Major Malaysian Palm Oil Company Announces Groundbreaking Labor Policies
IOI Group sets new standards for an industry rife with forced labor, child labor, and worker exploitation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Emma Rae Lierley, Emma@ran.org, +1.425.281.1989 Sonja Vartiala, sonja.vartiala@finnwatch.org,…
BNP Paribas Makes Sweeping Announcement to Cut Business With Tar Sands, Pipelines and LNG
For immediate release, October 11, 2017 Contacts: Blair Fitzgibbon, 1-202-503-6141, Blair@soundspeedpr.com Rebekah Hinojosa, 956-975-6634, bekahbot@gmail.com BNP Paribas Makes Sweeping Announcement to Cut Business With Tar Sands, Pipelines and LNG Announcement…
Vice: Keeping the World’s Forests Sustainable Would Cost $160 Billion
“The Rainforest Action Network takes a targeted, campaign-focused approach to forest protection, with an emphasis on climate justice, biodiversity, and human rights through the lens of corporate accountability. Campaigns against mass paper production, palm…
The Guardian: ‘Don’t just rely on NGOs’: finding solutions to deforestation
““There isn’t enough action happening now to end deforestation. Companies must rectify their business practices before they expand into new territories, because that old model of industrial plantation isn’t delivering…
The Guardian: ‘The last place on Earth’: how Sumatra’s rainforest is being cleared for palm oil
“A palm oil company is continuing to clear forest in a fast-diminishing elephant habitat in Indonesia’s Leuser ecosystem despite being the subject of two reports into illegal deforestation, according to…
Mongabay: Oil palm firms advance into Leuser rainforest, defying Aceh governor’s orders
“Likewise, satellite monitoring and field investigations done by the Rainforest Action Network (RAN), a U.S.-based advocacy group, also showed that deforestation was ongoing in the critical ecosystem. “We know from…
Women’s Wear Daily: Abercrombie & Fitch Adopts New Policy for Sourcing Wood-Based Fabrics to Fight Deforestation
“In collaboration with the Rainforest Action Network, Abercrombie & Fitch Co. has unveiled a new policy for the sourcing and use of wood-based fabrics, including rayon, viscose and Modal in its clothes.”…
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. adopts new sourcing policy on wood-based fabrics
Rainforest Action Network commends the global apparel retailer for joining leading companies in addressing deforestation CONTACT: Emma Rae Lierley, Emma@ran.org, +1 425.281.1989 public_relations@anfcorp.com, + 1 614.283.6192 SAN FRANCISCO — Abercrombie…
Statement from the Rainforest Action Network in response to the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia
Rainforest Action Network condemns domestic terrorism, the white supremacist rally held in Charlottesville, Virginia, the North Carolina District Attorney’s response to activists mobilizing against symbols of bigotry and racism, and…
Alternet: How Companies Like PepsiCo and McDonald’s Are Pushing Indonesia’s Endangered Elephants to Extinction
“A new field investigation released by Rainforest Action Network exposes how one company is pumping conflict palm oil—palm oil connected to the clearance of tropical rainforests and the destruction of carbon-rich peatlands—into the…
