Press release - 28 October, 2005
Greenpeace today published its combined annual summary of income and supporter accounts for 2004, which show a slight decrease in supporter figures and a stable income for the international environmental organisation.
Offices in Latin America and Asia continue to show an increase
inmembership with a combined increase of 80% in both regions a
similarfigure to the previous year.
Worldwide, the organisation showed a decrease of just under 1%
in itsincome and 4.9% in the number of supporters. However,
in2004 many offices streamlined their reporting systems for
bothsupporters and income, which is also affected by currency
exchangerates.
"The importance of Greenpeace and organisations like ours
continues tobe proven in areas of fastest economic growth such as
China and India,"said Gerd Leipold, Executive Director of
GreenpeaceInternational. "But the developed world must not rest on
itslaurels. Governments and industry must not be driven by
profitsand politics but by a genuine interest in the future of our
planet."
Income in 21 of the 27 national and regional offices dotted
around theworld increased. Only offices in Brazil, CEE, Luxembourg,
Netherlands,and Switzerland showed a decline.
Greenpeace is an independent campaigning organisation that
usesnon-violent creative confrontation to expose global
environmentalproblems to force solutions that are essential to a
green and peacefulfuture.
Other contacts: To arrange interviews with Gerd Leipold, contact Gina Sanchez +31627000064
Notes: To download a PDF version of the Annual Report:http://www.greenpeace.org/annual-report-2004