GREENPEACE CANADA IMPACT REPORT 2017

1 Contents Our ships

In 2017, our ships, the

Message from the Board Esperanza, the Arctic Co-Chairs 3 Sunrise and the , sailed more than 70,000 nautical miles around Transforming Energy 4 the world, nearly 3.5 times the circumference of Earth.

Protecting Nature 9 About 85,000 people visited ships in close

Living Sustainably 12 to 100 ports, from Greenland to India to the Amazon to East Asia. From exploring Global Impact 15 the recently discovered reef at the mouth of the Amazon

Funding our Mission 17 River to protesting Arctic oil drilling in Norway, our three ships provide invaluable Our Board Members 19 support to Greenpeace

Greenpeace ship routes in 2017 campaigns around the world.

Arctic Sunrise Cover photo: Orca whale Rainbow Warrior in Great Bear Rainforest. © Greg King / Greenpeace Esperanza 2 Our Vision Hope and Gratitude

We believe optimism is a form of courage. We believe We (Anna and Brigid) are pleased to be writing to you As a scientist (Anna) and an economist (Brigid), that a billion acts of courage can spark a brighter as Co-Chairs of the Board of Directors of Greenpeace we highly value the collaborative work conducted tomorrow. To that end we model courage, we champion Canada. We are confident that you will agree with us: by the board and staff that ensures the credibility of courage, we share stories of courageous acts by our during these often distressing times when the world is our organization’s campaigning. I (Anna) also have supporters and allies, we invite people out of their facing truly significant challenges, Greenpeace is an a history as a volunteer campaigner and local group comfort zones to take courageous action with us, indispensable force for positive change. leader, and I have great appreciation for the role our individually in their daily lives, and in community with volunteers play. This has been especially apparent others who share our commitment to a better world. The work accomplished by Greenpeace Canada in with the success of our plastics campaign, launched A green and peaceful future is our quest. The heroes of 2017 was made possible by tens of thousands of in 2017. The campaign empowers volunteers to take our story are all of us who believe that a better world is not individual donors across the country. This support and the lead in pushing corporations and governments only within reach, but being built today. the ongoing achievements of our organization bolster to stop the production and flow of plastics into our the hope and optimism of our Board. oceans and natural environments. Greenpeace exists because this fragile earth deserves a voice. It needs solutions. It needs change. It needs action. In 2017, Greenpeace Canada, together with our many As you know, Greenpeace is an independent It needs you. allies and supporters, helped defeat the Energy East organization that accepts no money from Pipeline. This victory protected the drinking water of governments or corporations – a position that is of Greenpeace is a people-powered, science-based, and action-oriented organization that does not take six provinces that would have been put at risk by the utmost importance in the current, highly politicized money from corporations or governments. This means project. Another major victory, the Supreme Court of environment. This independence is only possible with we rely on individual donations from generous people Canada ruling in favour of the Hamlet of Clyde River, the support of our donors. For this, we are incredibly like you to carry out our work to protect the planet Nunavut, safeguarded the community from destructive grateful and wish to extend our deepest thanks to you. and promote peace. offshore seismic testing. We find optimism and strength in the work of Greenpeace is present in more than 55 countries Greenpeace Canada has also spent considerable Greenpeace Canada and the encouragement that across the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and the time defending itself from attacks from large comes with your ongoing support. We look forward Pacific. Globally, we seek to: corporations in the courts and media, and to continuing to work together to achieve positive n working tirelessly to halt the Trans Mountain change in the year ahead. Protect biodiversity in all its forms Pipeline Expansion Project on our country’s west n Prevent pollution and abuse of the earth’s coast. Our organization’s work on these files With hope and gratitude, ocean, land, air and fresh water continues with the full support of the international n End all nuclear threats Greenpeace community. Anna Crawford and Brigid Rowan n Promote peace, global disarmament, Board Co-Chairs, Greenpeace Canada and non-violence 3 Transforming Energy

In 2017, Greenpeace continued to defend nature, communities and the climate against the expansion of the oil frontier in Canada

2017 saw the culmination of several energy-related campaigns, as years of hard and diligent campaigning work resulted in major wins for our environment and communities across the country. Our first big victory was a decision by the federal government in January to block any new oil and gas projects in the Arctic Ocean, as it considered the impact of the Arctic drilling moratorium that was adopted in late 2016 and which will be reviewed every five years. As one of the few organizations openly calling for a total ban on offshore drilling, Greenpeace will continue to support the moratorium and participate in the government’s consultation process.

