Environmentalists call on MUFG to stop lending to Conflict Palm Oil, fossil fuel expansion ahead of annual shareholder meeting San Francisco, CA – Today, a group of activists protested outside…
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Japan’s largest financial group and the world’s fifth largest bank by assets, has just released an updated Environmental and Social Policy Framework that will govern…
This case study was written by Hana Heineken (RAN), Kimiko Hirata (KikoNet), Bernadette Maheandiran (Market Forces) and Shin Furuno (350.org Japan) for our latest bank report card, Banking on Climate…
“Industries that cause the loss of rainforest and peatlands in Southeast Asia were bankrolled to the tune of $62 billion between 2013 and 2018, according to new data released by…
Indigenous, Environmental, and Climate Justice Groups Rally Outside Equator Principles Meeting, Demand Stronger Commitments Despite global standards, world’s biggest banks continue to fund environmentally damaging projects that disregard Indigenous communities’…
This is a summary briefing of the 2018 edition of Banking on Climate Change, the ninth annual fossil fuel finance report card, which grades 36 commercial banks from Australia, Canada,…
Who’s banking the Coastal GasLink pipeline Feb 2020 UPDATE. Who’s banking the Keystone XL pipeline May 2020 UPDATE. Today, the Trump administration approved TransCanada’s latest permit to build the Keystone…
Financial sector under the spotlight in new international push to protect forests and forest communities FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Blair Fitzgibbon, blair@soundspeedmedia.com Singapore ––Today, Rainforest Action Network (RAN), TuK INDONESIA…
In 2014, leading global banks began to turn away from financing mountaintop removal (MTR) coal mining. For years, RAN and other organizations in Appalachia and around the world have warned…
A few days ago, I sat down for an interview with the good folks at Living on Earth, Public Radio International’s weekly environmental news show. We talked about RAN’s work fighting…
