Why Boycotting Isn’t Our Main Pressure Strategy
At RAN we often hear the question, “Which products should I buy?” and “How can I shop ethically?” It’s a valid concern that reflects a deep desire to do right by the planet and each other. But, while avoiding certain products can be a potent form of resistance, this approach only touches the outermost layer of a much deeper, systemic issue. In fact, it doesn’t always have the impact we hope it will.
Royal Golden Eagle Group Receives Billions in Sustainability Loans Amid Ongoing Links to Deforestation Across its Business
Royal Golden Eagle has received $4.25 billion in “sustainability linked loans” since 2021, with Japanese megabank Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) playing a key role. This green finance purports to incentivize “zero tolerance for deforestation” and “radical traceability and transparency,” among other headline goals, but regulators have expressed concerns around greenwashing.
We crashed Procter & Gamble’s “Signal Conference” and got arrested
P&G met with corporate leaders to talk about “rising global uncertainty” as their business practices lay waste to frontline communities and rainforests.
There’s no Pride in Corporate Greed
As Pride celebrations continue to expand, we’ve witnessed an unsettling trend: corporate sponsors have increasingly taken center stage.
Procter & Gamble Exposed for Failure to Fulfill Commitments to Restore Critical Rainforest Destroyed by Illegal Palm Oil Development in Indonesia
After P&G suppliers verified RAN’s evidence of illegal palm development in a wildlife reserve, P&G pledged to fix it. Now the company has abandoned its promises *Leuser Watch post published…
P&G Accused of Failing to Deliver on Public Commitment to Restore Illegal Palm Plantations in Leuser Ecosystem
Procter and Gamble remains at risk of sourcing illegal palm oil In response to a Rainforest Action Network (RAN) investigation exposing illegal palm oil development in the Leuser Ecosystem, called…
We Vacationed with the World’s Biggest Pillagers in Boca Raton
Last week, we dipped our toes in the warm waters of South Florida at a gathering of elite investment firms and consumer goods companies known as the Consumer Analyst Group…
P&G: Stop Forest Destruction
In June, the company quietly published a revised Forest Commodity Policy that, in spite of public commitments to intact forests and forest communities, actually weakens the company’s forests standards. A…
Action Debrief: Bridges and Banners in Cincinnati!
RAN’s social media strategist Kalyxa Roman joins our latest YouTube installment to talk about RAN’s two years of protest against P&G in Cincinnati, including highlights from a daring banner drop on a suspension bridge.
