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Chronicle of a Palm Oil Ecocide
In 2015, two massive pollution events in the Pasión River resulted in the death of tens of thousands of fish and affected the economic livelihood of least 12,000 people from 20 indigenous communities…
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Broad, International Coalition Calls Out PepsiCo for Ongoing Deforestation, Labor Rights Abuses in Palm Oil Supply Chain
It is with the utmost urgency that we call on PepsiCo to address the egregious impacts of its palm oil supply chain and business partnerships in Indonesia and other sourcing regions including Malaysia…
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Invested in Exploitation? TIAA’s Ties to Land Grabbing and Deforestation
The investment management firm TIAA is leading a trend of speculating in land markets, which drives up farmland prices and displaces family farmers.
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TIAA tied to deforestation and displacement of farmers, environmentalists claim in new report
Deforestation is a major driver of climate destruction, and we’d like to see TIAA stop being part of the problem, and become part of the solution.
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Activists and clients tell TIAA to stop investments linked to deforestation and displacement of local farmers
TIAA’s investments support palm oil companies that raze forests and drive species to extinction. It is time for TIAA to reveal and reduce their ties to this destruction and truly practice social res…
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Friends of the Earth announces historic verdict in Indonesia’s fight against deforestation
Palm oil from Central Kalimantan is in thousands of consumer food products and cosmetics on the global market, as well as in biofuels in many countries; numerous palm oil companies implicated in the d…
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Palm Oil Divestment Goes Mainstream
There’s a lot more to be done by Dimensional and every other US investment firm – but this signals an important first step in moving away from funding destructive palm oil practices
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Guatemalan land defenders are under threat and need justice
The best way to defend our lands, rivers and forests is to speak out for the defenders—the people at the front lines of these struggles—so they may live on to continue fighting for all of us.
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Environmental and human rights groups appeal to Guatemalan government to protect land defenders
Today we are calling on government officials to take urgent action to address threats against the Commission for the Defense of Life and Nature and other civil society groups that are peacefully deman…
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Palm Oil Fact Sheet
An estimated 61,000,000 metrics tons of palm oil were consumed globally in 2015.