We have also been working to curtail the financing of destructive pipeline projects. This paid off in 2017 when TransCanada abandoned its Energy East pipeline proposal after the National Energy Board (NEB) indicated it would include a climate test as part of its assessment process. Greenpeace and allies had presented over 100,000 signatures on a petition to the NEB in support of such a climate test, and we had worked hard to expose the shortcomings of the existing review process.

Kayaktivists from Greenpeace and the Sea Wolves protest against the expansion of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline in Westridge Marine Terminal in British Columbia. © Zack Embree / Greenpeace 4 In 2017, the Supreme Court ruled in favour of the Inuit community of Clyde River, putting a stop to seismic blasting off Baffin Island

Another big victory of 2017 was the unanimous decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in favour of the hamlet of Clyde River, Nunavut, that annulled an oil company’s permits for seismic blasting. In 2014, then-mayor of Clyde River Jerry Natanine reached out to Greenpeace and asked if we would support his community’s fight to stop this dangerous project, one that was approved by Canada’s National Energy Board without Inuit consent. Seismic blasting in these waters would have had a devastating effect on wildlife and the Inuit along the coast of Baffin Island, threatening the ability of communities to access local and sustainable to feed their families and their right to maintain their cultural identity. Now, thanks to the efforts and determination of members of the Clyde River community, that food source has been protected. It was a great honour and learning experience for Greenpeace Canada to support this community’s lawsuit and related campaign.

Jerry Natanine, former Clyde River mayor, and Greenpeace staff react to the news of the Supreme Court ruling. © David Kawai / Greenpeace

5 Greenpeace has been working to curtail the financing of destructive pipeline projects.

We prepared and distributed the report entitled Problematic Pipelines: Investor risk from bank financing of tar sands pipelines, highlighted the risks these projects pose to human and Indigenous rights, our climate and clean water. We gathered petitions, organized public protests and met with banks to talk about this issue. In the last year, three major banks (including the two largest banks in Europe, HSBC and BNP Paribas, as well as ING) announced new policies that will prohibit financing for new tar sands projects or pipelines.

Also last year, Greenpeace Canada filed a complaint with securities regulators arguing that the pipeline company Kinder Morgan had not properly disclosed the risk that action on posed to their business. The Alberta Securities Commission agreed to review our complaint and Kinder Morgan subsequently added climate-related risks in the information that it distributes to shareholders and would-be investors about its proposed Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline.

A holographic projection outside TD Bank headquarters brought key voices from the Indigenous-led resistance to Toronto’s financial district. © Ian Willms / Greenpeace

6 In 2017, we urged the Ontario government to strengthen its nuclear emergency response plans

The past year, Greenpeace mobilized supporters, allies and municipalities to speak out against the government’s neglect of public safety in light of the Fukushima disaster. We built an alliance of over 40 organizations, representing farmers, nurses, and environmentalists, to call on the provincial government to fill gaps and fix flaws in Ontario’s nuclear emergency plans. We carried out credible research to show how the government’s nuclear plans don’t meet international best practices. And we encouraged communities to speak out in favour of public safety. Thanks to our work, Toronto, Durham Region, Ajax, Brockton, Windsor, Amherstburg, and Essex County all passed motions calling on the province to better protect communities in the event of a nuclear emergency. Ontario’s Auditor General agreed with our concerns and published a scathing report on the state of the province’s readiness for a nuclear emergency.

In response, the government released a new nuclear emergency response plan in December. It included strengthened requirements for public safety, transparency and public review. The government also agreed to commission – for the first time – a study of the impacts of a reactor accident in Ontario. This study will include an assessment of risks to our drinking water.

