Posts By: Jamie Woolley

Who still banks on destroying Indonesia’s forests?

A few weeks ago, HSBC took a big step forward in cutting its links with the destruction of Indonesia’s forests by pledging to end funding for destructive palm oil companies. But HSBC is not the only bank lending money to palm oil companies pushing further and further into… Read More

Jamie Woolley - 15th March 2017

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HSBC: what they’ve said about funding deforestation, and why it’s wrong

Over three weeks ago, we exposed how HSBC is funding palm oil companies that are tearing up Indonesia’s forests. Since then, thousands of emails have been sent to the CEO. Now HSBC is responding to those emails, but what it’s saying is at times… Read More

Jamie Woolley - 8th February 2017

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Sumatran rhino found while forest habitat is lost

Good news for rhino fans: last week, researchers announced the first live encounter with a Sumatran rhino in Borneo for over 40 years. But the human pressures that have pushed this species to the brink of extinction are still very much in play. An excited WWF team released… Read More

Jamie Woolley - 30th March 2016

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Why we’re supporting high-speed rail done right

Last week, the government gave the thumbs-up to the first phase of the new high-speed rail network (aka HS2). Since then, debate between those for and against has filled the media including a piece in the Mail claiming Greenpeace is opposed to the project. We’re not of course, but… Read More

Jamie Woolley - 17th January 2012

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Success! You made Nestlé drop dodgy palm oil!

You’ll never guess what. Nestlé has only gone and agreed to our campaign demands! And you’ve made this possible. We really, seriously could not have done it without you. Now we need to move straight on to the next big player in the palm oil industry – banking giant… Read More

Jamie Woolley - 17th May 2010

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How cattle ranches are chewing up the Amazon rainforest

For about three years now, we’ve been working on curbing the impacts of the soya industry on the Amazon rainforest in Brazil which, before the current moratorium was put into place, was replacing the forest with plantations on a massive scale. However, there’s another agricultural sector cutting deep into… Read More

Jamie Woolley - 31st January 2009

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