Stand.earth investigation reveals human rights abuses, forest destruction in sourcing practices of world’s largest consumer goods company
The world’s largest consumer goods company, Procter & Gamble, is taking the heat after a new investigative report by environmental advocacy organization Stand.earth exposed human rights abuses, and old growth and primary forest destruction, in the company’s pulp and palm oil supply chains.
The report, which came out at the…
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In Whatcom County, WA, a community-led process has delivered a landmark policy protecting against fossil fuel expansion
“Whatcom County’s policy is a blueprint that any community, including refinery communities, can use to take action to stop fossil fuel expansion.”
— Matt Krogh, Campaign Director for Stand.earth’s SAFE Cities movement
In the northwestern corner of Washington state, Whatcom County has just become the first county in the nation…
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by Anna Barford, James Gamble
Anna Barford is a Canadian shipping campaigner for Stand.earth. James Gamble is Arctic program director with Pacific Environment.
This article first appeared on Policy Options and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.
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The world’s largest consumer goods company continues to fail to address concerns over its deforestation and forest degradation in the boreal forest of Canada and tropical forests of Indonesia and Malaysia.
It’s been more than 100 days since Procter & Gamble’s shareholders told the company to do something about the forest sourcing impacts in its supply chains, but a coalition of environmental advocacy groups are raising the alarm over the fact that the company continues to do almost nothing to address…
In viral videos seen by 300,000+, youth activists on TikTok & Instagram target the world’s largest consumer goods company & its Charmin toilet paper brand over concerns about caribou habitat, boreal forest destruction, and Indigenous sovereignty.
The kids are all right, as the saying goes. But they’re also mad as hell — at Procter & Gamble, for its greenwashing — after watching the world’s largest consumer goods company promote things like tree planting initiatives while decimating the boreal forest in Canada to make Charmin toilet paper.
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The fashion industry remains heavily reliant on fossil fuels to power factories & make clothes, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Here’s how you can cut through the greenwash & use your purchasing power to push major fashion brands to be more sustainable.
By Todd Paglia, Executive Director, Stand.earth
There are few products as personal as our clothes. What we put on our bodies, what lies against our skin all day long, the version of ourselves that we project to the world — this all means something. …
Fashion’s biggest sustainability event of the year — the Copenhagen Fashion Summit — is about to kick off. Here’s what leading brands need to do to clean up their climate pollution and build back green after the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Copenhagen Fashion Summit is debuting as CFS+ this year, rebranded like many other conferences forced to shift to an online format to accommodate the global COVID-19 pandemic while seeking to continue forward momentum, even in an altered landscape.
Despite being hit hard by the pandemic, fashion brands are increasingly…
Elected leaders speak at NYC Climate Week 2020 about the local regulatory strategy to protect public health and fight climate change that is gaining momentum across the U.S. and Canada
By Stand.earth
AS THE U.S. federal government implodes, with little to no focus on fighting climate change or tackling the fossil fuel industry’s massive lobby, leaders at cities and counties across the U.S. …
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