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AAL Risk Alert
FOE groups have published numerous reports with documented evidence of sustained environmental, governance, and human rights abuses by AAL.
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Statement in response to veto of NY TREES Act
Governor Hochul’s veto of the TREES Act is an unfortunate delay to the urgent need for state-level climate action.
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Friends of the Earth U.S. Analysis on the Biden Administration’s Deforestation Policy Framework
Yesterday, the Biden-Harris administration released a 6-point policy framework for reducing US imports of products tied to deforestation.
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On Global Human Rights Day, Friends of the Earth groups welcome United Nations scrutiny over palm oil industry and Astra Agro Lestari’s human rights abuses
Friends of the Earth groups welcome newly-public UN letters raising concerns over palm oil giant Astra Agro Lestari (AAL)’s widespread human rights abuses, land grabbing and environmental degradation.
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Gov. Hochul, Sign the TREES Act Now
The TREES Act — which passed the Legislature in May — would require New York state to prove it is not purchasing products driving deforestation. If signed, it would be the first anti-deforestati…
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Friends of the Earth files OECD Complaint against BlackRock for Investments in Agribusiness Companies Causing Environmental, Human Rights Violations
Friends of the Earth U.S. and the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB) submitted an OECD complaint against BlackRock for directly contributing to environmental and human rights abuses a…
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OECD Complaint Against BlackRock
The complaint, which was filed with the National Contact Point at the U.S. State Department, details how BlackRock has poured billions of dollars into companies destroying the world’s last standing…
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BlackRock Can’t Hide
How a new complaint targets the world’s largest asset manager for deforestation and human rights abuses When we consider the tragic increase in deforestation in the last year (16 million acres perma…
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Friends of the Earth groups condemn new reports of violence and threats against communities by Astra Agro Lestari and Indonesian military police force
Recent incidents continue a pattern of intimidation against community leaders and Human Rights Defenders opposed to AAL’s controversial palm oil operations in Indonesia.
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Major Banks Fueling Biodiversity Collapse by $395 Billion Since the Paris Agreement; Governments Failing to Reign in Banks
As the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) COP16 approaches, new research released by the Forests and Finance Coalition reveals that the world’s major banks have funneled over US $395 billion i…