environmental advocacy nonprofit
Rainforest Action Network
Industry Environment
An environmental and human-rights advocacy nonprofit pressuring corporations and banks over forests, climate, fossil fuels, and frontline-community harms. Rainforest Action Network scores well because the model leaves more value with stakeholders and the institution is less hostile to people with weak bargaining power, and no current penalty outweighs that structure.
Why this matters: RAN is a strong case for targeted corporate-pressure advocacy, especially where ecological damage intersects with Indigenous rights, labor, and community power.
Letter grade A Good Medium confidence (AI) Rubric gcd-rubric-v1
* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.
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Evaluation Overview
A - Good
The score turns mainly on Extraction; no penalty currently dominates the evaluation.
Strengths
- Extraction8/10
- Solidarity with the Unemployed6/7
- Loss-Bearing Fidelity6/7
Penalties
- No penalties applied in this version.
Evidence state
- ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)
- ThoroughnessExhaustive (AI)
- Linked claims14
- Direct axis claims13
- Coverage13/13
Scoring Axes
| Axis | Score | Why this score |
|---|---|---|
Ownership
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Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control
at 10.
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5 / 10 |
Rainforest Action Network is a nonprofit advocacy organization rather than a shareholder-owned company. Linked evidence
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Governance
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Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic
stakeholder control at 10.
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5 / 10 |
RAN publishes nonprofit organizational and financial materials for its campaign work. Linked evidence
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Extraction
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Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured
extraction judgment.
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8 / 10 |
RAN directs resources toward forest, climate, finance, and corporate-accountability campaigns rather than investor extraction. Linked evidence
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Labor Sovereignty
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Worker power: coercive conditions at 0, co-determination or ownership at
7. Employee dissatisfaction matters only when source-backed evidence
shows concrete limits on worker agency, such as coercive scheduling,
retaliation, wage theft, harassment, unsafe conditions, suppression of
worker voice, or extreme turnover.
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5 / 7 |
RAN is a professional campaign nonprofit; workers and campaign partners have some agency but not structural worker ownership. Linked evidence
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Solidarity with the
Unemployed
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Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment,
and non-competes.
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6 / 7 |
RAN campaigns connect environmental protection with frontline, Indigenous, and community harms beyond ordinary employment relations. Linked evidence
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Loss-Bearing Fidelity
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Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and
public obligations.
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6 / 7 |
RAN bears campaign and reputational costs to pressure powerful corporations and financial institutions. Linked evidence
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Market Conduct
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Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.
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5 / 5 |
RAN does not use consumer lock-in or rent extraction as its ordinary model. Linked evidence |
Product Integrity
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Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.
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5 / 5 |
RAN core output is targeted environmental and human-rights advocacy. Linked evidence |
Scale Integrity
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Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.
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4 / 5 |
RAN scale increases pressure on high-harm institutions but remains dependent on campaign prioritization by a nonprofit organization. Linked evidence
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Penalties
No penalties applied in this version.
Bonus Credits
| Bonus | Credit | Why this credit |
|---|---|---|
Openness to Dissent
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Credit for tolerating internal, user, customer, worker, and public
dissent without retaliation, capture, or viewpoint laundering.
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2 / 3 |
RAN uses public campaign pressure and protest tactics to create space for dissent against corporate environmental harm. Linked evidence
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Constitutional Spirit
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Credit for respecting constitutional rights and civil-liberties norms
even where private law does not strictly require it.
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2 / 3 |
Rainforest Action Network the organization uses rights, courts, public process, or civil-society advocacy to constrain stronger institutions. Linked evidence
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Good Deal
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Credit for unusually fair value: durable quality, fair pricing, low
lock-in, and clear customer surplus.
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3 / 3 |
Ordinary users receive unusually fair value, durability, access, or surplus. Full credit is reserved for unusually clear, profile-specific evidence rather than ordinary compliance language. Linked evidence
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Cost Transparency
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Credit for clear posted prices, all-in fees, unit costs, public rate
cards, margin/cost visibility, or surplus-allocation transparency,
especially in markets where opaque quotes, hidden fees, or
individualized pricing are normal.
