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Resolute Forest Products Lawsuits (re-alleged racketeering and defamation by environmental organisations, USA)

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, 1 Jun 2018

Canadian logging company Resolute Forest Products has filed two lawsuits against various Greenpeace entities, Stand. Earth (formerly known as "ForestEthics"), and some of these organisations' staff members in the United States and Canada. These lawsuits were brought in relation to the organisations' criticism of the environmental impact of Resolute Forest's logging practices in the Canadian boreal region and to their campaigns encouraging customers to hold Resolute to account for its unsustainable forestry practices. The environmental organisations being sued assert that the lawsuits are meritless and constitute "strategic lawsuits against public participation" ("SLAPP") meant to silence their criticisms. Following the filing of Resolute's lawsuits, Greenpeace launched a campaign aiming to stop the use of SLAPPs to silence free speech. As part of this campaign, Greenpeace has received support from over 100 authors in several countries.

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  • Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
  • Canada
  • USA
  • "strategic lawsuits against public participation"
  • ForestEthics
  • Greenpeace
  • Resolute Forest Products
  • Resolute Forest's logging
  • unsustainable forestry practices
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