Big Food Tries to Buy Its Way to a Healthy Image
Another one bites the dust. Another mom and pop business, that is. Yesterday, snack food giant Hormel bought out Justin’s Nut Butter for $286 million. This is another example of…
Thank you! Global Solidarity Photos Delivered at PepsiCo’s AGM
PepsiCo executives and shareholders received a very clear message from RAN at PepsiCo’s annual shareholder meeting: a growing movement around the world is demanding real change and will not stop…
Demand Action To Stop Guatemala’s Palm Oil Driven Human Rights Crisis
The 6th of June marks the first anniversary of Group Olmeca, a notorious palm oil giant, polluting significant Guatemalan waterways when its effluent ponds overflowed into the Pasión River, causing…
Dallas Activists Infiltrate Frito-Lay Headquarters
Guest post from Morgan Larson from Dallas, Texas. Early this week, PepsiCo subsidiary Frito-Lay held its biannual farmer’s market in Plano, Texas. Dozens of local farmers, spice makers, craftsmen, and…
Six things you need to know about Anadarko, the worst corporation you’ve never heard of
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) continues to auction millions of acres of public lands and waters for pennies on the dollar. But who exactly is profiting from these corporate…
PepsiCo’s Greenwashing Attempts Foiled
PepsiCo is feeling the pressure this week, as people across the country are calling on the giant snack food company to cut Conflict Palm Oil from its products. In addition…
BREAKING: Activists Confront PepsiCo Executive on Labor Abuses
Today RAN activists confronted Al Carey, CEO of PepsiCo North America, on the company’s connection to the exploitation of palm oil workers after his keynote address at an exclusive industry…
Joint letter calling on financial regulators and major banks to prevent repeat Southeast Asia haze crisis in 2016
Corresponding addresses: Rahmawati Retno Winarni Program Director, TuK Indonesia wiwin@tuk.or.id Tom Picken Forests and Finance Campaign Director Rainforest Action Network tpicken@ran.org Jakarta, 27th April 2016 As the fire…
Despite Historic Paris Climate Agreement, Southeast Asia Braces for Another Catastrophic Fire Season
Last week was critical for the world’s forests and climate. First, around 175 countries signed the historic Paris climate agreement which recognizes the crucial role forests play in the fight…
Student Activists Confront PepsiCo Executive on Conflict Palm Oil
On the same day Pepsi was targeted with a daring action in NYC, five student activists at Kansas State University (KSU) took action on their campus by publicly calling out…
BREAKING: Protesters Scale Iconic NYC Pepsi Sign to drop 100’ “Cut Conflict Palm Oil” Banner
In Midtown New York City, if you stand on the banks of the East River and look across to Queens, you’ll see a six story “Pepsi-Cola” sign, with 40 foot…
Tell the Obama administration: Don’t help Big Coal wreck the world’s largest mangrove forest!
Today, Earth Day, Secretary of State John Kerry signs the Paris climate agreement, confirming the United States’ commitment to address global climate change. At the same time, the U.S. government…
Taking on Big Oil and Gas on their Home Turf
Resilient to Resistant If there was one word that I could remove whenever folks speak about the Gulf Coast region, it would be “resilient.” From my experience, resilient is…
For the Orangutan Capital of the World, Stop the Bulldozers
The last peatland forests of the “orangutan capital of the world,” are still being destroyed in a plantation controlled by notorious palm oil company, PT. Surya Panen Subur (SPS) II….
Activists Infiltrate Abercrombie & Fitch Executive’s Speech and Expose Scandal
Last week, RAN activists infiltrated an exclusive investor’s conference in New York and exposed the scandalous risk of rainforest destruction in Abercrombie & Fitch’s fabric supply chain. Abercrombie & Fitch…
Thank You From an Indonesian Frontline Activist
Last December, RAN circulated a petition in support of Indonesian movement leader Sammas Sitorus. Sammas Sitorus’ community of Lumban Sitorus, in North Sumatra, Indonesia, has been fighting for just compensation from pulp…
Cargill’s Progress Reports on Cutting Conflict Palm Oil: More Spin Than Substance.
In its latest Sustainable Palm Oil Report and video, agribusiness giant Cargill tries to convince both its customers in the Snack Food 20 and the public that “Cargill surely are…
RAN Exposes PepsiCo’s Conflict Palm Oil Problem at ExpoWest
As PepsiCo attempted to brand its products as “healthy” and “sustainable” at the Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim this past weekend, RAN was there to expose the truth: human…
RAN Volunteers Working Hard for People and Planet
Since January of this year, a diverse group of intrepid new volunteers joined the San Francisco-based RAN team in a host of roles that collectively support RAN’s critical work to…
Innovation Group Delivers a Leap Forward In Efforts To Transform the Palm Oil Industry
Innovation Group Delivers a Leap Forward In Efforts To Transform the Palm Oil Industry The Palm Oil Innovation Group (POIG), the leading initiative to transform the palm oil industry, has…
Fighting Big Coal in Bangladesh
Today, thousands of Bangladeshi activists embarked on a Long March to protest the construction of coal-fired power plants dangerously close to the Sundarbans, one of the world’s largest mangrove forests…
An Open Letter to Secretary of State John Kerry
March 10, 2016 Dear Secretary of State Kerry, We write in shock and deep sorrow regarding the murder of Honduran human rights and environmental defender Berta Cáceres, founder and general…
JPMorgan Chase Joins Other Wall Street Banks in Moving Away from Coal
On Friday, JPMorgan Chase (JPMC) took a significant step away from financing coal. The bank updated its Environmental and Social Policy Framework‘s sections on coal and is now the…
Mourning the Tragic Assassination of Honduran Indigenous Leader Berta Cáceres, Tireless Advocate for Justice
Today, RAN and the environmental and social justice movements at large mourn the tragic assassination of Honduran Indigenous and environmental organizer Berta Cáceres. She was one of the leading organizers…
PNC’s 2015 Corporate Social Responsibility Report: Progress, But the Time for Incremental Steps on Climate and Coal is Over
This week, PNC Financial released their 2015 CSR Report. Last year was an eventful one for PNC on climate and coal, with the bank announcing a commitment to transition away from financing…