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Newsflash: #PeoplePower is challenging corporate madness, and winning!

Blog entry by Tommy Crawford | March 15, 2012

“Consumers by definition, include us all. They are the largest economic group, affecting and affected by almost every public and private economic decision. Yet they are the only important group... whose views are often not heard.” ...

Google wrests control of Cool IT climate Leaderboard

Blog entry by Gary Cook | February 9, 2012

The tussle for the top of our Cool IT Leaderboard has taken its latest twist, with Google grabbing the top spot ahead of 20 other tech companies, including Cisco and Ericsson.  Pitching global IT companies against each other to...

Surfing the Detox wave

Blog entry by Tamara Stark | September 30, 2011

As you’ve heard, we’re now seeing a growing wave of clothing companies committing to eliminate toxic chemicals from their production processes. Four major clothing brands have recently come onboard and we’re certain that more...

Detox is SEO Hot Right Now!

Blog entry by EoinD | September 21, 2011

Will you help us grab a top position in Google for " Detox "? If everyone with a blog reading this would link to our Detox campaign page - using the link word Detox (just like that) - we could rise to a top spot in web search...

Detox campaign hat trick: Adidas joins Nike and Puma

Blog entry by Nick Young | September 1, 2011

Adidas has just announced it's goign toxic free! This is great news for our environment, our rivers and the millions of people in China and elsewhere who depend on rivers for drinking water and agriculture. Without the coming...

The Detox campaign is in full-flow - but we still need your help!

Blog entry by Josh | August 12, 2011

We’re confident Adidas or Nike will commit to leading a Detox revolution in the clothing industry, but it takes time. In the meantime, why not start your own fashion revolution in your wardrobe? Check out our guide to help you make...

Create a revolution in your wardrobe - part two

Blog entry by Nick Young | August 11, 2011

In the second half of our tips on greening your wardrobe - to help you clean up your clothing inspired by our Detox campaign - we look at saying no to child labour, questioning distressed denim, avoiding greenwash, spring cleaning,...

Create a revolution in your wardrobe - part one

Blog entry by Louise | August 4, 2011

Has our Detox campaign made you think about your clothes and their hidden consequences?  You may already heart second hand, throwaway fashion makes you ill, and your mantra is quality not quantity. But how else can you align your...

Design for Detox: Challenge Nike and Adidas by getting creative!

Blog entry by Josh S | August 3, 2011

We’re giving you the chance to redesign the Nike and Adidas logos to better reflect their truly toxic practices, help them see the error of their ways and challenge them to become champions of a toxic-free future . A logo is one...

How to lose a foot on fieldwork

Blog entry by Zhong Yu | August 2, 2011

Zhong Yu has worked for Greenpeace China for over seven years. She writes about the undercover research behind  our latest report  exposing the terrible impact that  China’s growing textile industry is having on the country’s rivers .

Puma leaps ahead of Nike and Adidas in Detox Challenge

Blog entry by Eoin | July 26, 2011

Hats off to Puma, the third largest sportswear company in the world, for publicly committing today to eliminate all releases of hazardous chemicals from its entire product lifecycle and across its whole supply chain by 2020. The...

Hundreds striptease to challenge Nike and Adidas to #Detox

Blog entry by Eoin - Greenpeace International | July 24, 2011

Would you take your clothes off and dance in public for a cause? Well more than 600 brave people did just that today, outside Adidas and Nike highstreet stores in 29 cities in 10 countries--to challenge the sportswear leaders to...

XM3N mannequins reveal their mission: To challenge Nike and Adidas to "Detox"

Blog entry by Eoin - Greenpeace International | July 19, 2011

Having mysteriously quit their day-jobs as retail store mannequins to spend a few weeks appearing at some of the world's most iconic locations bearing the Chinese symbol for water on their bodies , the XM3N have had a busy 48 hours...

Australian toxic waste export stopped just in time

Blog entry by Nick Young | January 10, 2011

Greenpeace and a broad swath of civil society groups in Australia and Europe have successfully prevented solvents and explosives maker Orica from sailing tonnes of extremely harmful chemical waste from Australia to Denmark for...

Stories from the Rainbow Warrior: Crizel

Blog entry by JulietteH | December 21, 2010

I don’t think I’ve ever felt actually honored to write a blog, but today I am. Watching the video below, I’ve been quite overwhelmed by the urgency of so many environmental issues – issues that not only slowly destroy our planet, but...

Success! Phillips make a recycling policy u-turn

Blog entry by bunny | February 27, 2009

An old Philips TV at a scrap yard in Ghana A Greenpeace Europe update: Last week we broke the shocking story about what actually happens to electronic waste in Europe; instead of being safely recycled in the UK or Europe where it...

Apple posts iPhone 3G Environmental Status Report

Blog entry by Nick | July 16, 2008

Last week we called out Apple on the lack of any environmental info on the new iPhone 3G. Pre-launch publicity and specs for the new MacBook Air and iMac included info on how Apple was making progress on eliminating the worst toxic...

A new green iPhone by the end of 2008?

Blog entry by Greg | July 9, 2008

With typical hype and fanfare, Apple’s latest iPhone 3G is hitting stores on Friday. It promises to be faster, better and cheaper, but what have we heard about it being greener than its predecessor? Crickets. An Aucklander by the...

Tell Adidas to Detox

Action | August 23, 2011 at 21:20

Write to the CEO of Adidas, Herbert Hainer.

Dell's commitment backtracking timeline

Page | July 20, 2010 at 21:11

Dell first made a commitment in March 2006 to phase out polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and brominated flame retardants (BFRs) by the end of 2009. Then the company backtracked on its commitment. And today Dell has fallen far behind its competitors by...

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