I got to hand it to Chevron; they have a genius marketing team. Not only has one of the most environmentally destructive corporations managed to come off as socially conscious, but Chevron has also managed to win over the hearts of their worldwide consumers with their heartfelt campaigns about consuming less and curbing our dependency [...]
RAN and the folks at RAN Toronto have been working super hard over most of 2009 to put pressure on RBC to respect Indigenous Rights and stop financing the Alberta Tar Sands! So we are so excited to see the campaign written about in Maclean’s Magazine ( a popular Canadian news magazine)! This is a [...]
On Tuesday Nov 10th, RAN activists disrupted a speech by Gordon Nixon, president of RBC at Ryerson University. Nixon was speaking as part of a business conference on Canadian Manufacturing. RAN activists interrupted the speech four times with banners and comments, as well as once during the question and answer period.
During the event, Nixon admitted [...]
Thursday Oct 29 2009
At 7:30 am this morning a group of activists with RAN Toronto showed up to a sustainable business conference at which Sandra Odendahl Director of Environmental Affairs for RBC was slated to speak about sustainability as a strategic business opportunity. To their surprise “TarSandra” and her good buddy “Big Oil ” were [...]
Rainforest Action Network Toronto activists took part in a nation-wide campaign against Royal Bank of Canada, and set up a DIY coffee shop in front of RBC at Yonge and Bloor in Toronto to protest the bank’s involvement in the tar sands. Activists served coffee and tea, providing a visual protest against the water contamination [...]