Brands and Banks Continue to Fuel Fires Despite the Climate Crisis
As the headlines of Fall 2021 detail one climate disaster after another — increasing hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, deadly unprecedented floods in Germany, the hottest temperatures ever recorded…
Case Study: Fires Around the World
This blog was originally published as a case study in “Banking on Climate Chaos: Fossil Fuel Finance Report 2021” — a report by Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network,…
Fire Season: An Annual Emergency
Fire season grows longer and deadlier every year, and it’s proving to be an annual emergency. The climate crisis is here. So why are corporations intentionally burning tropical rainforests? We’re calling out the banks, brands and businesses driving this destruction.
International Brands and Banks Financing Conglomerate with Largest Connection to Indonesia’s Annual Fires and Haze Crisis, Analysis Reveals
The conglomerate Sinar Mas Group also received the most financing of any company in the forest-risk commodity sector, receiving USD 20 billion in credit (2015-Q120) FULL MEDIA BRIEFER AVAILABLE HERE….
One Year Later: The Rainforests Are On Fire
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire; and where there’s fire, there’s greed. One year later & rainforest FIRES are back in the Amazon & Indonesia, driven by corporate greed, polluting our planet, & destroying lives and livelihoods. Last year was horrible but this year is on track to be WORSE.
Fires Week of Action 2020
We’ve teamed up with allies around the world to hit hard the brands and banks responsible for driving tropical deforestation and to support the communities directly impacted by this devastating destruction. Here are four ways you can help us stop the fires and put an end to the big business of burning, this week and beyond!
Nippon Paper Group Put On Notice: Bushfires Change Everything
Forty-one environmental groups have today written to Japan’s Nippon Paper Group, which owns the Opal Australian Paper mill in Maryvale, Victoria, Australia, detailing concerns around the company’s Australian supply chain. The…
Fast facts about Australia fires
The images and video coming from Australia are devastating. Yet again, the climate crisis is fueling another horrifying event, one that has killed an estimated 500 million animals, dozens of…
Major Banks Complicit in Financing Indonesia’s Illegal Fire and Haze Crisis: Report
***Embargoed until: 10pm December 10th, EST/NYC; 10am December 11th, 2019 WIB/Jakarta Major Banks Complicit in Financing Indonesia’s Illegal Fire and Haze Crisis: Report Report released on the five year anniversary…