Greenpeace volunteers, green energy supporters and cyclists rode the 45 km Waterfront Trail from the Pickering nuclear station to Darlington, demanding the Ontario government replace the aging Pickering reactors with affordable green energy. © Dave Major / Greenpeace 7 In 2018, Greenpeace continues to support Indigenous land defenders confronting pipeline projects, including the Secwepemc ‘Tiny House Warriors’, who have now built three tiny houses that they aim to install directly in the path of Kinder Morgan’s TransMountain pipeline.

We will expose the risks of continuing to operate the Pickering nuclear station in the Greater WHAT’S NEXT? Toronto Area and make sure the Ontario government follows through on its commitments to strengthen public safety and protect drinking water.

8 Members of the Tiny House Warriors and Greenpeace volunteers with one of the tiny houses that will be placed along the path of the TransMountain pipeline. © Katie Lin / Greenpeace Protecting Nature

In 2017, we showed that our voices are vital for protection

Environmental voices matter, now more than ever. In the face of catastrophic climate change and what scientists are referring to as the sixth great extinction of species globally, we all have a role to play. Our campaign to protect the Boreal forest has also become a battleground over the role of environmentalists and our right to call out forest destruction and call for greater protections as Resolute Forest Products attempts to muzzle forest defenders with multiple lawsuits – a $7 million dollar lawsuit filed in Canada against Greenpeace Canada and a $300 million dollar lawsuit filed in the US against Greenpeace USA and Greenpeace International.

In 2017 the message from Greenpeace and hundreds of thousands of supporters from around the world was loud and clear: our voices are vital. Over 200 international authors signed a pledge to support our right to speak out and 90 organizations across Canada and the United States, as well as over half a million individual petitioners across the globe, condemned Resolute’s legal bullying tactics. Hachette Livre, a major international publisher, went so far as to release a public letter voicing their concerns with Resolute’s aggressive approach and calling for sustainable solutions in the Boreal forest.

Bunny McDiarmid, Executive Director of Greenpeace International (centre), is joined by Greenpeace Canada staff and board members in Montreal to defend free speech with the message: “Our Voices Are Vital” © Toma Iczkovits / Greenpeace 9 In court, Resolute’s legal attacks on Greenpeace also suffered a setback when the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld a ruling that parts of Resolute’s allegations against Greenpeace Canada were “scandalous and vexatious.” This ruling reduced the scope of Resolute’s meritless lawsuit and Greenpeace is confident that remaining allegations will all be dismissed. Meanwhile, our call for much greater protection of Canada’s largest ecosystem, our vast Boreal forest, focused on the crisis facing woodland caribou. A key species for the health of the entire forest and central to many Indigenous cultures, the caribou is facing a crisis of habitat destruction and government inaction. When provinces and territories across Canada missed a national deadline to develop habitat protection plans by October 2017, over 23,000 Greenpeace supporters from across the country signed our petition calling on provincial governments to fulfill their responsibility to protect this emblematic Boreal species, and to do so while respecting the rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Taking a stand to protect the Boreal forest and Canada’s iconic woodland caribou

When the Québec government announced that the last remaining caribou herd in the spectacular Val-d’Or (Golden Valley) region would be captured and sent to a zoo, Greenpeace raised the alarm. This decision would have set a dangerous precedent for all endangered species facing threats to their natural habitat. But the ensuing public outcry ensured the caribou could remain in their forest. The next step will be to better protect it.

Woodland Caribou near Wells Gray Provincial Park 10 in British Columbia © John Marriott Greenpeace will continue to speak up in 2018, demanding that governments act to protect the endangered woodland caribou and the Boreal forest. Indigenous leaders WHAT’S NEXT? like the Lac Simon First Nation in Val d’Or are not giving up and we won’t either.

