We're proud to launch our new film telling Mighty Earth's story of how we deploy our "perfect storm" campaign approach to stop the destruction of nature and shift whole industries to adopt sustainable practices. We use several strategies, from satellite monitoring to pinpoint deforestation in supply chains to scrutinising companies to see if they're “greenwashing” their climate and ESG credentials. Our reports and investigations have revealed that many industries still don’t have control of their supply chains, allowing deforestation and human rights violations to seep in through direct and indirect suppliers. We work alongside Indigenous communities on the frontline of deforestation, amplifying their voices and seeking new platforms for their stories to be heard. Watch the trailer ⬇️and see the full film here: https://lnkd.in/eXYpfqTK
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Mighty Earth is a global advocacy organization working to protect Nature and to secure a stable climate.
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Mighty Earth (www.mightyearth.org) is a global advocacy organization working to defend a living planet. Our goal is to protect half of Earth for Nature and secure a climate that allows life to flourish. We are obsessed with impact and aspire to be the most influential environmental advocacy organization in the world. Our team has achieved transformative change by persuading leading industries to dramatically reduce deforestation and climate pollution throughout their global supply chains in palm oil, rubber, cocoa, and animal feed, while improving livelihoods for Indigenous and local communities across the tropics.
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http://www.mightyearth.org/
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- Non-profit Organizations
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- 11-50 employees
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- Washington , DC
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- 2016
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- Environment, Nonprofit, Grassroots, Global Campaign , Conservation, Corporate Sustainability, Global Climate Change, Food Security , Marine Protected Areas, Biodiversity Conservation, Local Campaign, Sustainable Food and Agriculture, Forests, Supply Chains, and Oceans
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👀 🍫 I'm accountable: I take responsibility for my actions and explain why I make certain decisions. How many private cocoa companies can say the same about their sourcing decisions? 🤔 Sooner or later, good purchasing practices won't just be just a moral choice. Quality and sustainability are increasingly influencing consumer decisions, while policies and regulations are becoming more stringent. While some companies are already adapting to these changes, how many are communicating transparently and credibly about their purchasing practices? 📢 We call on all private companies in the sector to undertake regular public reporting and to provide access to an accessible and effective grievance mechanism. This will not only increase transparency, but also empower all stakeholders in the supply chain to be truly accountable, ultimately fostering collaboration and more inclusive business relationships. 🌍🤝 Join us and over 100 civil society organisations and farmer cooperatives in calling on companies for a #JustCocoaIndustry. 👉 https://lnkd.in/gsiC7dY9 👈 A call to action from Oxfam International, the INKOTA-netzwerk and Mighty Earth. Featured in the video: Liesbeth Van Meulder, Cocoa and Coffee Programme Liaison in Europe and Napoleón Molina, Cocoa and Coffee Director in Latin America. #FortheLoveofChocolate #BeAccountable #SustainableCocoa #SustainablePurchasing #LivingIncome
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🤲 🍫 In the cocoa industry, the weakest shoulders often bear the heaviest burdens. 🌱 Climate change and unpredictable weather affect crop yields, and price volatility -both in selling prices and input costs - makes cocoa farming increasingly difficult. 📢 Private companies must engage in inclusive, long-term contracts with farmers. These contracts should be asymmetrical, designed to favour farmers, acknowledging the economic and social vulnerabilities which make them less resilient to shocks and less capable of counteracting risks. 🌍🤝 Join us and over 100 civil society organisations and farmer cooperatives in calling on companies for a #JustCocoaIndustry. 👉 https://lnkd.in/gsiC7dY9 👈 A call to action from Oxfam International, the INKOTA-netzwerk and Mighty Earth. Featured in the video: Raphael Kwame Frimpong, Cocoa Programme Officer for Rikolto in Ghana and KOUAME Amani Alphonse, Cocoa Programme Coordinator for Rikolto in West Africa #FortheLoveofChocolate #SharetheRisks #SustainableCocoa #SustainablePurchasing #LivingIncome