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2 / 3 |
Rainforest Action Network the organization publishes meaningful financial, annual-report, or accountability materials. Linked evidence
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Confidence Basis
Confidence Basis
Confidence is computed from the evidence trail and review state, not typed into the profile by hand.
Medium 79/100
14 verified linked claims 13 direct axis claims 0 disputed claims 13/13 components covered
This confidence label measures the source-backed evidence trail. AI-scaffolded scores remain tentative until human review.
Claim confidence 15/20
14 verified linked claims
Source quality 12/18
Best source per verified claim, weighted by institutional reliability
Direct axis-specific claims 14/18
13 direct claims across 13 active components
Dispute load 12/12
0 disputed claims on this entity
Recency 10/10
Newest accepted timestamp: May 13, 2026
Reviewer status 7/12
Human-reviewed components score higher than AI scaffolding
Component coverage 10/10
13/13 evidence-bearing components have direct support
Evidence State
Evidence State
Claims and Sources
Claims are the evidence record. Each claim needs a source link, axis category, status, confidence level, and timestamp before it can support a score.
* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.1Rainforest Action Network is a nonprofit advocacy organization rather than a shareholder-owned company.
- Rainforest Action Network aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- RAN campaignsGeneral web source · 58%
- RAN financialsGeneral web source · 58%
2RAN publishes nonprofit organizational and financial materials for its campaign work.
- Rainforest Action Network aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- RAN campaignsGeneral web source · 58%
- RAN financialsGeneral web source · 58%
3RAN directs resources toward forest, climate, finance, and corporate-accountability campaigns rather than investor extraction.
- Rainforest Action Network aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- RAN campaignsGeneral web source · 58%
- RAN financialsGeneral web source · 58%
4RAN is a professional campaign nonprofit; workers and campaign partners have some agency but not structural worker ownership.
- Rainforest Action Network aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- RAN campaignsGeneral web source · 58%
- RAN financialsGeneral web source · 58%
5RAN campaigns connect environmental protection with frontline, Indigenous, and community harms beyond ordinary employment relations.
- Rainforest Action Network aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- RAN campaignsGeneral web source · 58%
- RAN financialsGeneral web source · 58%
6RAN bears campaign and reputational costs to pressure powerful corporations and financial institutions.
- Rainforest Action Network aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- RAN campaignsGeneral web source · 58%
- RAN financialsGeneral web source · 58%
7RAN does not use consumer lock-in or rent extraction as its ordinary model.
- Rainforest Action Network aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- RAN campaignsGeneral web source · 58%
- RAN financialsGeneral web source · 58%
8RAN core output is targeted environmental and human-rights advocacy.
- Rainforest Action Network aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- RAN campaignsGeneral web source · 58%
- RAN financialsGeneral web source · 58%
9RAN scale increases pressure on high-harm institutions but remains dependent on campaign prioritization by a nonprofit organization.
- Rainforest Action Network aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- RAN campaignsGeneral web source · 58%
- RAN financialsGeneral web source · 58%
10RAN uses public campaign pressure and protest tactics to create space for dissent against corporate environmental harm.
- Rainforest Action Network aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- RAN campaignsGeneral web source · 58%
- RAN financialsGeneral web source · 58%
11Rainforest Action Network the organization uses rights, courts, public process, or civil-society advocacy to constrain stronger institutions.
- Rainforest Action Network aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- RAN campaignsGeneral web source · 58%
- RAN financialsGeneral web source · 58%
12Rainforest Action Network the public receives durable environmental, legal, land, or stewardship value without ordinary customer lock-in.
- Rainforest Action Network aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- RAN campaignsGeneral web source · 58%
- RAN financialsGeneral web source · 58%
13Rainforest Action Network the organization publishes meaningful financial, annual-report, or accountability materials.
- Rainforest Action Network aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- RAN campaignsGeneral web source · 58%
- RAN financialsGeneral web source · 58%
14Rainforest Action Network's public materials state a mission, values, ownership model, advocacy role, or institutional standpoint plainly enough that this record does not identify penalty-level neutrality theater.
- Rainforest Action Network official siteGeneral web source · 58%
- Rainforest Action Network aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- RAN campaignsGeneral web source · 58%
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Added tentative claim-backed evaluation during environmental advocacy, land-stewardship, and anti-environment comparison expansion pass.