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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…
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38 New York Lawmakers Call on Gov. Hochul to Position New York as Global Climate Leader by Signing the TREES Act
This week, 38 New York legislators are calling on Governor Kathy Hochul to protect the world’s rainforests and sign the Tropical Rainforest Economic & Environmental Sustainability (TREES) Act.
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Climate Week Panel: Experts Discuss Benefits of TREES Act During Climate Week
This is the most substantial climate legislation awaiting action by the Governor and the most important pending deforestation measure we know of in the world.
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Ahead of Amazon Rainforest Day, Environmental Advocates, Responsible Businesses, Faith Leaders, and Indigenous Communities Urge Governor Hochul To Sign the TREES Act
In New York, Governor Hochul can help end this devastation of Indigenous communities and endangered species with a commonsense climate solution.
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Civil society groups demand sustainable palm oil body reject Indonesian palm oil giant Astra Agro Lestari’s membership
Providing AAL with RSPO membership undermines communities’ demands for justice and further undermines the RSPO, and such greenwashing fails to protect human rights, redress land conflicts, or preven…
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More than 100 Groups Urge Gov. Hochul to Sign the NY TREES Act
The ongoing destruction of the earth’s last great rainforests is as unforgivable as it is irreversible, and is inextricably tied to labor abuses, violence against human rights defenders, species ext…
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Cultivating Conflict
Cultivating Conflict details how land conflicts and a lack of accountability enables palm oil company AAL’s controversial operations.