Join the Global Day of Action to Cut Conflict Palm Oil: The Power is #InYourPalm
I recently heard Jane Goodall speak about the importance of having hope in a time when our planet’s natural systems teeter on the brink of collapse. She compared climate change…
RAN Stands With Jaka. Will You?
Jaka, pictured here, was 14 years old when he began working on the palm oil plantation. My name is Ratri Kusumohartono, and I’ve traveled here from Indonesia to bring the…
Salon: Your Morning Routine is Destroying the Environment
“You may have heard this before: Palm oil is bad. Greenpeace and its allies have been condemning farmed palm’s impact on the environment for years. But did you know that you’re a…
RAN Welcomes APP’s Commitment to Restore One Million Hectares of Rainforest
New commitment ‘requires further specifics and is fraught with challenges’ San Francisco, CA – Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), Indonesia’s largest pulp and paper company and a long-time target of…
Guest Blog: Rudi Putra, Winner of the 2014 Goldman Prize for Forest Protection in Indonesia
The message below comes to you from Rudi Putra, a longtime ally and hero of RAN’s and winner of the 2014 Goldman Environmental Prize—the world’s most prestigious award for grassroots…
Myanmar Illegal Logging Poses Enormous Risk for Customers Across Southeast Asia
Truck carrying raw logs in Myanmar. Photo courtesy of the EIA. The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has released a shocking new report, Data Corruption: Exposing the true scale of logging…
PepsiCo Focus of Major New Palm Oil Campaign by Rainforest Action Network, Union of Concerned Scientists, Others
Broad coalition identifies PepsiCo as key laggard still purchasing large quantities of palm oil tied to deforestation, human rights abuses and climate pollution; public encouraged to take action on YEARS…
It’s Your Turn PepsiCo: Time to Take the Conflict Palm Oil Challenge
This week marks an exciting turning point in the ambitious international effort to eliminate Conflict Palm Oil connected to rainforest destruction, human rights abuses and climate pollution from our food…
Cargill Announces Intent to Strengthen its Palm Oil Policy
Following years of campaigning by Rainforest Action Network and others, ag giant signals cautious intent to take more responsibility for the impact of its palm oil business, but new policy…
Watch And Share: Years of Living Dangerously
Have you seen the press around Years of Living Dangerously yet? We’re amazed by what’s happening over at Showtime right now and we think you will be too. Not since…