On September 15, 2015, Indigenous and frontline leaders were joined by national environmentalists in Washington, D.C. to deliver a letter from more than 400 organizations and leaders demanding that President…
A few miles north of New York City, what do Westchester and Fairfield Counties have to do with child labor? Species extinction? Rainforest destruction? Climate change? Everything. PepsiCo’s Conflict Palm…
Check out this Financial Times op-ed from Ben Goldsmith on the laws needed to stop banks from financing companies putting people and forests at risk. Banks and investors in Southeast…
RAN Supports Standing Rock Sioux Against Dakota Access Pipeline Rainforest Action Network has joined more than 30 national environmental organizations in calling on President Obama to stop the construction of…
This blog was written by Julien Vincent, Executive Director of Market Forces Australia, for the 2016 Fossil Fuel Finance Report Card: Shorting the Climate. Over the past five years, Australia…
This blog was written by Rebekah Hinojosa of Save RGV from LNG, and Johanna de Graffenreid of Gulf Restoration Network. The Rio Grande Valley along the Texas and Mexico border…
Young people aren’t buying it. A dozen youth leaders did a flash mob at a Hollister store in Detroit to demand it use rainforest-free fabrics in its clothing. Watch the…
Tyson Foods is a massive company that has a devastating impact on countless people, animals and our planet. This corporate giant profits from “processing” chicken, cows and pigs into meat…
With rare exceptions, banks continue to fall woefully short on human rights policies. The U.N. Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights set out authoritative global standards concerning corporations’ —…
Last night PepsiCo re-launched its 90’s throwback drink, Crystal Pepsi. It was a 90’s-filled night, with performances by Salt-N-Pepa and En Vogue. In typical 90’s nerd fashion, we weren’t invited,…
Pepsi is about to launch its biggest advertising campaign of the last two decades. Using Facebook, Twitter, and shameless nostalgia, Pepsi is resurrecting its ”iconic clear soda from the 90’s,”…
In Europe, attention on lignite coal, the dirtiest form of coal, is usually focused on Germany, the European Union’s largest economy where, in spite of one of the world’s most…
As the future of the U.S. coal mining industry darkens, one upstart vulture firm has snapped up several mines from distressed coal giants. Founded in 2010, Blackhawk Mining has rapidly…
On Earth Day, we asked you to tell the U.S. Export-Import Bank to stay far away from two proposed coal plants in Bangladesh. Yesterday, we brought your voice straight to…
Yesterday, news broke of a pending decision by the RSPO Complaints Panel to lift the suspension of IOI Group’s certification under the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil certification system. If…
“What would it look like if we won the battle against climate change?” RAN attempted to answer this question through Change the Course, a people-powered approach for developing strategies for a…
Over the past decade, Indonesia has undergone a major coal mining boom. The country has now announced plans to secure a market for its own coal by significantly expanding domestic…
The Sundarbans mangrove forest is a UNESCO World Heritage site shared by Bangladesh and India. A joint venture between the two countries’ national electricity providers is putting this precious biodiverse…
The United Nations has recognized the Sundarbans in Bangladesh — the world’s largest mangrove forest and safe haven for endangered species like the Bengal tiger — as a World Heritage…
Guest Blog by Tom Sanzillo, IEEFA’s director of finance. Institutions That Fail to Heed Market Warnings Are Likely to End Up With Far Worse Than Bad Grades From the Rainforest Action Network…
A grassroots rebellion against oil, gas and coal extraction on public lands is spreading across the U.S. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) continues to auction off our public lands,…
Last December, for the first time in history, the international community agreed to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change. Meeting…
There are so many stories behind the production of palm oil. Stories of rampant deforestation, toxic haze from man-made fires, and sky high climate emissions are a few that have…
Abercrombie & Fitch found itself in the hot seat this Memorial Day weekend as shoppers, in search of hot summer deals at Abercrombie & Fitch stores across the globe, were…
Are Japan’s biggest corporations deliberately misreporting sustainability or simply oblivious to the major environmental and social risks they face from deforestation footprints? Either way, shareholders beware; environmental and social risks…