Free speech is a right. So how can a corporation possibly stop you from speaking out? Using a legal tactic called a SLAPP, corporations like the massive Canadian logging company, Resolute Forest Products, are attempting to crack down on free speech by suing their critics into submission.
There's been a major development in our campaign to protect Indonesia's forests. IOI, one of the largest palm oil traders in the world, has just made a significant commitment to protect rainforests. If put into practice, this would address the problems on the company's own plantations and set new standards for the whole industry.
A few weeks ago, HSBC took a big step forward for forest protection by pledging to end funding for destructive palm oil companies in Indonesia. But HSBC is not the only bank lending money to palm oil companies pushing further into the forest — and the others now have a lot of catching up to do.
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