Our history, victories and successes
For over fifty years – on all continents and oceans – together we have spoken truth to power, borne witness, stopped, blocked and placed our bodies in the way of environmental destruction.
We have investigated and documented ecological contamination and crime. We have conducted scientific studies, litigated and lobbied. We have tried, failed and tried again. We have also succeeded!
Our founders
There’s a joke that in any bar in Vancouver, Canada, you can sit down next to someone who claims to have founded Greenpeace. In fact, there was no single founder: name, idea, spirit and tactics can all be said to have separate lineages.
Yet, some people clearly stand out.
Victories timeline
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Justice for Sagunto 11: Inside a court victory for our rights and freedoms
A Spanish court has acquitted 11 Greenpeace activists over a peaceful protest against fossil gas at the Port of Sagunto. Greenpeace’s Daniel Simons explains what the ruling means for the activists and the wider fight to defend the right to protest.
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Sagunto 11 acquitted: Spanish court rejects prosecution bid to criminalise peaceful protest
In today’s judgment, the court rejected the charge of aggravated public disorder, finding the prosecution had failed to prove the activists engaged in any violence or intimidation that altered public peace.
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A victory for Bonaire and a turning point for climate justice
“Today, we are making history. Finally, The Hague can no longer ignore us.”
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The Netherlands violates human rights by failing to protect Bonaire residents from climate crisis: court
In a historic ruling, the Hague District Court found in favour of the residents of Bonaire and Greenpeace Netherlands, observing that the Netherlands is doing too little to protect Bonaire residents from the impacts of the climate crisis.