Mighty Earth is a global campaign organization that works to protect the environment. We focus on the big issues: conserving threatened landscapes like tropical rainforests, protecting oceans, and solving climate change.
Latest Updates
Despite laudable goals, CFI must improve
Since November 2017, the chocolate industry has embraced the goal of ending deforestation in cocoa. Coordinated largely through the Cocoa and Forests Initiative (CFI), there has been an unmistakable trend towards ending deforestation, joint industry action, traceability, transparency, agroforestry, as well as other sustainable agricultural practices.
Cargill’s Uninspiring Climate Commitment
Successful implementation is a less likely outcome than another pained acknowledgement that they will fail to meet the goal
World’s major chocolate companies make landmark call for EU to regulate cocoa sector
As a member of The VOICE Network, Mighty Earth is thrilled to join VOICE, Rainforest Alliance, Fairtrade, and the world’s largest chocolate companies in calling on the European Union to strengthen their requirements for environmental protections and human rights safeguards in the cocoa trade.
Mighty Earth, ArcelorMittal, Lendlease, Daimler, HSBC & Others Launch ResponsibleSteel™, The World’s First Sustainability Standard For The Steel Industry
ResponsibleSteel's Executive Director calls Mighty Earth "critical" in development of new standard
Global Finance Leader HSBC Calls for Carbon-Neutral Steel
Steel is currently the largest source of industrial carbon emissions.
Groundbreaking Resolution Calling on NYC to Divest from Deforestation
Last week, City Council Members Costa Constantinides and Justin Brannan, in partnership with Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, introduced a new resolution to City Council that calls on corporate and government entities operating in the City of New York to divest from agricultural industries that benefit form deforestation and the acceleration of global warming.
Breakthrough Embodied Carbon Tool for Construction Only A First Step Toward Market Transformation
We are going to need all kinds of technical solutions -- like EC3 -- to reduce embodied carbon from construction.
House Legislation Would Extend Corporate Giveaways for Forest-Destroying Bioenergy
Solving the climate crisis requires the leadership to not only advance solutions but to also reject false ones
Guest Blog: Protesting Cargill in the Cold
Yesterday, protesters gathered outside an event where Cargill CEO David MacLennan was speaking. One of those protesters has contributed a guest blog post about the experience:
New Investment By Largest Steel Producer in U.S. Proves Clean Energy Can Power Heavy Industry
Switching to clean electricity is good for business, good for the climate, and good for clean energy jobs.
To Address Deforestation in Brazil, Mighty Earth Convenes Meeting Between Indigenous Leaders and Consumer Goods Forum
The same economic forces that drive destruction of the Amazon and Cerrado also trample on the rights and the lives of the Indigenous peoples who live there
Multi-Stakeholder Workshop Lays Groundwork for Growth of Sustainable Rubber
Mighty Earth and our allies hosted a workshop in Thailand which brought together 100 rubber farmers, traders, processors, NGOs, government representatives, and consumer brands that use rubber—like Goodyear tires and Converse shoes—to discuss one thing: sustainable natural rubber.
Key Pillars.
- We start with common ground.
We believe in the fundamental goodness and decency of people. We don’t approach opponents as enemies or adversaries: we recognize them, as humans with strongly held convictions, interests and motivations, just like us. When we can make progress through negotiation or consensus, we go for it. Because we know that effecting lasting change is not a zero-sum game: if we can eliminate “winning” and “losing” from the equation, we’re that much closer to our goal. - We’re prepared to act now.
We have the courage, experience and resources to move quickly and hit hard—but never without a deliberate strategy. If our initial strategy fails, we simply regroup and bounce back with an equally viable angle. Whether taking on an interest group or the CEO of a Fortune-100 company, we persevere because we are unafraid and inexhaustible. When it comes to protecting the Earth and its creatures, no ght is too big or too small. - We seek lasting change, not power.
Our agenda doesn’t end with us. To realize our ambitious goals, we need a movement— we can’t do it alone. Big things happen when we can inspire others to join our ght, so we seek out and empower like-minded people to act. If we are successful in our pursuit, we don’t need personal recognition.