Confronting Pepsi at Super Bowl City
After two years of campaigning, snack food giant PepsiCo has still not adequately addressed its Conflict Palm Oil problem. And now, with the Pepsi-branded halftime show at Super Bowl 50,…
Activists take on Abercrombie & Fitch’s hidden scandal
Abercrombie & Fitch is no stranger to scandal––but one controversy it has been able to ignore so far is its impact on Indonesia’s incredible tropical rainforests and the people who…
The Leuser Ecosystem: At the Frontlines of Extinction
This blog comes to us from Heather Rally, a wildlife veterinarian who worked on the covert operations for the highly acclaimed film Racing Extinction. You have likely heard of the Amazon or…
Wilmar Misses Deadline To Cut Conflict Palm Oil
Rainforest Action Network Calls Announcements “Disappointing,” Outlines Steps Needed To Drive Real Change On The Ground Rainforest Action Network has responded to announcements made by Wilmar International during the…
Big Food Wins Dietary Guidelines Battle
The 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA), released on January 7, are woefully disappointing. In a classic case of David vs. Goliath, after almost a year of savvy organizing by…
Make Big Tobacco pay
One of the world’s biggest tobacco companies has been caught red-handed undermining democracy to push its deadly product. But we have a chance to hold them accountable. Add your voice:…
2015: Driving Change to the Forest Floor
Celebrating 30 years of challenging corporate power, 2015 was a pivotal year for Rainforest Action Network. This year proved to be a unique moment in RAN’s forest program history, as…
Restoring the Leuser Ecosystem: Government Leadership in Action!
Last week, local government officials from the district of Aceh Tamiang in Aceh, Indonesia, began a project to restore 1,070 hectares of forest within the Leuser Ecosystem that had been…
2015 In Review: Exposing Spin and Driving Innovation In the Palm Oil Industry
In 2014, we witnessed a wave of paper commitments to cut the destruction of rainforest and peatlands, and the exploitation of local communities and workers, from the supply chains of…
RAN’s Palm Oil Action Team: A Year in Review
2015 has been a powerful year in RAN’s Conflict Palm Oil Campaign. RAN Palm Oil Activists have worked tirelessly to keep the pressure on PepsiCo and the rest of Snack…
Year in Review: Rainforest Free Pulp and Paper Campaign
What an incredible year for our work on pulp and paper in Indonesia! We had some incredible successes, one heartbreaking setback and many powerful moments. Here’s a glimpse behind the…
Are APP and Suppliers Responsible for Lion’s Share of South Sumatra Fires?
Indonesia headed into the recent Paris climate talks with the dubious honor of being the country with the highest rate of greenhouse gas emission in the world. Indonesia skyrocketed into…
The Biggest Climate Story You’re Probably Not Following
As leaders of the world’s largest economies gather at the global climate negotiations in Paris, there’s an ongoing climate emergency unfolding in Indonesia that demands our attention: the country has…
COP 21: Don’t Ignore the Background (Part 1)
Riot police van at sunset, COP 21 in Le Bourget, France Introduction: Glimpses of the Background at COP 21 The start of the Paris Climate Conference has…
5 Things to Know: Why Big Banks Still Haven’t Passed the Coal Test
Rainforest Action Network released a new report today about the big banks profiting off of coal. Here are five things you need to know from The Coal Test: Where Banks…
Wall Street is listening — banks must drop coal!
In just six months, four of the six biggest U.S. banks have committed to cut financing for coal mining: Bank of America, Citi, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo. That’s excellent…
BREAKING: Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo are cutting coal mining financing!
Great news today. As a result of your actions this fall, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo announced they’re cutting financing for the global coal industry! You made this happen. When…
Keystone XL belongs in a museum
Three weeks ago, the climate movement forced the rejection of Keystone XL, with President Obama turning down the pipeline after seven years of activist pressure.1 The very idea of the project…
Coal India: You spoke, Wall Street listened!
Good news this week! On Coal India, you spoke—and Wall Street listened. U.S. banks stayed away from the deal! Back in September, we asked for your help when a share…
Morgan Stanley Drop Coal Petitions Delivered Coast to Coast
Today began with a national call in to Morgan Stanley global headquarters and culminated in the delivery of petitions at 15 Morgan Stanley locations from coast to coast. Activists hand…
Video: PepsiCo Declared “Out of Order” Across the Globe
PepsiCo’s new palm oil policy and ‘action plan’ has a loophole the size of Indonesia. Throughout the month of October, forest fires, intentionally lit to clear land for palm oil…