Meet the Palm Oil Action Team Leaders: Shannen Casey
Part 6 of our 7 part blog series that tell the unique and inspiring stories of RAN’S various Palm Oil Action Leaders continues with Shannen Casey, a Leader based in…
Obama Administration Rewards Malaysia with Improved Human Trafficking Status One Day After Wall Street Journal Exposes Human Trafficking on Palm Oil Plantations
Trans-Pacific Partnership deal coincides with sudden shift in Malaysia’s ranking; WSJ reports: “They buy and sell us like cattle,” says palm oil worker. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Emma Rae Lierley,…
Joint NGO Statement: Modern Day Slavery Found on RSPO Member Felda Global Venture’s Plantations
Coalition of NGOs calls on the RSPO, Malaysian Government and international buyers for an open investigation into The Wall Street Journal’s findings FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Emma Rae Lierley, Emma@ran.org,…
Aceh’s lowland forests: Going, Going, Gone?
My feet are now firmly on the ground, but just a short time ago I was flying over the lowlands of the Leuser Ecosystem on the island of Sumatra in…
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Conflict Palm Oil Demonstration at Nissin Foods US Headquarters
At 5 AM, our alarms went off, and we began to peel ourselves out of beds and off of couches all over the house. We had a box packed with…
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Maruchan Responds To Pressure In An Instant: But Its New Palm Oil Commitment Falls Short
Maruchan—America’s #1 instant noodle brand—has been linked to the controversial ingredient Conflict Palm Oil. The true costs of Conflict Palm Oil are staggering. This widely used vegetable oil has been…
Conflict Palm Oil In An Instant: Activists Call On Instant Noodle Giant to Clean Up Its Supply Chain
Protesters gather outside corporate headquarters in wake of recent report calling out popular instant noodle companies as ‘worst performing’ laggards among the ‘Snack Food 20’ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ***High-res Images…
Conflict Palm Oil Progress Report: Major Snack Food Brands Continue to Lag Behind Corporate Peers on Sustainability Commitments
New report calls on laggards among the ‘Snack Food 20’––PepsiCo, Kraft Heinz and instant noodle giants––to do more to cut Conflict Palm Oil from their supply chains FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE…