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2020 Amazon Fires Linked to Deforestation by JBS, Marfrig, and Minerva; Likely Exacerbated COVID-19 Outbreaks

The only way these companies will change their practices is if the grocery stores that people trust – Metro, Costco, Casino, and Ahold Delhaize stores like Giant, Food Lion, and Stop & Shop – stop buying from the arsons of the Amazon.


Leaders Pledge for Nature

Mighty Earth Helps Lobby Globally for a Successful Leaders’ Pledge for Nature

A renewed effort to reduce deforestation, halt unsustainable fishing practices, clamp down on waste plastics, eliminate environmentally harmful subsidies, and accelerate the transition towards sustainable food production systems and circular economies.


Project to Build Japan’s Largest Palm Oil Burning Power Plant Defeated

Environmental groups are celebrating today’s dissolution of Maizuru Green Initiatives GK, a company set up to build a palm oil burning power plant in Maizuru City, Japan.


Ensuring a Green EU Recovery Plan for the Tire, Rubber, and Auto Industries

All companies receiving bailout funds should be committed to the European Green Deal, the Paris Agreement, and to achieving net zero carbon neutrality by 2025. Businesses seeking EU bailout support should also have robust policies and practices in place that recognize and ensure workers' rights throughout their supply chains.


On World Rainforest Day, Global Brands Must Honor Commitment to End Deforestation by 2020

Global coalition calls on CGF to take ambitious, immediate action to protect forests, the climate, and human health


Sumitomo Doubles Down on Coal, Releases More Rhetoric on Sustainability

Japanese conglomerate plans to continue work on disastrous coal plant project in Bangladesh despite climate, public health, budgetary, and environmental concerns


Ten Reasons Why Sumitomo’s Matarbari Coal Plant is a Terrible Idea

The first Matarbari coal plant is a disaster – it is expensive, a bad investment, and an embarrassment to Sumitomo and Japan. Here are ten reasons why a second plant should never see the light of day.


Mighty Earth Stands for Racial Justice

We stand in solidarity with those targeted by police violence and the protesters demanding justice.


Supermarkets Urged to Actually Stop Buying from Companies Destroying the Amazon

Action is necessary to stop the bulldozing of the Amazon and the killing of Indigenous people


Grocery Stores Threatening Brazil Boycott Must Go Further to Truly Protect Forests

Their customers - and the world - expect these brands not just to call for action, but to act.


European Tire & Rubber Manufacturers Plan to Put More Vehicles on the Roads in Response to Covid-19

Proposal for an EU-funded vehicle renewal scheme would likely increase car ownership and could pose serious public health risks


Mighty Earth joins call for Green Recovery for EU Agriculture

EU should publish its new "Farm to Fork" strategy to transition European agriculture towards a greener, healthier future.