Press Releases

International Coalition Asks Ecuador's President Moreno to Protect Earth Defenders from Attacks

Quito, Ecuador – Today, International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, an international coalition launched a campaign calling on Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno to implement three policies to protect Earth Defenders – those who dedicate their lives to protecting human rights and nature, many of whom are indigenous leaders.

Protesters Occupy Ecuador's Environment Ministry Over Expanded Oil Drilling in Yasuní National Park

Quito, Ecuador – Environmentalists occupied the lobby of Ecuador's Environmental Ministry on Tuesday to protest a pending environmental license that would open the Ishpingo oil field inside the world-renowned Yasuní National Park.

CalPERS Investment Policy Change a Win for Indigenous Peoples

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System has quietly approved extensive changes to its Governance and Sustainability Principles, including a ground-breaking recognition of the right of indigenous peoples to free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC). CalPERS, the largest public pension in the U.S with $356 billion in assets under management, included the revisions as part of its new Total Fund Policy.

Chevron CEO Challenged to Change Course at Shareholder Meeting

Shareholders and environmental groups called on company to turn page on environmental destruction and rights abuses

San Ramon, CA – At Chevron’s annual general meeting today, institutional shareholders and environmental and human rights organizations representing shareholders presented newly-appointed CEO Michael Wirth with arguments for why he should change course on the company’s history of environmental and social irresponsibility.

Global Campaign Exposes BlackRock for Devastating Climate Impacts of Investments

Campaigners urge CEO Larry Fink to heed his own words and define BlackRock's social purpose

New York, NY – Some of the country's largest environmental and human rights groups issued a challenge to BlackRock at its annual shareholder meeting yesterday, daring the world's largest asset manager to take greater leadership on climate change following ambitious statements by BlackRock's CEO calling on corporations to pursue ends beyond pure short-term profit.

Amazonian Leaders Call on California to Go Fossil Fuel-Free at Chevron's Richmond Refinery

Bay Area environmental and indigenous organizations join protest to call attention to Chevron's key role in causing destruction to people and planet

Richmond, CA – Indigenous leaders from the Ecuadorian Amazon joined Bay Area allies at Chevron's Richmond Refinery on Thursday morning to call on California's political leadership to phase out oil and gas production and processing in the state, including its importation of crude oil drilled in the Amazon rainforest.

Chase AGM: Dozens of Indigenous and Frontline Community Representatives Call for an End to Bank Financing of Extreme Fossil Fuels

Delegates from Canada to Ecuador and across the U.S. travel to Texas to deliver open letter to Chase shareholders

The quickly growing international campaign pressuring JPMorgan Chase to end its massive funding of extreme fossil fuels continued to escalate today as a delegation representing Indigenous and nonindigenous communities from Canada to Ecuador and across the U.S. gathered at Chase's annual shareholder meeting in Plano, Texas.