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Green groups & investors push for urgent action on deforestation and human rights abuses from Bunge, one of the world’s largest commodity traders
Friends of the Earth US and Global Witness are urging shareholders in one of the world’s largest agri-commodity traders to vote in favour of tackling deforestation at the company’s upcomin…
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Brief to Shareholders of Bunge April 2021
Shareholders should vote in favor of Proposal 5 calling on Bunge to issue a report assessing if and how it could increase the scale, pace, and rigor of its efforts to eliminate native vegetation conve…
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Frontline Letter to BlackRock
As community leaders, environmental and land defenders, and civil society activists from around the world, we write to you today about your continued failure to recognize and respect the rights of Ind…
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New York state legislators introduce deforestation-free procurement bill
State legislators introduced the New York Deforestation-Free Procurement Act to ensure the state government does not drive deforestation.
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Indigenous Leaders & Goldman Prize Recipients Send Open Letter Demanding BlackRock Act on Deforestation and Human Rights
Over 80 activists issued a public letter criticizing BlackRock for violating Indigenous rights and other traditional communities.
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FOE Statement on Announcement of Federal Deforestation Bill
Senator Brian Schatz of Hawai’i announced today the pending introduction of a federal bill to ban US imports of products linked to illegal deforestation and land conversion.
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Investigation reveals palm oil giant destroyed forests in Upper Guinean Rainforest
Earlier this month an independent investigation in Liberia found that over a thousand hectares of a sensitive and already-threatened forest ecosystem in the Upper Guinean Rainforest had been clea…
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California Assembly Introduces Bill to Make California a Leader in Ending Deforestation
AB 416 asserts our California values and extends environmental leadership to the protection of tropical and boreal forests, sending a powerful signal to global markets that illegal and destructive c…
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Three months since Procter & Gamble’s historic shareholder vote on forests, the company has no plans to end forest destruction.
The world’s largest consumer goods company continues failing to address concerns over its deforestation and forest degradation in the boreal forest of Canada and tropical forests of Indonesia and Ma…
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BlackRock’s Big Problem Responds to Larry Fink’s 2021 Letters
With close to $9 trillion in assets under management, BlackRock has expansive power and responsibility to push for a sustainable future.