Land Grabbing, Forests & Finance
Search
Categories
Issues
Projects
-
The dubious fanfare about BlackRock’s social purpose
If you look at BlackRock’s actual investments, you could be forgiven for thinking that their purpose is to drive civilization off the climate cliff while profiting from the wreckage.
-
Civil Society Groups Vow to Oppose “Hateful Rhetoric, Violence, Intimidation and Persecution” by Bolsonaro Government
The election of right-wing extremist Jair Bolsonaro as Brazil’s next president represents a crisis for indigenous rights, the Amazon rainforest, and our global climate.
-
Palm Oil Was Supposed to Help Save the Planet. Instead It Unleashed a Catastrophe: Four Takeaways from this Sunday’s New York Times Article
Staff at Friends of the Earth worked closely with the reporter, ProPublica’s Abrahm Lustgarten, to share background information and analysis, supply contacts in Indonesia and bring him along on publ…
-
Major palm oil company execs arrested for bribery in Indonesia
Earlier this week Reuters reported on a bribery scandal in Indonesia that has resulted — so far — in the arrests of seven people, including senior executives of palm company Sinar Mas Agro…
-
Is S&P Dow Jones greenwashing conflict palm oil?
In its annual listing of sustainable companies released last month, S&P Dow Jones Indices included Golden Agri-Resources, a palm oil company financing operations in Liberia.
-
BlackRock’s Big Palm Oil Problem
BlackRock is the largest U.S. financier of palm oil. Enabled by BlackRock’s money, dirty palm oil continues to be produced, traded and consumed with no consequence — and rampant deforestation…
-
How Palm Oil Poses Material Risks to Investors
Palm oil is an edible plant oil derived from the fruit of the oil palm tree and used in thousands of consumer products, from cookies to cosmetics to biofuels.
-
The Importance of Land Rights for Investors in Agribusiness
Within the field of sustainable development, there is no concern more fundamental than the governance and management of land and natural re- sources. Yet institutional investors with significant holdi…
-
Environmental Social and Governance Policies of the Top U.S. Financiers of Palm Oil
Current ranking among US equity investors with stocks in palm oil production, by dollar amount invested.
-
Press Advisory: Senate Briefing on Private Investment as Driver of Deforestation and Climate Change
With growing concern over the impacts of climate change and related financial risks to U.S. investors, Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Friends of the Earth and Amazon Watch will host a briefing on priva…