Certification Scheme Beyond Standards Review London – As stakeholders gather…
Rainforest Action Network (RAN) Issues Response to IOI Group’s Updated “Sustainable Palm Oil Policy”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, June 12, 2017 CONTACT: Emma Rae Lierley, Emma@ran.org, +1 425.281.1989 Rainforest Action Network (RAN) Issues Response to IOI Group’s Updated “Sustainable Palm Oil Policy” San Francisco,…
28 major banks warned not to finance Trans Mountain pipeline expansion
For Immediate Release: June 9, 2017 Contacts:Jason Disterhoft, Senior Campaigner at Rainforest Action Network, 1-312-402-8075 Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, President of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs, 1-250-490-5314Eugene Kung,…
RAN Statement on the Trump Administration and the Paris Climate Accord
“The Trump administration’s decision to pull out of the groundbreaking Paris Climate Accord is as unsurprising as it is ignorant. Flying in the face of all credible science on climate…
Life at the Frontlines of Indonesia’s Deforestation and Landgrabbing Crisis
A new campaign from Rainforest Action Network provides a rare look at the communities living at the edge of Indonesia’s rainforests destroyed for pulp and paper production FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE…
TOKYO 2020 OLYMPICS SCANDAL:
PRESS RELEASE May 10 2017 Contact: [Japan] Akira Harada, JATAN, harada@jatan.org, +81 90 9156 1291 [Switzerland] Annina Aeberli, Bruno Manser Fund, annina.aeberli@bmf.ch, +41 79 1285873 [Germany] Mathias Rittgerott, Rainforest…
Urgent investigation required as use of plywood likely linked to tropical forest destruction and human rights abuses found at construction site of new Tokyo Olympic Stadium
PRESS RELEASE April 20th 2017 Contact: [Japan] Junichi Mishiba, Friends of the Earth Japan, mishiba@foejapan.org +81 3 6909 5983 [Australia] Peg Putt, Markets For Change, peg.putt@gmail.com, +61 418 127 580…
Teamsters, IUF Come Out In Support of Indonesian Palm Oil Workers; Pressure PepsiCo On Lack of Action Against Child Labor, Worker Exploitation For Palm Oil
Major trade unions demand action following release of a new report which reveals connections between the snack food giant and major importers of palm oil connected to environmental and social…