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"With the climate emergency and biodiversity loss intensifying , Spanish supermarkets must move from words to deeds and be part of the solution to save Brazil’s precious biomes from further destruction.” Mighty Earth's senior adviser for Spain, Isabel Fernández Cruz quoted in widespread coverage of our new report which for the first time found meat products on the shelves of Carrefour España, Mercadona, Lidl España, Grupo Dia, ALDI ESPAÑA, Alcampo and El Corte Ingles are likely linked to soy-driven deforestation in the Amazon and the Cerrado savannah in Brazil. LAURA OJEA Carlos Bravo Villa Alex Wijeratna Glenn Hurowitz Read coverage of the report ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dsWaViX8 And here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dzgR-88a Read the report "Busted! Spanish soy sourcing linked to deforestation risk in the Amazon and the Cerrado," in full here: https://lnkd.in/ezx7SqKY #soy #soyindustry #Spain #EUDR #deforestation #zerodeforestation #Brazil #AmazonForest #Cerrado #SavetheCerrado #ProtecttheAmazon
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Campaigns to transform the private sector can deliver Nature and climate action even as the Supreme Court obstructs the government's ability to do so. Put another way, the government may not be able to do its job, but the job still must be done. Despite their stranglehold over the courts, even the worst polluters and destroyers of Nature need customers, financing, and a social license to operate. We have found that these needs provide levers to transform industry. When the people who pay the bills raise questions about how a company can do a better job, executives listen. And the good news is that at least in some cases, investors, customers, and the media are knocking on a door that if not flung wide open to greet them, is at least ajar: a growing number of companies are staffed by people who want their enterprise to do good. Mighty Earth had some big successes in protecting forests and decarbonizing major industries through these approaches. As readers of this series know, campaigns on big agribusiness have reduced deforestation for palm oil, paper, and rubber 90%; won science-based decarbonization commitments from the biggest steel companies; and most recently sparked even some of the worst actors in the meat industry, a source of climate pollution bigger than even all transportation, to act to protect ecosystems in the supply chain, begin to tackle methane pollution, and boost sales of plant-based protein. Of course, these strategies did not begin with us. Indeed, markets campaigns have their origins as far back as the Boston Tea Party. More recently, when scientists tied the alarming hole in the ozone layer to chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) that were produced mostly by Dupont, campaigners persuaded the company to pledge that it would cease making them if the link were proven. When it was, Dupont agreed to phase them out – and urged the Reagan administration, skeptical as it was of environmental regulation, to support a global ban. That chain of events led to the Montreal Protocol and the restoration of the ozone layer. Even in this era, there is still a role for politics and government. Notwithstanding the Court’s efforts to hobble it, the Inflation Reduction Act is still driving trillions in investment in climate action. It is possible to imagine a vigorous political party one day delivering majorities that could upend the Court’s meddling. But we cannot wait for that happy day. Despite their long history of success, campaigns to reshape industry are underfunded. In our current reality, we need strategies that can deliver transformative change and soon, and scaling private sector action is an approach whose moment has very much arrived. I hope you will read and comment on the full essay...
