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In the wake of an audit confirming accusations of environmental abuses by the controversial Indonesian palm oil supplier Sinar Mas, Cargill has announced a decision to continue business as usual relations with the disgraced palm oil provider. Posted only as an update to a section of their website, Cargill’s decision is an unexpected step Read More… Cargill Hoodwinked by Palm Oil Audit Widely Panned as Misrepresentative  Leave a comment  161, 2010, Animal Rights & Environment, Issues 160 - 169, Rainforest Action Network, Sep 2010  BSI Group, Cargill, clearing forests without permits, Control Union Certifications, CUC, deforestation and destruction of orangutan habitat, destroying peatland and causing social conflict, destruction, Indonesia, palm oil, rainforest, Sinar Mas, SMART Within the last two years, Bank of America, Citi, JPMorgan Chase, and Wells Fargo along with Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley have successively passed public policies limiting their financial relationships with coal operators that practice mountaintop removal (MTR) coal mining. These banks were the lead financiers of the practice prior to their policy shifts. Read More… Wall Street Backs Away From Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Today, major palm oil trader Cargill announced a new agreement to provide Unilever with palm oil that is certified as segregated “at every step of the supply chain.” Both Unilever and Cargill are members of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). Since 2007, Rainforest Action Network (RAN) has been running a market campaign Read More… Rainforest Action Network Welcomes Cargill’s Palm Oil Announcement 7/22/10 — Today activists with the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) attended Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship’s National Press Club speaking event. RAN was there to call attention to Massey’s repeated mine safety violations, including the April 5 Upper Big Branch mine explosion in which 29 miners tragically died, as well as the company’s lead |
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