RAN’s Response to the Revised RSPO Certification Standard
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)—the leading certifier of palm oil in the world—voted to approve a revised certification standard (RSPO Principles & Criteria 2024) during its General Assembly,…
“Orangutan Capital” Under Siege: New Evidence Shows Illegal Deforestation in Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem
In July 2024, RAN commissioned Pléiades Neo satellites to fly above Indonesia’s Rawa Singkil Wildlife Reserve to capture unprecedented 30cm resolution imagery to map the extent of illegal deforestation within…
Years After Convictions, Palm Oil Producers Refuse to Pay Fines or Restore Leuser Rainforest Damage
Rogue palm oil companies PT. SPS and PT. Kallista Alam refuse to obey court orders after illegally clearing critical peatlands Two notorious palm oil producers known to operate in Sumatra’s…
Major Palm Oil Traders Confirm RAN Evidence of Illegal Plantations Inside Indonesian Wildlife Refuge, Commit to Restore Destroyed Rainforest
After initially denying the evidence, Indonesia’s largest palm oil traders admit that a supplier to major global brands was operating an illegal plantation inside the nationally protected Rawa Singkil Wildlife…
Notorious Rainforest Destroyer Caught Taking Palm Oil To Global Market
Supply chains of major brands found to be tainted with Conflict Palm Oil, Again As Indonesia’s extraordinary Leuser Ecosystem has gained international recognition as a global biodiversity hotspot, the conservation…
Days ahead of COP27, Unilever sets the model for forest positive landscape programs in the palm oil sector
RAN welcomes landscape-level action but says Unilever must put out the “carbon bombs” in its supply chain Days ahead of COP27, Unilever recently published its “Reimagining Landscapes” report which showcases…
In Disturbing Trend, as Forest Loss Lessens within the Leuser Ecosystem’s Government-Issued Concessions, it is Rising Outside of Them
Major loopholes identified in the ‘No Deforestation’ commitments of global brands Climate scientists are clear that, alongside weaning our societies off of fossil fuels, any viable solution to the rapidly…
Unilever Discloses Impact of Palm Oil Supply Chain on Forests and Communities
Rainforest Action Network calls on Ferrero, Procter & Gamble, and Mondeléz to follow suit in urgent response to climate, human rights crises Today international consumer goods giant Unilever — maker…
2020, Year of the Forests: Long live the Leuser!
2020 was a breakthrough year in our efforts to protect the Leuser, a fragile yet extraordinary ecosystem home to orangutans, tigers, sun bears, rhinos and elephants. Millions of people also depend on the Leuser for clean drinking water, food, and their livelihoods.
