Unprecedented Coalition Issues Fair Labor Standards for Palm Oil Production
While activists have achieved great successes recently in raising the profile of palm oil as a controversial commodity responsible for tremendous environmental destruction, the too-often overlooked reality is that the…
AlterNet: Big Fashion’s Dirty Secret: How Major Clothing Brands Are Destroying Rainforests
“In the melee of entertainment coverage about what Hollywood A-Listers wore on the red carpet at this year’s Oscars, a major answer to the question of ‘who wore what?’ has…
Quaker Oats: Not so wholesome after all
PepsiCo would have you believe that its brand Quaker Oats puts “wholesome goodness in everything we do.” We highly doubt that. That Quaker Oats Chewy Bar in your child’s lunch?…
The Oscars Fashion Police: Deforestation Edition
With the Oscars now behind us, Rainforest Action Network is doing some fashion policing of its own. While all the nominees and winners looked fabulous, those gorgeous clothes can have…
Forest Destruction for Fashion Week?
When Rainforest Action Network launched our latest campaign, Out of Fashion, last September, few knew about the ugly secret hiding in beautiful clothes from luxury designers. Since then, thousands of…
Mongabay: Forestry giant’s zero deforestation commitment put to test
“An independent audit of the world’s largest pulp and paper producer found that the company had achieved a wide range of results in meeting promises to end deforestation and resolve…
From Paper Promises to Real Change: Reforming a Global Forest Destroyer
Today marks two years since Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) abruptly changed course, silenced its bulldozers and announced a groundbreaking Forest Conservation Policy. For decades, the Indonesian logging giant had…
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…
Report from Riau: APRIL’s “Sustainable Forest Management Policy” One Year On
This guest blog comes to us from Isnadi Esman, the elected Secretary General of the Riau Network of Peatland Communities (JMGR), a community based organization dedicated to securing land rights…
ABC7 News: Bay Area Environmental Activists Blast PepsiCo’s Use of Palm Oil
“The demand for palm oil has exploded because it’s cheap, the trees grow fast, and the oil does not contain trans fats. Some call it a miracle crop. But palm…