Forests and Finance: New Cash for Conflict Palm Oil
RAN briefing finds pending $900 million deal threatens forests, peatlands and communities across Indonesia. Indonesian palm oil firm BW Plantation (BWPT) approved last week a USD $900 million share rights…
RAN Responds to Palm Oil Giant KLK’s Sustainability Pledge: ‘Actions Speak Louder Than Words’
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, December 2, 2014 CONTACT: Laurel Sutherlin, 415.246.0161 Laurel@ran.org San Francisco, CA – Malaysian palm oil giant Kuala Lumpur Kepong (KLK), one of the most controversial of the major…
Thank You, Cargill a Timeline to Transformation
Thank You.That is what this post is all about. Simply: Thank You. After seven long years of campaigning against Cargill — the biggest privately held corporation in the US –…
Triple Pundit: Pepsi True Savaged on Amazon Over Palm Oil Controversy
“Less than two months ago PepsiCo hyped a new soft drink product, Pepsi True, as an alternative to the high fructose corn syrupy sweet and artificially sweetened zero-calorie options the company…
The Dallas Morning News: Protest over ‘palm oil’ threatens launch of lower-calorie cola
“An online protest over the use of palm oil by Frito-Lay is threatening to undermine the launch of a new reduced-calorie cola by its sister brand, Pepsi, which uses no…
The Independent: Pepsi True back on Amazon after product dissappeared from catalogue amid pressure from environmentalist groups
“Amazon has reinstated Pepsi True’s page on its website after the listing was flooded with negative reviews from environmentalist groups over its “irresponsible” use of palm oil. The campaign was led…
Palm Oil: Where to From Here?
As Rainforest Action Network’s palm oil campaigners wrap up a full, fast and furious week here at the 12th annual gathering of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) in…
