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5 More Things Businesses Can Do Now That They’ve Realised #StrawsSuck
The #StrawsSuck movement is gaining momentum the world over. Aiming to curb usage of single-use plastics, the campaign urges all individuals and businesses to stop using plastic straws – and many South African food franchises (particular in coastal cities) are opting in at a rapid pace.
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Greenpeace Africa urges NEMA to Seal Loopholes for Effective Plastic ban Implementation
Nairobi, 22nd February 2018 - Single use plastic carrier bags were banned in Kenya in August 28th last year, but six months later plastic bags in grocery stores and small scale traders have become the norm. Reports show that smugglers operating at Kenya’s border points are using porous borders to bring in plastic bags from…
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Greenpeace demands that Shell and Sasol show up at climate change and human rights inquiry
Johannesburg, South Africa, 21 February 2018 - This morning activists from Greenpeace Southeast Asia - Philippines unfurled a banner reading “PEOPLE AND PLANET, NOT PROFIT” from Shell’s Batangas oil refinery, sending a sharp reminder to Shell to attend upcoming hearings into the responsibility of big fossil fuel companies for climate-related human rights harms.
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Greenpeace Africa critiques the budget speech failure to support a new energy future
Johannesburg, 21 February 2018 - Responding to Minister of Finance Malusi Gigaba’s budget speech, Greenpeace Africa’s Political Advisor, Happy Khambule has said:
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DRC government reinstates illegal logging concessions in breach of its own moratorium
Kinshasa, 20 February 2018: The Congolese Minister of Environment, Amy Ambatobe, has reinstated 6,500 km² of logging concessions that were cancelled in August 2016 by the then Environment Minister Robert Bopolo following instructions from then Prime Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo. The three concessions reinstated on 1 February 2018 were awarded to the Chinese-owned logging companies…
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Greenpeace: President Ramaphosa yet to take decisive action on energy
Johannesburg, 16 February 2018: Responding to the State of the Nation address delivered by President Cyril Ramaphosa tonight, Greenpeace Africa’s political advisor, Happy Khambule, has said:
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Greenpeace Africa calls on President Cyril Ramaphosa to act on energy
Responding to the news that Cyril Ramaphosa has been elected and sworn in as South Africa’s new president, Greenpeace Africa’s political advisor, Happy Khambule, has said:
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Greenpeace implores The President of South Africa to declare Cape Town a national disaster
Johannesburg, 6 February 2018 - Greenpeace Africa began a petition calling on the President of South Africa to declare the Eastern and Western Cape Provinces national disaster areas. Within in 10 days, 2769 citizens of South Africa and the international community have sent an email containing the petition directly to the office of the Presidency.
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5 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Antarctic
In 2017 we launched a campaign to create an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary – the largest protected area on Earth. But why? Well, apart from being home to amazing animals such…
