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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,...

Greenpeace calls on govt to explain toxic waste exportsbattery

Press release | August 4, 2011 at 15:37

Greenpeace is calling on the government to come clean about exports of toxic waste from New Zealand to the Phillipines and South Korea.

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...

Nike & Adidas: Detox the world's water

Feature story | July 13, 2011 at 18:00

Game on, Nike and Adidas. Greenpeace is calling you out to see which one of you is stronger on the flats, quicker on the breaks, turns faster and plays harder at a game we're calling 'Detox': Who'll be the first to take action and eliminate...

Detox Background

Page | July 13, 2011 at 14:04

A Greenpeace investigation has uncovered the release of hazardous chemicals by textile factories into major rivers in China. These factories are suppliers to a number of major global brands - such as the global sportswear giants Nike and Adidas.

Detox Facts

Page | July 13, 2011 at 14:00

A Greenpeace investigation has uncovered links between a number of major clothing brands and textile factories in China that are releasing hazardous chemicals into the environment. Here are the facts...

Month in Pictures - June 2011

Image gallery | July 1, 2011

Through the Lens: The Dalian Oil Spill

Video | March 4, 2011 at 12:40

In July 2010, Chinese photographer Lu Guang documented the oil spill at the city of Dalian for Greenpeace. The pictures he took portraying the death of firefighter Zhang Liang won a World Press Photo award in 2011 (third prize, spot news stories).

Deep Green: Debt, Human Rights and Nature

Blog entry by Rex Weyler | February 17, 2011

Deep Green is Rex Weyler's monthly column, reflecting on the roots of activism, environmentalism, and Greenpeace's past, present, and future. The opinions here are his own. “ For in the true nature of things, if we rightly ...

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...

Greenpeace greener electronic ranking shows actions speak louder than words

Press release | October 27, 2010 at 9:58

The latest edition of the Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics shows significant separation between companies that are failing to keep their environmental commitments and those that are making significant gains in phasing out toxic chemicals,...

Greener electronics guide updated

Feature story | October 27, 2010 at 7:24

The latest edition of the Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics exposes the widening gap between companies that make good on their promises to clean up, and those that don't. While some of the top electronics manufacturers are failing to keep...

Now More Than Ever: A Message from Kumi Naidoo

Video | October 22, 2010 at 8:48

Greenpeace International Executive Director Kumi Naidoo addresses the need for urgent environmental action.

REVEALED: True cost of coal in China

Video | September 16, 2010 at 7:25

China’s coal-fired power plants dump enough toxic coal ash to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool every two and a half minutes. Our latest report 'The True Cost of Coal: An Investigation into Coal Ash in China' reveals that coal ash has now...

To the first follower

Blog entry by Juliette | September 13, 2010

A colleague forwarded a video about building a movement yesterday, and it made me think of the moment when we see a petition, or any online action suddenly taking off. But before I get started, watch the video: ...

Climbers occupy Cairn Energy oil rig in the Arctic

Image | September 1, 2010 at 7:22

Cairn Energy's Stena Don oil rig is scaled by Greenpeace activists to demand an end to offshore drilling. The four climbers used RHIBS to dodge Danish Navy Commandos before climbing up the inside of the rig and hanging from it in tents...

REDIRECT - shop

Page | August 17, 2010 at 14:57

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Take action now

Hub | August 12, 2010 at 12:20

'Cyber activism' is a quick and easy way you can take action online to support our campaigns. Here is a list of current actions.

Slideshows

Multimedia hub | August 10, 2010 at 11:23

Greenpeace slideshows and photo essays

Get involved

Hub | August 6, 2010 at 15:33

Greenpeace is the most effective environmental campaigning organisation on the planet. Our of the key factors to our effectiveness is you our supporters. And one of the things that makes us powerful is our ability to work together as more than 5...

Photos & Video

Multimedia hub | August 3, 2010 at 10:03

Multimedia and interactive features including audio slide shows, photos, special reports and video on climate, oceans, forests, toxics, peace and disarmarment, sustainable agriclture, from our ships and from direct actions.

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...

Energy [R]evolution iPhone App

Blog entry by nick | June 11, 2010

A bright green future in your pocket. Greenpeace's Energy [R]evolution report provides a practical blueprint for the world’s renewable energy future. Through this app you can find out the essentials of how the world can get from where...

