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Over the past five years, our Kleercut campaign has pressured Kimberly-Clark, (the makers of Kleenex tissues) to help save Canada's Boreal forest.

Today, in what can only be described as 'a tremendous victory for ancient forests' the company has announced a new policy that places it among the industry leaders in sustainability, and which brings the Kleercut campaign to a successful completion.

Last night another piece of the reaction to our Slaughtering the Amazon report fell into place, as British shoemaker Clarks agreed not to source leather products from Amazon deforestation.

We know tar sands are destructive, bad for the climate, and expensive to exploit. But could they also be a colossal financial liability for BP and Shell?

If, in the runup to Copenhagen, you have a sneaking suspicion that world leaders might still be more attached to the realpolitik of energy than the green-tinged adoption of strong climate policy, a new report from Greenpeace, Platform and Oil Change International may provide a glimmer of hope.

The suspicion is that whatever grand statements are made by the Obamas, the Lulas or the Browns of the world as they thrash out their meta-climate policy at Copenhagen, for the moment they're going to remain much more motivated by ‘energy security' than greenhouse gas stabilization.

Cattle ranches on cleared rainforest land. Demand for Brazilian leather is putting pressure on the Amazon, and Nike have today announced a policy that will help protect the Amazon and the climate.

Soon after we released our Slaughtering the Amazon report, Nike got in touch with us. The report showed that demand for shoe leather is one of the key drivers of deforestation in the Amazon, as rainforest is cleared to make room for the expanding cattle ranching industry. So Nike was keen to make sure that their business wasn't contributing to Amazon destruction.