A Post-Chevron Strategy For Protecting the Environment
Glenn Hurowitz on LinkedIn
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Busted! For the first time a new Mighty Earth report reveals Spain’s seven biggest supermarkets are linked to widespread deforestation risk in Brazil. Our analysis found meat products on the shelves of Carrefour, Mercadona, Alcampo, Lidl España, El Corte Ingles, GRUPO DIA and ALDI ESPAÑA are likely linked to soy-driven deforestation in the Amazon and Cerrado. Almost 4 million tons of soy were imported from Brazil into Spain last year, to feed animals in intensive farming systems, with the Spanish ports of Barcelona and Cartagena being central to the operations of global grain giants Bunge and Cargill With less than six months to go before the implementation of the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), we’re calling on Spanish retailers to act with urgency to be part of the solution to save Brazil’s precious biomes from further destruction. Read the report, “Busted! Spanish soy sourcing linked to deforestation risk in the Amazon and the Cerrado,” in full here: https://lnkd.in/ezx7SqKY And in Spanish here: https://lnkd.in/esSxia2z #soy #soyindustry #Spain #SpanishSoy #EUDR #enddeforestation #zerodeforestation #deforestation #Brazil #AmazonForest #Cerrado #biomes #biodiversity #environment #nature #wildlife #protectourforests #savetheCerrado #protecttheamazon
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On #WorldChocolateDay, Mighty Earth and over 100 civil society organisations are calling on chocolate companies to pay farmers a living income. Most cocoa farmers earn as little as $2 a day, or about a sixth of an average chocolate bar. Farmer poverty is the main driver of many issues in the industry, including deforestation and child labour. Chocolate and cocoa companies should: pay a living income, establish fair contracts and publicly report their progress. Learn more and share our Call to Action for A Just Cocoa Industry: https://lnkd.in/ewPsQe-z Oxfam Freedom United VOICE Network Be Slavery Free Barry Callebaut Group Mondelēz International Storck Ferrero Learn more about we track deforestation in cocoa growing regions and urge companies to act: https://lnkd.in/e4c8KtH2 #ethical #ethicalchocolate #ethicalcocoa #chocolate #cocoaindustry #cocoa #supplychains #chocolateindustry #environment #wildlife #nature #climate
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On #WorldChocolateDay it is crucial to highlight the need for traceability in the cocoa industry. If you can’t see where the cocoa comes from, you can’t know the conditions the cocoa is grown in, which means you can’t fix any problems that are there! The great news is that traceability has increased significantly because companies are being pushed by regulation from the EU. BUT, there’s still a large gap to full compliance to those regulations. See how your favorite brand performed in this category at 🍫🔍➡️ www.chocolatescorecard.com #ethical #ethicalchocolate #ethicalcocoa #chocolate #cocoaindustry #cocoa #supplychains #chocolateindustry #environment #wildlife #nature #climate
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Labour can use its super majority to make the UK a green superpower! Today, voters in the United Kingdom elected a new Labour government in the first general election in nearly five years. The landslide victory gives the Labour Party a resounding mandate to deliver for climate and nature and an opportunity to put the UK back on the global stage as an environmental leader. Read more in this blog by Mighty Earth's Senior Director for the UK, Gemma Hoskins: https://lnkd.in/es7KNpmM
Labour can use its super majority to make UK green superpower - Mighty Earth
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POSCO, South Korea's leading steel manufacturer, plans to reline its coal-powered blast furnaces, extending coal-based steel production by 15-20 years. This decision is expected to generate over 199 million tonnes of CO2 emissions, posing a significant challenge to global decarbonization efforts. For months, local and global groups have urged POSCO to phase out coal or at least provide a clear transition plan. Unfortunately, there’s been no official response from POSCO, underscoring the need for external pressure to catalyze change. On June 2nd, a group of 19 civil society organizations from around the world sent letters to BMW Group, Mercedes-Benz AG and Volkswagen, urging the German automakers to address their use of #steel from POSCO and hold their steel supplier accountable to their stated decarbonization goals. By demanding transparent phase-out plans for coal facilities and refusing to purchase steel from high-emission suppliers, automakers can set a powerful precedent for cleaner supply chains and environmental stewardship. Their leadership in this space can push steel manufacturers like POSCO towards adopting more sustainable production methods. We stand with the groups in calling on BMW, Mercedes, and Volkswagen to align their supply chains with their climate commitments and drive the demand for sustainable steel. ➡ More info about POSCO: https://lnkd.in/gRFUze4e ➡ More info about blast furnace relining: https://lnkd.in/g68ZdPAS
POSCO Profile No. 1 - Coal Tomorrow with POSCO: Doubts Rising on Korean Steelmaker’s Net-Zero Future
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