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Protesters Single Out Japan’s Largest Bank, Mitsubishi UFJ (MUFG)-Union Bank, During Global Climate Action Summit Climate activists demand MUFG end financing of extreme fossil fuels and deforestation San Francisco – Dozens of environmental and human rights advocates staged an action in downtown San Francisco today at the headquarters of Union Bank, the U.S. subsidiary of …
Rainforest Action Network commends the global apparel brand for joining leading companies in addressing important issue SAN FRANCISCO – GUESS?, Inc. has announced a new policy on the sourcing of popular but controversial wood-based fabrics, including rayon, viscose and modal, in its clothes. The popular apparel brand’s new policy was created in collaboration with Rainforest Action Network …
Colombia is working with the Tropical Forest Alliance 2020 to convene a multistakeholder platform of buyers, producers, international donors, NGOs and civil society organizations to protect the Amazon rainforest The platform will initially cover palm oil and is expected to extend to other major commodity-driven causes of deforestation, including beef, dairy and timber The government …
Jakarta, 28 April 2017 – The IOI Group, one of the world’s largest palm oil traders, today made a significant commitment to address deforestation and exploitation throughout its supply chain. [1] Greenpeace has suspended its active campaign to give IOI time to show it is serious about reform. Today’s announcement comes one year after the …
Teminabuan, West Papua, 9 March 2017 – A 3,545 hectare slice of Papua’s rainforest was today officially placed in community hands, to be protected and managed by the indigenous people of the Knasaimos landscape in West Papua’s Bird’s Head Peninsula. This is the first Village Forest to be established in Papua and it allows the …
The RSPO has published its 2016 RSPO Impact Report, providing a detailed look at RSPO’s sustainability efforts and outcomes from the past year. Over the years, the RSPO’s focus has remained constant: transforming the market to make sustainable palm oil the norm. To ensure the vision is achieved, the RSPO vigilantly monitors the impact …
Jakarta, 15 March 2016 — As a new forest fire crisis builds in the country, with fire hotspots numbering in the hundreds on many recent days, Greenpeace Indonesia today launched a mapping tool allowing the public to monitor fires and deforestation in near-real time, and see to an unprecedented extent who controls the land where …
Jakarta, 30 June 2014 – A study in the journal Nature Climate Change alleges that the rate of deforestation in Indonesia is now the highest in the world. The study claims Indonesia lost 840,000 hectares of forest in 2012 compared to 460,000 hectares in Brazil. In response, Forest Campaigner at Greenpeace Southeast Asia, Yuyun Indradi, …
Greenpeace urges L’Oreal to implement policy without delay Jakarta, 30 January 2014 – L’Oreal, the world’s largest beauty and cosmetics company, has committed to remove forest destruction from its products by 2020. Greenpeace expects other companies to follow with more ambitious timelines. “In a win for consumers around the world, L’Oreal has committed to ending its …