Two food giants merge into one Conflict Palm Oil culprit San Francisco, CA – Yesterday’s merger of Kraft Foods Group, Inc. and H.J Heinz Company combine two companies, both highlighted…
March 26, 2015
March 3, 2015
Organizations Seek Stronger Labor Protections, Corporate Responsibility in Palm Oil Industry
Unprecedented coalition of human rights and environmental groups release recommendations for companies to eradicate labor abuses in supply chain Washington, D.C. – The growing global demand for palm oil has…
March 2, 2015
PNC Bank Policy on Mountaintop Removal a Positive Step
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 2, 2014 contact: Claire Sandberg, 646-641-6431, claire@ran.org Today PNC Financial Services Group joined the growing ranks of financial institutions that have officially sanctioned the coal mining practice known as…
February 24, 2015
Keystone XL Veto Means Nothing Without Final Rejection
For immediate release: February 24, 2015 Following President Obama’s veto of Congressional pro-Keystone XL legislation, Rainforest Action Network Climate and Energy Program Director Amanda Starbuck issued the following statement:…
February 18, 2015
RAN Slams Citigroup Over Greenwashing
Citigroup’s new clean energy commitment fails to reduce fossil fuel exposure In response to the announcement today of Citigroup’s five-year sustainability strategy and ten-year sustainability financing commitment, Rainforest Action Network…
February 12, 2015
RAN Denounces Australian Government for Lobbying on Behalf of Coal Project
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 11, 2015 Contact: Claire Sandberg, 646-641-6431, claire@ran.org Australian diplomat lobbied U.S. banks to bankroll coal port that would turbocharge climate change and wreck the Great Barrier Reef Documents…
February 5, 2015
Rainforest Action Network Responds to Rainforest Alliance Evaluation of Asia Pulp and Paper’s Progress With Its Forest Conservation Policy Commitments
Third party evaluation finds little evidence of changes on the ground and APP’s “Action Plan” must be implemented, improved, verified and include stakeholder input prior to customers engaging in business…
February 3, 2015
RAN response to EPA’s comments on the Keystone XL pipeline
For immediate release: February 3, 2015contact: Claire Sandberg, 646-641-6431, claire@ran.org EPA gives the president everything he needs to reject Keystone In response to comments by the Environmental Protection Agency released…
January 15, 2015
New Report Finds Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) Lagging on Social Responsibility Commitments; Provides Recommendations for Improvement
On-the-ground interviews with 17 affected Indonesian communities reveal policy implementation problems while hundreds of unresolved land conflicts remain FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Laurel Sutherlin, 415 246 0161, laurel@ran.org San Francisco,…
January 14, 2015
Keystone XL Opponents Rally in All 50 States
January 13, 2015FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:Dallas Goldtooth, Indigenous Environmental Network, 507-412-7609Claire Sandberg, Rainforest Action Network, claire@ran.org, 646-641-6431Josh Nelson, CREDO, jnelson@credoaction.com, 202-550-6175Karthik Ganapathy, 350.org, karthik@350.org, (347) 881-3784Mark Westlund, Sierra Club, mark.westlund@sierraclub.org,…