VICE on HBO Investigates “Indonesia’s Palm Bomb”
Now in its third season, VICE on HBO has provided powerful investigative reports on some of the most compelling and urgent issues around the world. In its latest episode airing tonight, the VICE team...
View ArticleMandarin Oriental: We’re Not Fans of Your Rainforest Destruction
Forest advocates and concerned hotel guests around the world today launched a new effort to let Mandarin Oriental know that they aren’t fans of rainforest destruction. The new She’s Not a Fan campaign,...
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Golden Agri-Resources: Sadly, No Longer a Green Tiger
Forest Heroes announced today that it was downgrading the Singapore-listed palm oil producer Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) in its Green Tiger rankings of environmental and social performance of major...
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From London to New York: We Are Not Fans of Mandarin Oriental’s Rainforest...
Elephants to Mandarin: “I’d rather stay at the Ritz.” Today, forest advocates and concerned hotel guests took to the streets from London to New York City to tell the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group to...
View ArticleMandarin Oriental-Linked Palm Oil Company Puts Moratorium on Deforestation;...
The Forest Heroes alliance today welcomed the announcement of an immediate moratorium on forest clearance by Astra Agro Lestari, the large Indonesian palm oil company connected to Mandarin Oriental...
View ArticlePlantation Development in Sarawak Threatens Trader’s Sustainability Policy...
This week, a palm oil plantation company with supply chain links to US-based agricultural trader Bunge announced its plans to expand development on to 14,000 hectares of carbon-rich peatland in the...
View ArticleConsumers to Starbucks: Hold the Deforestation, Please
In honor of Global Tiger Day, concerned consumers around the world today called on Starbucks to earn its stripes and eliminate deforestation and exploitation from its global supply chain. Consumer...
View ArticleVictory! Palm Oil Giant Astra Agro Lestari Pledges Zero-Deforestation
Forest Heroes Coalition Ends Global “She’s Not a Fan” Campaign The Forest Heroes alliance today welcomed the announcement of a strong forest conservation and human rights policy by Astra Agro Lestari,...
View ArticleAlarming Developments in Latin American Palm Oil Industry Spur Global Call To...
Spurred by the recent murder of Guatemalan environmental and human rights defender Rigoberto Lima Choc, Forest Heroes has joined a coalition of global human rights and environmental organizations to...
View ArticleStatement on Wilmar’s Zero Deforestation Policy Progress Report
Today at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Wilmar International – the world’s largest palm oil trader – released the two-year Progress Update on its historic No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation...
View ArticleAstra Agro Lestari joins IPOP
In response to international pressure from Forest Heroes’ She’s Not a Fan Campaign, as well other international efforts, Indonesia’s second-largest palm oil grower Astra Agro Lestari formally joined...
View ArticleForest Heroes Joins Latino, Indigenous Leaders Calling for an Investigation...
Solidarity Statement Demands Increased Protection for Environmental and Human Rights Activists throughout the Americas Contact: Mark Magana Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, March 3, 2016, Berta Cáceres, a...
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Forest Heroes Joins NGOs, Civil Society in Calling on Major Consumer Brands...
Forest Heroes joined an international coalition of environmental and human rights groups in calling on hundreds of global brands and traders to drop their ties to controversial palm oil supplier IOI...
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Forest Heroes, NGOs to Restaurant Brands International: Release a Policy to...
[Download as PDF] Mr. Alexandre Behring Executive Chairman and Board Member Restaurant Brands International 226 Wyecroft Road Oakville, Ontario, Canada L6K 3X7 October 24, 2016 Dear Mr. Behring, The...
View ArticleNew Announcement Can Transform Ramen Noodles – and the U.S. Palm Oil Market
Statement of Scott Paul Director, Forest Heroes Campaign “Instant ramen noodles are cheap, delicious and contain more palm oil by weight than any other product on the market. However for years...
View ArticleAmericans Deserve Rainforest-Safe Ramen
Instant noodles are cheap, delicious, and a key to ending destruction of much of the world’s last remaining rainforests. From the college student’s humble bowl of ramen to a midafternoon workplace...
View ArticleGreen Cats: Scoring Palm Oil and Soy Companies on Forest Polices and...
Many of the world’s agriculture commodity companies have expressed a recognition of the damage caused by unsustainable policies – and hundreds of companies in agricultural supply chains have signed...
View ArticleThe Latin American Palm Oil Sector
New Alliances, Creative Campaigns A FOREST HEROES BRIEF Increasingly the global palm industry is training its sights on a new frontier: Latin America. Southeast Asia is the world’s biggest supplier of...
View ArticleBehind the Global Curve: A Scorecard of the Latin American Palm Oil Sector
New Alliances, Creative Campaigns A FOREST HEROES BRIEF Forest Heroes’ newest report, “Behind the Global Curve: A Scorecard of the Latin American Palm Oil Sector” rates the transparency and corporate...
View ArticleGreen Cats 2018 Update: Scoring Palm Oil and Soy Companies on Forest Policies...
Since 2015, Forest Heroes has assessed the actions of companies in their efforts to adhere to deforestation standards and policies in the palm oil and soy sectors around the world in our “Green Cats”...
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