Greenpeace volunteers protest at Quebec’s legislature with a banner and a “caribou coffin” to urge the Quebec Minister of , Fauna and Parks to protect caribou across the province. © Greenpeace 11 Living Sustainably

2017 witnessed a major Greenpeace victory when the world’s biggest tuna company committed to transforming its supply chain, and the launch of a new campaign to help stop the flow of plastics into our oceans

In 2017, Greenpeace Canada moved into a new campaign area with the launch of our Plastic-free Future campaign. We highlighted the global drink giant Coke’s contribution to the plastic pollution crisis, urging the company to reduce its plastic footprint. We took our message directly to Coke’s Canadian headquarters, and engaged people online in signing a petition to the company’s global CEO. We also joined colleagues and allies in the Break Free From Plastic movement to participate in a beach clean-up and brand audit of the trash collected on one of the Philippines’ most polluted beaches and a well-known plastic pollution site world-wide. Our attendance presented a unique opportunity to tell a story about how Canada could be contributing to the plastic waste problem in other corners of the globe.

2017 also marked the wrap-up of Greenpeace Canada’s longstanding tuna markets work in Canada with the release of our last Canned Tuna Sustainability Ranking, an updated Tuna Guide for Healthier Oceans, and the successful conclusion of the Thai Union global campaign. Our Tuna Ranking revealed significant

Sarah King, Head of Oceans campaign at Greenpeace Canada, holds up plastic straws collected during a beach cleanup activity on Freedom Island, Philippines. © Daniel Müller / Greenpeace 12 progress by various brands in evaluating their tuna supply chains, in offering more sustainable options, and – in the case of Canada’s second biggest brand Ocean’s – in committing to a transition to sourcing only more responsibly-caught tuna.

After a two-year global campaign and months of negotiations, Greenpeace and Thai Union, the world’s largest tuna company, came to an agreement that resulted in Thai Union making several transformative commitments to improve the sustainability, legality and social responsibility of its tuna supply chains. This victory created – and continues to create – waves and positive impacts, through the seafood industry.

Greenpeace volunteers deliver a message to Thai Union in Bangkok, Thailand. © Wason Wanichakorn / Greenpeace 13 In 2018, our focus will be on tackling the plastic pollution crisis at the source by offering various ways for people to join a global movement of change agents taking action in their communities to hold corporate plastic polluters accountable and pressure governments to WHAT’S NEXT? create the systems we need for a healthier, plastic-free future.

Greenpeace activists send the Canadian government and G7 leaders a hard-to-miss message in Ottawa. © David Kawai / Greenpeace

Greenpeace staff attended the Green Living Show in Toronto to talk about 14 how we can campaign together to stop plastic pollution. © Greenpeace YOUR GLOBAL IMPACT Brazil In 2017, the Australian mining company BHP abandoned its plan to drill for oil near a big coral reef in the Amazon Mouth Basin. This decision came after popular pressure from thousands Arctic of Greenpeace supporters and the resulting demand from After years of political lobbying, an international agreement was IBAMA (Brazil’s environmental agency) for greater clarity on made to protect the central Arctic Ocean. Countries including the the company’s environmental impact assessment process. This US, Canada, Russia, Japan, and the European Union signed great victory came after more than 1.9 million people signed a 16-year moratorium on commercial fishing in 2.8 million square Greenpeace’s petition to “Defend the Amazon Reef”. Despite the kilometres, an area roughly the same size as the Mediterranean withdrawal of BHP, oil companies like Total and British BP still insist Sea. This will relieve pressure on a region where industrial fishing on drilling in this sensitive region, which can be destroyed in the companies were taking advantage of melting sea ice. event of an oil spill. Greenpeace will continue to monitor and speak out about drilling projects that threaten this valuable ecosystem. Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise in the Barents Sea. © Chris J Ratcliffe / Greenpeace Giant Creatures Parade to BP headquarters in London. © Chris J Ratcliffe / Greenpeace

CHINA Green peafowls are endangered, with fewer than 500 left in the world. But, thanks to a Greenpeace East Asia investigation and campaign, the endangered birds’ future is looking brighter. During the summer of 2017 our satellite data and field research showed illegal mining and roads had cut through the green peafowls’ core habitat, an area that’s also threatened by the construction of a dam nearby. Faced with this evidence, Yunnan’s Environmental Protection Agency has now promised to do what it can to protect this rare bird.

Wild Green Peafowl in Yunnan, China. © Zhinong Xi / WildChina

15 Democratic Republic of Congo In 2017 the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo committed to repealing two illegal logging licenses. A Greenpeace investigation discovered that, despite a moratorium on logging introduced in 2002, these two licenses had been authorized by the Environment Minister. However, with the revelations put forward by Greenpeace, and with a new Environment Minister in place, there are assurances that the situation has been remedied. Now that the illegal licenses have been cancelled, new mechanisms are being put in place to prevent future mishandlings of the agreement. Greenpeace will continue to be vigilant, keeping an eye out for violations of the logging moratorium that protects the world’s second-largest remaining rainforest.

Greenpeace volunteers at the harbour terminal in Matadi, Democratic Republic of Congo, speak out against logging violations in the Congo Basin. © Pierre Gleizes / Greenpeace

West Papua Germany An area of 3,545 hectares of Papua’s rainforest In January 2017, after a long campaign has officially been placed in community hands, by Greenpeace Germany and other to be protected and managed by the indigenous partners, the global supermarket chain people of the Knasaimos landscape in West LIDL became the first retailer to agree Papua’s Bird’s Head Peninsula. The management to our call for transparency about rights will be valid for 35 years. This is the first textile supply chains. The supermarket Village Forest to be established in Papua, a chain published a full list of its 650 major step forward in protecting the forest from textile and shoe suppliers and pledged illegal loggers and plantation companies that had to detox its clothing and footwear been eyeing the area for palm oil production. production processes. Greenpeace is committed to supporting communities, such as this one, working to protect Global supermarket chain LIDL has promised to detox its clothing production. their forests from illegal logging. © Fred Dott / Greenpeace Papuan dancers welcome Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior to Raja Ampat, West Papua. © Jurnasyanto Sukarno / Greenpeace

16 THANK YOU FUNDING OUR MISSION FOR YOUR SUPPORT! Greenpeace doesn’t accept money from corporations, government or political parties. We’re 100% independent and rely on individual donations from generous people like you to carry out our work. Thank you for funding Greenpeace Canada work to protect Thank you for funding Greenpeace Canada’s work Joanna Kerr this precious planet and all its inhabitants. We wouldn’t be able to do it without caring to protect this precious planet and all its inhabitants. Executive Director, and thoughtful supporters like you behind us. Greenpeace Canada

IN 2017 WHERE OUR MONEY CAME FROM 2017 2016

n Donor contributions $8,017,321 $8,867,898 5% 53,492 PEOPLE 5% n Bequests $291,542 $915,373 SUPPORTED GREENPEACE CANADA FINANCIALLY 16% n Restricted Grants from Greenpeace $1,811,555 $1,995,185 Stichting Council n 3% 2017 Unrestricted grants from Greenpeace $621,909 $- Stichting Counil 184,510 PEOPLE 71% SIGNED GREENPEACE CANADA PETITIONS n Campaign grants $581,534 $345,797 n Investment income $35,687 $36,996

Total income $11,359,548 $12,161,249 303,388 , 55,500 272,144 53 000 HOW WE SPENT OUR MONEY

2017 2016 18% n Campaigns $8,783,648 $9,072,429 6% n Finance and operations $659,071 $970,431 # Facebook fans # Facebook followers # Twitter 2017 2016 2017 2016 2017 n Fundraising $2,118,130 $2,140,423 76% Total expenses $11,560,849 $12,183,283 Instagram followers: 16,400 Volunteers: 290 To read Greenpeace Canada’s full audited financial statements, go to greenpeace.ca. 17 GIFTS IN WILLS ARE AT THE HEART OF EVERYTHING WE DO

My mom was the first environmentalist I knew, and as we were growing up, definitely one of the most committed. She may not have done anything extraordinary but we went for hikes every Sunday, and watched as she read everything she could get her hands on, learned more about science, and followed the activities of Greenpeace. She also voted with her conscience. As a result each of her children followed career paths clearly influenced by her: Zoologist, environmental waste diversion management, science educator for adult learners, as well as being avid gardeners.

