rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/tell-blackrock-to-deal-with-its-deforestation-problem-2?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-tell-blackrock-to-deal-with-its-deforestation-problem-2' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Andrew Montes https://actionnetwork.org/users/as-you-sow/profile https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/share_options/facebook_images/000/309/198/original/AdobeStock_34049525_banner.png Every year, the world loses an area of tropical rainforest the size of the United Kingdom. Massive deforestation to clear land for palm oil, cattle, pulp and paper, soy, rubber and timber is responsible for almost a quarter of all global greenhouse gas emissions and is also a leading cause of violent land conflicts around the world. BlackRock, the world's largest investment firm, is among the world’s top investors in the agribusiness companies responsible for destroying our tropical rainforests. To make the urgent transformations needed to end global deforestation and reign in the climate crisis, BlackRock needs to change its ways. Tell BlackRock to adopt a No Deforestation Policy! BlackRock owns shares in the world’s largest cattle companies, the world’s largest palm oil companies, and the world’s largest pulp and paper companies. Aside from a few public statements, BlackRock has done almost nothing to stop these companies from tearing down the world’s last great rainforests. Around the world, people of all ages, from grandmothers to youth, have been rising up to tell BlackRock to divest from destruction. As one of the largest investors in the agribusiness industry from Brazil to Borneo, there’s a lot BlackRock can do to deal with its deforestation problem. It can use shareholder power to pressure the companies it owns to end deforestation. It can vote out the managers at these companies that let the problems continue. Join the movement to fix BlackRock’s big deforestation problem: tell BlackRock to adopt a No Deforestation Policy! The Wall Street titan manages a jaw-dropping $7 trillion in assets. Trillions of dollars that belong to everyday people like you and me. Trillions of dollars that could help solve the climate crisis rather than fund rainforest destruction and displacing Indigenous people. There is no way through the climate crisis that doesn’t involve making Wall Street change its ways, beginning with the biggest investors, like BlackRock. As a self-proclaimed leader in responsible investing, BlackRock should be investing our dollars in fighting the destruction of lands and communities. Together we can pressure it to change course. Urge BlackRock to adopt a No Deforestation Policy! https://deforestationfreefunds.org/petitions/BlackRock