Rainforest Action Network

OUR MISSION IS TO PRESERVE FORESTS, PROTECT THE CLIMATE AND UPHOLD HUMAN RIGHTS BY CHALLENGING CORPORATE POWER AND SYSTEMIC INJUSTICE THROUGH FRONTLINE PARTNERSHIPS AND STRATEGIC CAMPAIGNS.

FOREST, FINANCE, AGRIBUSINESS, AND HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGNRANS FOREST CAMPAIGN IS FOCUSED ON PROTECTING FORESTS BY SUPPORTING INDIGENOUS RIGHTS, WORKING WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES, AND REFORMING CORPORATE ACTIONS AND FINANCIAL SYSTEMS THAT ARE DRIVING DEFORESTATION AND WORSENING CLIMATE CHANGE. RAN EXECUTES EFFECTIVE MARKETS AND FINANCE CAMPAIGNS, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, TO PROFILE AND PROTECT THE LAST REMAINING INTACT FOREST REGIONS AND CREATES LEVERAGE IN THE MARKETPLACE THAT CAN SERVE TO PROTECT FORESTS, SECURE COMMUNITY LAND RIGHTS, AND HELP STABILIZE THE GLOBAL CLIMATE.CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O

CLIMATE CHANGE, HUMAN RIGHTS AND FINANCE CAMPAIGNRAN'S CLIMATE AND ENERGY CAMPAIGN IS FOCUSED ON RESEARCHING THE FINANCIAL FLOWS AND INSURANCE COMPANIES BEHIND FOSSIL FUEL PRODUCTION AND BUILDING PRESSURE ON THESE INSTITUTIONS TO CHANGE THEIR HARMFUL POLICIES AND PRACTICES. RAN HAS BECOME THE GLOBAL LEADER IN ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES TO REIN IN AND REVERSE THE DISASTROUS IMPACTS OF INDUSTRIES DRIVING CLIMATE CHANGE BY CUTTING OFF THEIR SUPPLY OF CAPITAL AND INSURANCE. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O

OTHER PROGRAMMINGSINCE 1985, RAINFOREST ACTION NETWORK (RAN) HAS UNDERTAKEN BOLD CAMPAIGNS TO HOLD SOME OF THE WORLD'S BIGGEST CORPORATIONS ACCOUNTABLE FOR FOREST DESTRUCTION, LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY, CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE EXPLOITATION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, LOCAL COMMUNITIES, AND WORKERS. RAN IS WORKING TOWARDS A WORLD WHERE THE CLIMATE IS PROTECTED, BIODIVERSITY IS PRIORITIZED AND RIGHTS ARE SECURED AND UPHELD. RAN WAS AN INNOVATOR AND EARLY PROPONENT OF A MARKET CAMPAIGN APPROACH TO INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM. THE CORPORATE COMMITMENTS WE NEGOTIATE INCLUDE NOT ONLY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS BUT ALSO RECOGNITION AND RESPECT FOR HUMAN AND INDIGENOUS RIGHTS. RAN CAMPAIGNS DEPLOY SEVERAL KEY TACTICS, INCLUDING: HIGH-PROFILE, DIRECT COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZING AND PEACEFUL DIRECT ACTIONS; COORDINATED MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS; INCISIVE RESEARCH AND HARD-HITTING REPORTS; COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS; HIGH-LEVEL CORPORATE ENGAGEMENT AND NEGOTIATIONS AND RELENTLESS FOLLOW-UP TO ENSURE THAT PROMISES ARE KEPT. FOSSIL FUELS AND DEFORESTATION ARE TWO OF THE BIGGEST DRIVERS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. EXTRACTING AND BURNING FOSSIL FUELS AND DESTROYING FORESTS ARE ALSO OFTEN PRECEDED BY, AND LEAVE BEHIND, A WAKE OF CATASTROPHIC HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. AT RAN, WE BELIEVE THAT ENSURING THAT RIGHTS ARE RESPECTED IS A CORE PILLAR OF ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE.