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Greenpeace International Annual Report 2016

Greenpeace International Annual Report 2016

2016 ANNUAL REPORT 2 is an independent global campaigning organisation that acts to change attitudes and behaviour, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote .

A Message from the Greenpeace International Executive Directors 4 Greenpeace International’s 5 A Message from the Board Chair 6 Our Work 7 8 Detox 10 Climate & Energy 12 For 14 Save the 16 Oceans 18 Our 20 Our People 22 Greenpeace International Abbreviated Financial Statements 26 Greenpeace Worldwide Abbreviated Financial Statements 28 Environmental Report 30 Office Contact Details 31 3 Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning organisation that acts to change attitudes and behaviour, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace.

Foreword This is the 2016 Annual Report for Stichting Greenpeace Council. Stichting Greenpeace Council commonly works under its operational name: Greenpeace International. Greenpeace is a network consisting of Greenpeace International and 26 independent National and Regional Organisations (NROs) across the globe. See page [31] for office contact details. For convenience and reading ease, in this annual report Greenpeace is also used to identify Greenpeace International (GPI) and/or one or more Greenpeace NROs. Further information about the NROs involved in specific campaign projects is available online and/or via [email protected]. The words ‘we’, ‘us’ and ‘our’ in this report may refer to Greenpeace International, and/or NROs, and supporters. ‘You’ may refer to the reader of this report, and to existing and potential Greenpeace supporters across the world.

Greenpeace International’s activities in 2016 In accordance with the Operating Model as agreed by the Greenpeace network in 2014, Greenpeace International has in 2016 further delivered on its coordinating and enabling role for the global Greenpeace network. In 2016, Greenpeace International has coordinated the collaborative development and delivery of The Framework, which has been agreed among the Greenpeace network to provide strategic direction for the next decade. Greenpeace International’s Global Campaign Leaders and their teams provided high-level strategic global coordination for the NRO campaigns. The pages ‘our work’ in this report show the results of the work by Greenpeace International and NROs delivered in 2016. Other coordination work by Greenpeace International included the coordination of Communities of Practice in specific areas of work including IT, Engagement, People and Culture, Investigations as well as Performance, Accountability and Learning. Greenpeace International’s enabling work included the management and operation of the Greenpeace ships and execution of scientific work in the Greenpeace International Laboratories for NRO campaign projects, as well as strategic support of NROs in the fields of People and Culture, IT, Engagement, Legal, Finance, Operations, NRO Development. 4 Message from International Executive Directors ©

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Our planet and people are more interconnected than any that toxic free production processes and protection for our world-wide-web we could create. What impacts one part, pristine frozen places, where three-quarters of the world’s affects another and environmental protection is inextricably fresh water is stored, are possible. Now is the time to build linked with . an even stronger the movement.

Last year we connected at climate protests; with elders Last year, together we won greater protection from oil working to save the Amazon and the Arctic; grandmothers drilling and fshing in the Arctic with governments and and youth suing governments over . We corporations accepting that they cannot continue to exploit were awed by the power of the people and we want to say this vital but fragile part of the planet. thank you for everything you have done. Millions connected with Indigenous Peoples to protect their Together we have achieved a great amount, but we all traditional lands and rights in the heart of the Amazon. know there is much more to be done. This report is a That act of people power stopped the construction of a snapshot of some of the work we have done together, and mega-dam which threatened not only the community’s we hope you will connect with the people and their stories. environment but also their basic human rights. We also hope you stay in touch via Facebook and Twitter or by sending us an email. We need you to continue to be part In addition, chemical companies no longer have decades of the unstoppable global movement for a clean, and to pollute the environment because of you demanding just planet. policy changes in Europe; and organic farmers celebrated improved policies and innovations across the There are seven billion of us on this beautiful, blue marble globe. and we are more connected than ever before. We exchange billions of emails and social media messages daily, travel Spirit Bears in and Giant Pandas in are in a billion cars on 33 million roads and fy a trillion miles a protected because of your decades of dedication and year. We have never seen the likes of it nor had to manage support for in-depth investigations exposing illegal the scale of impacts from it either. The industrialisation and activities. technology boom that has given us so many benefts in some ways, has also brought devastating consequences, We share these victories and hope that, like us, they inspire for the security of our people (exposed to pollution, you to connect even more deeply with us and even more injustice and land grabs); and especially for our climate. broadly with our community, so together we can grow the movement for a just, peaceful and sustainable future even 2016 was the hottest year on record and the most deadly further. for environmental and human rights defenders. We saw the election of a climate change denier to the White House and violence against too many activists. We are signifcantly reducing our planet’s resilience, and our own. But we will not be deterred.

We have the answers. Our future is already here. We imagine and work for healthy oceans and sustainable farming practices that don’t clear-cut forests or Jennifer Morgan and Bunny McDiarmid add even more to the atmosphere. We have shown Greenpeace International Executive Directors © Bas Bentjes / Greenpeace 5 Greenpeace International’s Board of Directors ©

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Term of office: Term of office: Term of office: First Elected: 2016 First Elected: 2014 First Elected: 2013 Term Ends: 2019 Term Ends: 2017 Term Ends: 2019

Anabella Rosemberg Athena Ballesteros Thuli Makama I wanted to support GP in its efforts to connect deeper and My passion and deep commitment to environment and I joined the Greenpeace Board to further my commitment better with social justice groups and trade unions, something development issues drove me to join Greenpeace and what and interest in the environmental law challenges against I find critical for building the strong, resilient movement the organization stands for. In these difficult, challenging and powerful multinational corporations and the defence of we need to confront today’s interconnected challenges. politically sensitive times, Greenpeace needs to continue its environmental and human rights of local communities. Senior climate and environment advisor in the international leadership, raising even louder its voice against inequality trade union movement, I have worked more than a decade and injustice and the ravaging of our natural resources. I have over seventeen years’ of governance experience in the promoting a better integration of not-for-profit sector, having served as Deputy Chair of the in union policies and campaigns. I worked extensively I have a long history of working with Asian civil society Open Society Initiative Southern Africa, Treasurer of IUCN on putting content into the concept of Just Transition for organizations and indigenous peoples on climate change, World Conservation Union Eastern and Southern Africa workers, which features sustainable finance, and, human board and ombudsman of Friends of the International, now as a key social commitment from governments in rights issues. amongst others. the . I am married to a long time GP volunteer and supporter, with I’m a poetry reader and a football fan. three teenage children, Gabriella, Gerardo and Gustavo.

Ayesha Imam Term of office: Term of office: Term of office: Board Chair since April 2017 First Elected: 2015 First Elected: 2014 First Elected: 2012 Term Ends: 2018 Term Ends: 2018 Term Ends: 2018 I became a financial supporter and later joined Greenpeace International’s Board because Greenpeace is significant in not only exposing environmental problems, but also in driving solutions for a green and peaceful future. Michael Hammer Ed Harrington Ravi Rajan I strongly support principles of justice and human rights I am the Director of ROCsalt, a network of independent, I was the longtime Controller for the San Francisco and then I wanted to support Greenpeace in its efforts to build more being integrated so that gender and other inequities are international organisational development and evaluation General Manager for the City’s Public Utilities Commission deeply on the connections between environmental and addressed in Greenpeace’s mission. specialists. I previously worked in and executive running water, power and wastewater agencies in the San human rights, and to help forge real and tangible links leadership roles in the field of sustainability consulting, Francisco Bay Area. I was also chair of the Water Utility with other kindred organizations working in the global I bring principles of environmental sustainability to other human rights , global governance reform, and civil Climate Alliance, a group of large water utilities with 45 north and the south in this area. platforms I engage with as a rights and sustainable society strengthening with a focus on Africa. million customers. I have been a senior scholar and have worked for more development consultant and activist with a range of I first joined Greenpeace as board member for Greenpeace When I retired, I wanted to take my finance and natural than three decades on environmental social sciences organisations, from women’s rights and community Germany in 2008, motivated by the organisation’s resources background and move from a bureaucratic and policy, with foci in technological disasters, complex based organisations to official aid and UN agencies. independent and non-violent in support of role to an advocacy one—and what better place to work systems, and and human rights. environmental justice and . on and climate issues from that perspective than I also have deep academic affiliations with institutions When I want to have fun, I play scrabble or badminton. Greenpeace. I live with my husband in California’s in India. I live in the and love spending time in the Sonoma County. and at the sea. “From climate change to inequity, armed recent increase of right-wing populist confict to social injustice, the great political forces gaining power in the world. 6 challenges of our time are not only urgent, The Framework will guide Greenpeace they are intimately linked. From the power and our partners to be more prepared to Message from the structures that make them possible to defeat these negative, dangerous powers the mindsets that make them acceptable, and to protect the key values that guide our they are interwoven and must be changed organization. together.” Board Chair In 2016 we also oversaw the creation of an In 2016 Greenpeace developed a new strat- exciting new leadership model. In April Jen- egy (known as the Framework) to guide our nifer Morgan and Bunny McDiarmid started work for the next decade and this powerful their term as the Executive Directors of statement is the cornerstone of what we Greenpeace International in a shared lead- are setting out to achieve. ership role.

The Framework was developed through a We appreciate the leadership demonstrat- comprehensive and participatory bot- ed by the International Executive Directors tom-up process that involved volunteers, and the National Regional Ofces and activists, partners, staff and board mem- staff. We also appreciate the support of bers from across Greenpeace globally. our trustees.

One of its main strengths is recognising Most importantly, we acknowledge Green- the connections between environmen- peace supporters, volunteers and activ- tal destruction, confict and social and ists, whose millions of individual actions, economic injustices and the necessity to contributions, and support are what makes work with allies to change the systems that all our work not just possible, but also produce these problems. impactful. Thank you.

We will still be protecting environmental boundaries, especially on climate change and the oceans – but this new strategy addresses more “how” we should and Ayesha Imam achieve these goals. We have seen the Stichting Greenpeace Council

Last but not least, at the end of 2016 the tional Board Board of Greenpeace International nomi- members as nated Ayesha Imam as the new Chair of the well as all of Greenpeace International Board. you, activists, supporters, Ayesha is no stranger to Greenpeace as she staff and trust- served on the International Board for seven ees for your years, from 2006 to 2013. She is a rights confdence and and sustainable development consultant support during and has worked with and for a range of my term. organizations including women’s rights, of- It has been a cial aid and UN agencies on women’s rights, real honor to gender-sensitive research and program- serve this incredible organization as Board ming, democracy, sustainable development Chair. I leave the Board Chair position in and organizational support and training. peace reassured that the organization is ft Ayesha started her term in April 2017 and and reinvigorated to continue and accom- I am positive that she will strengthen the plish its important mission. As an activist Board’s leadership. and a supporter, I will continue this trajecto- ry with all of you. This is my last letter in our Annual Report. Having served Greenpeace International as the Board Chair for the last six years, I Ana Toni would like to sincerely thank all the interna- Ex-Chair, Stichting Greenpeace Council

I must thank Ana for her wise of Greenpeace International and her generosity e c a of spirit, time and advice during our handover period. I would also like to thank the Board, e p

n the International Executive Directors, the Trustees and the staff of Greenpeace for their e e r warm welcome and support. As we move on in these difcult times, I will endeavour to be G

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In 2016 together we were part of a movement tackling blazes in the Russian Boreal. In Brazil, ten years after you helped put a soya that shifted a business model away from companies in Indonesia clear-cut the forest to moratorium in place, to protect the Amazon exploitation and toward protection; coura- make way for , but the remaining from rampant clear-cutting, the ban has been geous volunteers risked their to help us dry peatlands often catch fre, causing toxic made permanent. Today, the illusive Spirit fght forest fres on two continents; and you smoke that killed 100,000 people in 2015 Bear of British Colombia, and the 26 First helped the world connect with forest peoples alone. Adi and Nilus – volunteers in the Green- Nations who both call the Great Bear Rainfor- to defend their lands and our planetary lungs. peace frefghting team - travelled half way est home will no longer have to fght to protect around the world to hold to account IOI - one their land and rights, after a campaign you The Munduruku people live on the fringes of of the worst companies. kept up relentlessly for the last 20 years paid the Tapajos River in the heart of the Amazon off. rainforest. Greenpeace Brazil helped to bring Thanks to pressure Greenpeace supporters their story worldwide, a story of deep connec- placed on IOI, fourteen of its more famous Years-long investigations also got results. tion between the environment, human rights customers like Nestle, Pepsi, Johnson & John- When a Greenpeace Africa investigation and social justice, all of which was threatened son Ikea and Mars, cut ties with the company. revealed the government of the Democratic when the Brazilian government proposed a We are still waiting for those same companies Republic of Congo had violated its own log- mega-dam across the river. to put into practise their own promises on ging moratorium, not once – but three times, zero-, but your campaigning did the exposé resulted in three illegal conces- They travelled for days across country to ensure the famous Betty Crocker cake mixes sions being cancelled and nearly a third of a appeal to the Justice Minister. He would not are now forest friendly and palm oil–free. million hectares saved. listen to their story, but you did. More than a Sometimes change comes quickly, some- million people signed petitions and took ac- times it takes a decade or even a generation. A two-year investigation tion. And together you in China by Greenpeace won. The mega-dam’s Eas Asia showed illegal license was can- in the World celled, the Munduruku Heritage Sichuan Giant people’s rights were Panda Sanctuary and re- upheld and their lands sulted in the government were defended. closing the loopholes that the loggers had exploited. Greenpeace trained volunteers helped Our forests are standing communities defend guardians of the health their lands from forest fres in and of our climate, the land Indonesia too. rights of our peoples and Greenpeace Wildland the preservation of our Fire Program global . We have only a few years to Greenpeace volunteers help volunteers travelled suppress a wildfre near the to remote areas of halt the deforestation of Cossack village Siberia, risking their our planet and restore na- Berezanovskaya, Russia tive forests. We count on lives to help and train © Maria Vasilieva / Greenpeace local communities you to continue to stand with us and the forests. 9

Bearing Witness in IOI Oil Palm Concession in West Kalimantan A Greenpeace investigator documents the new of oil palm saplings in an area of the PT Bumi Sawit Sejahtera (IOI) oil palm concession in Ketapang, West Ka- limantan, that suffered extensive, repeated fres in 2015, and had been identifed as containing High Carbon Stock.

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We share a common goal – a toxic free It is ironic that outdoor clothing companies We did spend some of 2016 indoors, too! future, where dangerous chemicals are no who depend on nature for their business Along with community allies in Indonesia, longer produced, used or released into our knowingly release dangerous chemicals we won a precedent-setting court victory, environment. into the environment. PFCs are chemicals stopping the country’s biggest textile com- used for waterproofing, but they are also panies from discharging toxic wastewater The need to detox our world is not just about invisibly dispersed into our air, food and onto public lands. While in Europe more which chemicals threaten our health and en- water and do not break down in the envi- chemicals, including cancer-causing toxins vironment, but how many – which is driven ronment. from the , were added to the not just by production, but by EU phase out list. Both rulings will over-consumption. have potentially industry-altering impacts. The worldwide scandal of the Samsung Galaxy Note In China concerns about the inad- 7 smartphone showed us equacies of protection for people a system that promotes a living near chemical factories throw-away culture rather prompted than ideals of repair, reuse and data analysts to spend months , ignoring precaution- mapping the location of nearly ary principles and refusing to 34,000 chemical plants and be transparent. We offered a related industrial accidents. They different way, teaming up with uncovered nearly 200 deaths, 30 local partners from Germany accidents a month and showed to China and Mexico to set up plants where located close to phone repair cafes, offering high-density populations and practical advice and assis- ecologically sensitive areas. The tance. Together we challenged report is already changing the the IT industry to become chemical safety debate in China. “True Innovators” – designers of gadgets that are smart for Fashion should not cost the our planet and for our lives. earth, nor should our enjoyment of the outdoors be at the expense Like the IT sector, the fast, of the very nature we love. Our cheap fashion industry is technology and connectivity driving consumption and pol- should not be a driver of climate lution. Behind the bright lights change and chemical pollution of the shop fronts is a murky and corporations should be production process. Greenpeace activists Greenpeace investigators hiked to distant enabling reuse and recycling, rather than and supporters used innovation and artistry parts of the globe to gather the evidence encouraging a throw-away culture. to challenge a mindset that values quantity you needed to pressure the industry. One Trash Queen “Buy Nothing over quality. Trash queens and giant models week, 150 actions in 21 countries was Thanks to your efforts with us in 2016, gov- Day” Street Performance appeared on the streets of Germany, , enough to hold the retailers to account ernments and corporations have heard your in and giving a new look to and force nine of the top companies to go message loud, clear, dramatically and with © JD Huang / Greenpeace Buy Nothing Day. PFC-free. suitably fashionable fare. 11

PFC-free Expedition in China

To prove the functionality of PFC-free clothing, Deng Lin, Icey Tsui and A.M., 3 outdoor key opinion leaders from , Taiwan and Hong Kong respectively summited one of the peak Da Feng of the Four Sister Mountains (5025m) located in Sichuan, Mainland China in January 2016. Under the cold current with -20 degree celsius, the climbers spent 4 days on the mountain and summited Peak Da Feng.

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2016 was the hottest year on record. We are living how the “The Sun Unites Us” across the Mediter- shattered Fukushima reactor aboard the Rainbow in a time of climate change, but we are also the ranean, on our wind-powered sailing fagship, the Warrior III, former Prime Minister Naoto Kan told Yulin, located in Shenfu coalfeld, is part of the “Golden generation who is bringing about an energy revo- III. us “we should shift to safer and cheaper renew- Triangle of ” in China. lution. Over two weeks and across six continents, able energy for our future generations.” Cities in China will take up 30,000 people couldn’t have made that clearer. Two heart-breaking anniversaries - the Fukushi- to 12 years to bring toxic air Hundreds came by land and sea to shut down the ma nuclear disaster fve years ago and the Cher- “One of my most important tasks is to ensure pollution levels within legal the future quality of life of our grandchildren limits, if the government’s air Kinder Morgan Power Plant near , Cana- nobyl nuclear meltdown 30 years ago - reminded quality plan continues at its da, in one of dozens of actions by and our planet”. That is Rosmarie current rate – according to an communities and individuals Wydler-Wälti’s pledge as a grand- analysis of government data by demanding we #breakfree from mother in Switzerland who, with Greenpeace East Asia. 450 other glorious grannies, has fossil fuels. © Nian Shan / Greenpeace launched a legal case against her People used to laugh at the idea of government for failing to take action an end to the age of fossil fuels. No against the impacts of climate one’s laughing now. Households, change. Those basic rights are investors, pension schemes, banks being supported in courts across and even entire countries are dump- the world. In the Philippines, the ing coal. Together we stopped more Human Rights Commission issued than US$2billion dollars of dirty a landmark ruling, demanding that energy investment last year alone. forty-seven of the biggest historic Belgium and Scotland switched polluters answer charges of putting off their last coal plants, making a human rights at risk. Similarly, quarter of the European Union coal our work in the USA is putting the spotlight on Exxon’s climate change free. denialism. Greenpeace East Asia has been Breathing clean air is the most basic highlighting the coal power plant human right. Using innovative tech- ‘bubble’ in China and helped create nology, investigations and classic a major discussion about overca- actions, the issue was pushed high pacity. A three-year moratorium on on the political agenda last year. new coal plants in China reinforced Air quality reporting apps in India, Greenpeace East Asia’s campaign pollution monitors in Bulgaria, re- to raise awareness of the link al-time daily pollution level reporting between coal production and the in Thailand, and attention-grabbing disastrous levels of . actions in the UK: these were just In 2016, China suspended 104 some of the ways that we worked planned coal power plants, 47 of together to secure more stringent which were already under con- air quality controls. struction. While coal collapses, the solar industry us of the deadly legacy still hanging over millions burns ever more brightly. The conversation is not of people in Ukraine, Japan and beyond, but we We still have a massive task ahead and not “if” renewables, but “when”, and how fast. Together, also saw a shift in mindsets and policies. In the much time to achieve it. We cannot do it alone, we helped change laws in Greece to allow greater past, a Japanese Prime Minister would never step but together we can put in place a just, equitable, domestic access to and celebrated foot on a Greenpeace , but, sailing passed the system for the future. 13

Break Free Action in Washington D.C. Break Free supporters gather in front of the White House in Washington, D.C. be- fore marching to the Lincoln Memorial to call on the Obama administration to stop offshore drilling. Speakers from the Arctic, Atlantic and Gulf Coast communities called on President Obama to build on his legacy as a climate champion by keeping the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans out of not just this 5-year plan but all future plans, and to end the treatment of the Gulf coast as a sacrifce zone by halting all new oil and gas leasing in the region.

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There is nothing better than family and friends In China we saw how people power, not ment investigation into the damage it causes. sharing good food, laughter and love. Whatever corporate control can drive sustainable organic Supermarkets in Japan and across Europe your culture, good food is jeopardized by our farming through innovative crowd-funding. Hou heard your demands to cut chemicals and add broken food system. However, the problem Xueying went from ofce worker to organic more organic food to the shelves. The Europe- with industrialised food production goes farmer, supported by customers who funded an Commission made a signifcant policy shift deeper than that – it threatens human rights in- the raft of ducks she needed to improve her by refusing to license the herbicide glyphosate cluding the right to food and the right to health. harvest. Her inspiring story, connecting for ten more years, which was classifed as a Greenpeace supports food sovereignty and buyers and farmers, using proven organic “probable carcinogen” by the WHO’s Interna- access for all to nutritious and healthy food. methods, shows a different business model is tional Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) possible. in 2015. Instead, the licence was renewed only Industrialised food production threatens those for 18 months until end of 2017, until a further rights and the health of assessment by the European our people and planet. Chemicals Agency about the A quarter of the land is cancer risks of glyphosate is used to raise livestock published. that generates 15 percent of our green- The Food for Life movement house gas emissions. is fourishing. In Mexico, A third of croplands are where food is celebrated as farmed to feed them, part of the country’s ‘Intangi- not us, and corpora- ble Cultural Heritage’, people tions own the rights to power got one of the world’s our seeds and food. biggest bakeries and maize While some countries producers to go organic. In risk famine because of Bihar, India, the government climate impacts, nearly committed to fund farm- 40 percent of food in ers who ditch genetically industrialized countries engineered crops and instead is thrown away, often adopt eco-friendly farming because it just doesn’t practices. In Argentina, look right. The system the state of Santa Fe, which is broken. Knowing how your food is grown is as import- produces 20 percent of all Argentina’s agricul- ant as knowing where it comes from. Bees tural output, committed to promote ecological Our shared vision of what looks right puts sci- became the buzz-word in many parts of the farming at the state and national level. ence, people and the planet at the heart of the world in 2016. They pollinate more than 80 per- solution. We can feed the world sustainably, cent of the world’s food, but globally numbers From the rice paddies of China to the fatlands healthy and justly while protecting our planet’s have been crashing, because of pesticides and of Argentina and across the felds of Europe, Hou Xueying, from ofce biodiversity. Ecological farming is scientifcally habitat destruction from industrialized farming. you have helped farmers connect with custom- worker to organic farmer centred and re-connects people with food, ers and suppliers; share their stories and ex- in Shanghai, China to produce healthier harvests. While indus- The Greenpeace “hive” immediately took action pertise with others and changed mindsets and trial farming worsens the impacst of climate – protesting at one of the biggest insecticide policies. You are part of the eco-food revolution, © Wendi Wu / Greenpeace change, ecological farming works to lessen it. manufacturers in Japan, prompting a govern- and together we can grow our food for life. 15

Glyphosate Action at Schönbrunn in Vienna Greenpeace protested at the Schönbrunn palace gardens against the use of Glypho- sate in federal gardens in Austria. The glyphosate treated area is simulated by artifcial brown turf on the grass in front of the Gloriette. The European Union Commission made a signifcant policy shift in 2016 by refusing to license the cancer-causing glyphosate for ten more years.

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Politics can be polarising; seem distant and Thompson, met elders to hear their story. ment, which cannot happen if opens irrelevant. In 2016, more than eight million of Many others, including Naomi Klein and Jane a new oil frontier in the Arctic. Perversely, the you proved that Polar politics can connect Fonda, echoed their dissent. After two years of same government is now close to creating ma- people and places no matter how far apart. legal petitioning, the Canadian Supreme Court rine reserves around the biodiversity hotspot of It brings art, science and humanity together, has fnally begun hearing their case. . shifting power dynamics and changing mind- sets. The US government cut the from its offshore oil and gas Four million people live in the Arctic drilling plan, and withdrew parts of Circle. Most of the rest of the world the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas from will never see their homes, or the oil and gas leasing. This victory rivers and forests that provide may be short-lived with a climate their food, shelter and income. Nor change denier now in the White will they experience the incredible House, intent on rolling back Arctic wildlife that lives in the far reaches protection. of our planet. But millions more still reached out to those communities, A single Arctic Defender, with to join together as Arctic Defenders. nothing more than a piano, took governments to task over the Their message is simple – protect need for Arctic protection. Italian the Arctic now and stop the destruc- pianist Ludovico Einaudi performed tive industries. Their message is a haunting “Elegy for the Arctic” being heard. while foating amongst the drifting icebergs. It was as daring as it was Together you changed some of the beautiful and his music moved world’s biggest players in the fshing millions watching on social media industry including McDonald’s, and all the government ofcials Tesco, Young’s and Iglo, who agreed discussing Arctic marine protection a moratorium on fshing in the North at the OSPAR Commision political Barents Sea. meeting. Combined with Green- peace and a petition of The tiny, remote Clyde River eight million signatures, it prompt- community in Nunavut, Canada ed the Commission to forward a and Daughter in did not agree to energy companies proposal for permanent protection Clyde River Actor, writer and activist, Emma Thompson conducting seismic blasting in their of part of the Arctic Ocean to the and her daughter Gaia Romilly Wise during waters, risking their food and water supply. The In another court, this time in Norway, along Arctic Council. a picnic of country , near Clyde River.

Canadian authorities approved the exploration with the organisation, we Greenpeace has been invited to the Clyde without consent, breaching the United Nations fled an historic lawsuit against the govern- The Save the Arctic campaign runs on people River community to support their fght against seismic blasting, assist with solar Convention on the Rights of Indigenous Peo- ment for breaching its own constitution, by power, from Taiwan to Lebanon, Brazil and panel installation, and to participate in a ples. Our icebreaker, the Arctic Sunrise, helped allowing new oil drilling in the Arctic. The law beyond and you are making a difference. If you series of knowledge sharing events. bring the Clyde River’s message to the world. guarantees the rights of every person and fu- are not already an Arctic Defender, what are © Greenpeace On board, actor and Arctic Defender Emma ture generations to a safe and healthy environ- you waiting for – one click and you are there! 17

Composer and Pianist Ludovico Einaudi Performs in the Arctic Ocean Acclaimed Italian composer and pianist Ludovico Einaudi performs one of his own compositions on a foating platform in the Arctic Ocean, in front of the Wahlenberg- breen glacier (in Svalbard, Norway). The composition, Elegy for the Arctic, was inspired by eight million voices from around the world calling for Arctic protection. The Greenpeace ship the Arctic Sunrise carried Einaudi, the grand piano and eight million voices to Svalbard.

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In 2016 we set out across our great oceans micro-beads in , a move mir- We were delighted at the announcement and seas to change the fshing industry into rored by Tesco and the majority of cosmet- of the creation of the biggest reserve ever; a just and sustainable one; create buffer ics companies. which covers the fragile Ross Sea in Antarc- zones against overfshing and tica. In addition, there were other mineral extraction through the signifcant protected areas in the creation of marine reserves; and United States, the United Kingdom shift the global mindset about and Chile. the lifetime legacy of pollution from plastics in our oceans. Nearly half of us are coastal peo- ple, living less than 100km from Destructive fshing is not only shore. “The People of the Oceans”, devastating our oceans, it is brought us together to share our also denying people their basic collective story. Jamee Lynn told human rights. A 12-month long us of the deep-rooted traditions of investigation by Greenpeace her Tolowa tribe on the north-west Southeast Asia exposed a coast of the United States. catalogue of abuses by one of the biggest companies in the “We’re an ocean people. We’ve lived, industry – Thai Union. Your collected, traded and explored the demands for action resulted in oceans of the west coast for time global retailer Tesco cutting ties immemorial. The ocean’s in my with Thai Union, and prompted blood, I’m drawn to it constantly. It’s retailers from Canada to the where I take my kids, my partner United Kingdom to demand and those I love.” fair and sustainably caught fsh stocks. Thousands of kilometres across the other side of the wide Pacifc, Nikos Katakouzinos knows only Jirasak, a local fsherman from too well the impact of overfsh- Thailand also sees our oceans as ing. In his lifetime fshing off the life-giving and urgently in need of island of Lesvos, Greece, he has protection. “We’ve taken so much seen catches fall by more than from the sea, now we should at half. Along with fellow fshers, least give something back. If we he teamed up with Greenpeace continue with destructive fshing, to prove that sustainably caught, then in the future, there’ll be no fsh West African small-scale local fshermen in Senegal human-centred, local fshing left for us to catch.” West Africa is one of the last remaining can feed the market, protect our biodiversity rich waters in the planet. Greenpeace is working on moving West oceans and support communi- Our story of our oceans in 2016 is African countries and major foreign fshing ties. that the business as usual mod- powers (China and EU) toward implement- el can be challenged and changed; that ing responsible fshery management and sustainable fshing activities in the region. It is not just what we take out that is environmental needs go hand in hand with wreaking havoc – it is what we dump in. The best marine scientists tells us our human rights and justice; that following the This image is one in a series documenting small-scale local A shocking report warned that by 2050 oceans need a breathing space, from pollu- best science makes the most sense and fshermen in Senegal who have been there could be more plastic than fsh in our tion, overfshing, and destructive mining, and that your strength, our people power, though affected by industrial fshing giants. oceans. From Europe, to the Americas and a global network of marine reserves will sometimes separated by vast distance, will Asia you reacted, resulting in a total ban on –do the job. create the change we need to see. © © Liu Yuyang / Greenpeace 19

Esperanza targets distructive fshing in Indian Ocean Greenpeace activists use water-based black paint to disable lamps on the Ex- plorer II, a vessel thought to habitually use some 80 high-powered lights to aggregate fsh in a potential breach of marine regula- tions. The Explorer II is owned by Albacora Group, a Spanish company which supplies to Thai Union using harmful fshing gear. Greenpeace called on Thai Union to implement sustainable fshing practices and worker-protection, following revela- tions that Thai Union has been linked to human rights abuses in its supply chain.

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Greenpeace’s founding principles are based on the Quaker tradition of bearing The fgures reported below include the emissions from Greenpeace International and all witness and the non-violent direct action National and Regional Greenpeace Organisations around the globe. advocated by the likes of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and Gandhi. Greenpeace worldwide GHG emissions 2016 2015 2014 2013 (in CO2 equiv. metric tonnes) We also believe, as Gandhi said, that we should be the change we want to see and SCOPE 1 as such, we strive to step lightly on our Direct emissions for helicopter transportation 91.93 67.04 102.61 380.03 world and minimise our environmental Direct emissions for infatables 39.2 73.38 32.89 246.61 footprint. Direct emissions for marine transportation 5,112.97 5,859.29 4,672.21 6,593.02

We strive to reach the standards we Direct emissions for natural gas 183.23 231.71 267.42 62.88 set for ourselves and others and keep Direct emissions for vehicles 461.24 438.13 536.22 159.66 working to change the social, economic Total Scope 1 5,888.57 6,669.55 5,611.35 7,442.20 and political systems. SCOPE 2

The energy revolution is certainly upon Indirect emissions for ofce electricity 525.64 758.17 1,044.34 949.61 us and the end of coal and oil is near, but Indirect emissions for server electricity 5.17 8.55 23.98 23.8 renewable energy is still not universally available nor are all our production Total Scope 2 530.81 766.72 1,068.32 973.4 processes completely free of toxic SCOPE 3 chemicals. Indirect emissions for helicopter transportation 18.96 13.83 21.16 33.12 Where the system and standards fall Indirect emissions for infatables 8.04 14.92 6.74 12.74 short we work to minimise our impact Indirect emissions for marine transportation 1,007.16 1,154.77 920.43 1,126.58 and campaign for systems change. Indirect emissions for natural gas 27.94 35.03 37.88 34.63

Direct emissions for vehicles 70.94 65.56 98.1 121.93 Over the year 2016 we’ve had a slight decrease in our global Direct emissions for business travel 11,225.75 11,391.67 10,989.50 10,740.77 emissions as compared to 2015. This Direct emissions for ofce electricity 153.04 202.87 296.88 270.55 is mainly the result of lower emissions Direct emissions for paper consumption 1,385.68 1,839.10 1,863.28 1,474.92 for marine transportation, paper DIrect emissions for server electricity 1.67 2.21 5.77 5.14 consumption, ofce electricity and global Total Scope 3 13,899.18 14,719.97 14,239.74 13,820.39 business travel. In addition some historic reporting discrepancies were repaired— Total GHG emissions in metric tonnes: 20,318.56 22,156.24 20,919.41 21,657.99 these discrepancies are caused by the fact that we are continuously developing better methodologies for calculating and reporting emissions. 31

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