A New Chapter for the Publishing Industry: Putting Promises into Practice
We don’t get to do this as often as we would like. Today, we get to share some good news with you. Thanks to your hard work and support over…
Revelations on illegal Indonesian logging sends clear message to governments and buyers
Last week the former governor of Riau province in Sumatra, the epicenter of deforestation in Indonesia, was sentenced to 14 years in prison by Indonesia’s anti corruption court for taking…
RAN Rocks Expo West Conference
Health food companies selling products with Conflict Palm Oil are called to address the Orangutan in the room. Last weekend, RAN took the truth on Conflict Palm Oil to the…
Climate Culprits Exposed In New Scorecard
We know that keeping forests standing, along with keeping fossil fuels in the ground, offers Earth’s best hope for fighting catastrophic climate change. Yet everyday rainforests and carbon-rich peatlands are…
Stand With Orangutans On World Wildlife Day
Today is World Wildlife Day, and orangutans need your help more than ever. The rainforests in Indonesia and Malaysia that the world’s last remaining wild orangutans rely on are being…
Tell Mars, Inc. To Set an Example for the Snack Food 20
Today I visited the corporate headquarters of Mars, Inc. with Strawberry, an orphaned orangutan from Indonesia, to let the company know that consumers all across the world want Mars to…
It’s Smucker’s Turn to Feel the Pressure
The Snack Food 20 are really feeling the pressure! You all have sent almost 20,000 messages to the Snack Food 20 demanding that they cut “Conflict Palm Oil” tied to…
Strawberry the Orangutan Visits the Home of Tony the Tiger
Today an orangutan called Strawberry, along with RAN’s Palm Oil Action Team and local residents from Battle Creek, Michigan, paid a visit to the home of Tony the Tiger, a.k.a…
Tackling Indonesia’s Deforestation Crisis Together
Jakarta – As fires continue to burn the rainforests of Sumatra and customers around the world continue to raise the volume of their demands for deforestation-free products, a group of…
Clearing the Smog: RAN Pushes Companies and Governments to End Indonesia’s Deforestation Crisis
On my way to Jakarta yesterday for a series of meetings with the Tropical Forest Alliance—a consortium of government and corporate leaders from around the world working to confront the…