Social media can save the planet

Blog entry by nick | May 26, 2010

Don't believe it? Just look at the recent success of the Kit Kat campaign - a social media based campaign that finally convinced Nestlé to commit to removing products coming from rainforest destruction from its supply chains. ...

How the companies line up 14

Page | May 25, 2010 at 23:46

This is an archive of our ranking guide from January 2010. The Guide to Greener Electronics ranks the 18 top manufacturers of personal computers, mobile phones, TVs and games consoles according to their policies on toxic chemicals, recycling and...

Fujitsu

Page | April 26, 2010 at 21:03

Fujitsu Limited is a Japanese multinational computer hardware and IT services company headquartered in the Shiodome City Center complex in Minato, Tokyo.

Lenovo

Page | April 26, 2010 at 21:03

Lenovo Group Limited is a Chinese-based multinational computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures and markets desktops and notebook personal computers, workstations, servers, storage drives, IT management software, and related...

Sharp

Page | April 26, 2010 at 21:03

Sharp Corporation is a Japanese multinational corporation that designs and manufactures electronic products.

Dell

Page | April 26, 2010 at 21:03

Based in Round Rock, Texas, United States, Dell employed more than 76,500 people worldwide as of 2009. Dell first made a commitment to phase out PVC and BFRs by the end of 2009 in March 2006. However Dell was the first company to announce it was...

HP

Page | April 26, 2010 at 21:02

Hewlett-Packard Company, commonly referred to as HP, is an American multinational information technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA. HP is one of the world's largest information technology companies and operates in...

Panasonic

Page | April 26, 2010 at 21:02

Panasonic Corporation, formerly known as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka, Japan. Its main business is in electronics manufacturing and it produces products under a...

Acer

Page | April 26, 2010 at 21:02

Acer Incorporated is a Taiwan-based multinational computer technology and electronics corporation that manufactures desktop and laptop PCs, personal digital assistants (PDAs), servers, storage devices, displays, and peripherals. Acer provides...

Motorola

Page | April 26, 2010 at 21:01

Motorola, Inc. is an American, multinational, Fortune 100, telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois.

Samsung

Page | April 26, 2010 at 21:01

The Samsung Group (Korean: 삼성 그룹) is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea. It is the world's largest conglomerate by revenue with an annual revenue of US $173.4 billion in 2008 and is South...

Sony

Page | April 26, 2010 at 21:01

Sony Corporation (commonly referred to as Sony) is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest media conglomerates with revenue exceeding ¥ 7.730.0 trillion, or $78.88 billion U.S.

Microsoft

Page | April 26, 2010 at 21:00

Microsoft Corporation is a multinational computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices. Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, its most profitable...

Apple

Page | April 26, 2010 at 21:00

Apple is so well-branded it might come as a surprise to some to know that the company historically scored low points on the Guide to Greener Electronics for a lack of transparency and unwillingness to report on its environmental policies. It...

LG Electronics

Page | April 26, 2010 at 20:59

LG Electronics is the world's second-largest manufacturer of televisions and third-largest producer of mobile phones.

Philips

Page | April 26, 2010 at 20:59

Another giant consumer electronics manufacturer, like Toshiba, the Dutch company Philips makes everything from home appliances, dvds to televisions and medical equipment.

Toshiba

Page | April 26, 2010 at 20:59

When it comes to e-waste - the mountains of dumped and usually toxic consumer electronics exported to developing countries around the world - huge companies like Toshiba are hugely responsible. However, of all the big consumer electronics...

Tricks of the trade

Generic multimedia item | April 23, 2010 at 20:04

You're the owner of an old rustbucket ship containing toxic chemicals. Do you send it to India for dismantling by unprotected human labour, or can you find a more ecological way?

Guide to Greener Electronics

Hub | April 21, 2010 at 0:43

The Guide to Greener Electronics ranks the 18 top manufacturers of personal computers, mobile phones, TVs and games consoles according to their policies on toxic chemicals, recycling and climate change.

Nokia

Page | April 21, 2010 at 0:40

As the world's leading mobile phone maker with a 39 percent global market share in 2009 - its good know Finland's biggest company has completed eliminating toxic polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and brominated flame retardants (BFRs). Nokia was also one...

Sony Ericsson

Page | April 21, 2010 at 0:39

Sony Ericsson has also been leading on eliminating toxic chemicals and was the first company to clean up their entire product range.

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