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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.
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BlackRock Stewardship Expectations Must Address Indigenous Consultation And Forest Protection
BlackRock released its 2021 Stewardship Expectations, giving a window into what we can expect the world’s largest money manager to say and do on climate in the year ahead.
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African Peoples Tribunal to Dismantle Power of Industrial Plantation Corporations, Building People Power
Affected communities and civil society will bring testimonies on cases of human rights violations and environmental degradation connected with monoculture tree plantations expansion from ten countries…
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Ferguson, up for Treasury Secretary, leaves a legacy of misleading claims to social responsibility
As Wall Street executive Roger Ferguson Jr. is shortlisted for Secretary of the Treasury under President-elect Joe Biden’s new administration, new analysis reveals that his Fortune 100 finance firm…
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TIAA’s Accumulation of Farmland is Not Responsible
TIAA’s “Responsible Investment in Farmland” report series highlights the fact that in 2011 TIAA was one of a group of businesses that developed the Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI) Far…