Pam Fitzpatrick, daughter of Legacy Supporter Jean Marie Miles.

We want to thank everyone who pledged to include a gift to Greenpeace in their Will this year. You are part of an incredible group of people taking bold action to ensure that our planet is protected for future generations. You are the heart of Greenpeace, and your legacy will make our world a better place.

If you’d like to speak to someone about the legacy that you could leave, please get in touch with Tristan Woodford by phone at 587-599-3812 or by email at [email protected].

Every year we are honoured to receive gifts Derek Anderson Linda Louise Hutson Cynthia Mary Robertson from those supporters who kindly undertook the Ralph Creswell Arrowsmith Carol Virginia Johnson Renwick Spence Helen Izola Bassett Moira Ferguson McKechnie Barbara Stevenson generous and compassionate act of including Charles William Brayne Helen Ruth Peterson Audrey Silvia Tobias Greenpeace in their Will. For 2017 we would Denise Marie-Anne Breault Lawrence Randall Port Peggy Leola Wilkinson like to pay particular tribute to the following: Dorothy Dilworth Algis Rimkus 18 Our Board Members

Anna Crawford, Co-Chair Ginger Gosnell-Myers, Board Member

Joining the board in 2015, Anna has been involved with Greenpeace Ginger, of Nisga’a and Kwakwaka’wakw heritage, is currently the City of for several years as the local group leader in Ottawa-Gatineau. She is Vancouver’s Aboriginal Relations manager whose role is in managing the a current PhD candidate in Geography at Carleton University in Ottawa. emerging understandings between First Nations communities and Her dissertation is on the occurrence and deterioration of ice islands Vancouver’s more recent inhabitants. Ginger’s ultimate goal is to advance in the eastern Canadian Arctic. reconciliation and promote understanding of Vancouver as unceded territory.

Brigid Rowan, Co-Chair Kimberly Yetman Dawson, Board Member

Brigid Rowan is an energy economist with over 20 years of experience in Kimberly brings close to 20 years of experience in marketing and the areas of energy and regulatory economics. She has co-authored reports communications to the Greenpeace Canada board. She also has a decade and expert testimony on the most controversial oil projects in North America, of non-profit management experience, most recently as the Executive Director including an influential and widely publicized study on the employment of the Newfoundland and Labrador Housing and Homelessness Network. impacts of the Keystone XL pipeline. Lynn Konwaia’tanón:we’s Jacob, Board Member Frans Blom, Treasurer Lynn is from the Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) community of Kahnawà:ke Frans joined the Greenpeace Canada board in 2014 with 35 years where she has worked in the field of environmental protection for more of experience in public accounting and finance, as well as a wealth of than two decades. She is the Director of the Environment Protection experience in non-profit boards and audit committees. Now retired, Unit of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke and the Spokesperson for he enjoys time with his family and working for a few very special Kahnawà:ke Sustainable Energies. An avid gardener and beekeeper, NGOs, including recent fieldwork as a Financial Coordinator with Lynn lives in Kahnawà:ke in a passive-solar straw bale home with Médecins Sans Frontières. her husband and three kids.

Christine Laliberté, Board Member Meriko Kubota, Board Member Christine joined the Board in 2016 with 15 years of experience in Meriko Kubota is Director of Strategic Partnerships, Community non-profit management and citizenship engagement. A former Public Investment at TELUS. Meriko is an experienced funder and a program Engagement Director at Oxfam-Québec, Christine has extensive management professional. She is well versed in establishing strategic expertise in the planning and implementation of public mobilization partnerships and business opportunities, and conducting community campaigns that aim to promote social justice. engagement in Vancouver and internationally.

19 Crew members lie on the deck of the Greenpeace ship The Esperanza to form a heart to thank Greenpeace supporters for their support. © Will Rose / Greenpeace Thank you for your support !

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