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Greenpeace stands for positive change through action to defend the natural world and promote peace.
Greenpeace is a non-profit organisation, with a presence in 40 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific. To maintain its independence, Greenpeace does not accept donations from governments or corporations but relies on contributions from individual supporters and foundation grants.
As a global organisation, Greenpeace focuses on the most crucial worldwide threats to our planet's biodiversity and environment. We believe that the struggle to preserve the future of our planet is not about us. It's about you. Greenpeace speaks for 2.8 million supporters worldwide, and encourages many millions more to take action every day.
Greenpeace in China
Greenpeace China was established in Hong Kong in 1997 and
has since set up offices in
Beijing and Guangzhou.
China’s phenomenal economic
growth in the last two decades has brought unprecedented environmental threats
to the country and the world. Greenpeace believes that development should not
come at the expense of the environment. We are committed to seeking and building
a green growth pattern, together with the people of China.
Greenpeace
Campaigns in China
Climate
and Energy
Greenpeace is committed to halting climate change
caused by burning coal, oil and gas.
- We champion an energy revolution by which a world powered by nuclear and fossil fuels is transformed into one running on renewable energy.
- We challenge government and industry to take effective action to halt climate change.
- We investigate, expose and confront the practice of burning of coal, oil and gas, which leads to climate change.
- We inspire people to join the energy revolution by reducing energy consumption and by claiming their right to have access to renewable energy.
Greenpeace is committed to achieving a world free from hazardous chemical pollutants.
- We champion the development of clean industry so that our next generation does not have to bear the body burden of chemical pollutants that this generation does.
- We advocate the simple principle that chemicals possessing inherently dangerous properties should not be produced if a safer alternative is available.
- We challenge governments to enforce this principle through legislation, including corporate liability.
- We investigate, expose and confront the dumping of toxic materials in poorer countries.
Greenpeace is committed to promoting agriculture that benefits the environment, farmers and consumers, and the production of safe and healthy foods to meet human needs.
- We investigate, expose and confront the global threat posed by industrial agriculture to the natural environment and food security.
- We challenge governments and industry to end their support for destructive agriculture and to preserve and enhance farmers’ abilities to produce food in environmentally and socially responsible ways.
- We promote socially and ecologically responsible farming methods by which quality food is produced without compromising quality of life or the environment.
- We encourage consumers to buy food products produced in socially and ecologically responsible ways.
Greenpeace is committed to protecting the world’s remaining ancient forests and the plants, animals and peoples that depend on them.
- We investigate, expose and confront the trade in illegal and destructively logged timber and other products causing forest destruction.
- We challenge governments and industry to end their role in ancient forest destruction.
- We promote real alternatives such as products certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), to ensure that timber comes from environmentally responsible and socially just forest management.
- We support the rights of forest peoples.
To keep our neutral stand, Greenpeace accepts neither corporate sponsorships nor government funding. We believe our direct and long term donations from our donors at any race and age reflect donors’ genuine concern of our Earth. Their funds are spent on the actual issues rather than on administrative costs in running goodwill events.
Greenpeace China conducts a fundraising programme called “Direct Dialogue Campaign”. We believe we need to establish a direct conversation with people everyday so as to engage them in all our campaign issues and actions.
