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Thai fishing fleet moving to Indian ocean to avoid regulation, finds Greenpeace investigation
Bangkok, 15 December 2016 - A 12-month investigation by Greenpeace Southeast Asia has found that Thailand’s overseas fishing fleets are intentionally shifting to remote waters in order to avoid fishing regulations. The investigation started seven months after the Associated Press released its expose on shocking human rights abuses on Thailand’s notorious fishing industry, and demonstrates…
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Global survey reveals FMCG companies’ contribution to plastic pollution crisis
Jakarta– Fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) corporations are a predominant force behind the throwaway economic model driving the plastic pollution crisis, according to a comprehensive sector survey Greenpeace International released today. None of the companies surveyed have plans to put the brakes on the growing production and marketing of single-use plastics, while the solutions they are exploring will only perpetuate…
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Landmark CHR investigation into corporate responsibility for climate change to conclude in PH with collection of evidence now on record
Manila, Philippines, 11 December 2018. – A day after International Human Rights Day, the landmark investigation looking into the responsibility of 47 coal, oil, gas and cement companies for human rights violations suffered by the Filipino people, is back home in the Philippines to conclude in a two-day hearing with more testimonies from human rights…
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Annual Report 2016
2016 was just the beginning. People are rising up.
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Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Nestlé found to be worst plastic polluters worldwide in global cleanups and brand audits
Manila, Philippines – Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Nestlé were the most frequent companies identified in 239 cleanups and brand audits spanning 42 countries and six continents, the Break Free From Plastic movement announced today. Over 187,000 pieces of plastic trash were audited, identifying thousands of brands whose packaging relies on the single-use plastics that pollute our…
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Greenpeace calls out the true cost of coal at coal industry event in Bali, Indonesia
Major coal industry event Coaltrans started today in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, less than a week after the latest data from the World Health Organization showed that nine out of ten people are breathing air containing dangerous levels of pollutants.
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Fisheries transparency now: time for Southeast Asia to catch up
Out on the open ocean, much of the fishing world still operates in the shadows as a result of the lack of transparency and observership in global fisheries. A vessel…
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Southeast Asia beyond the gas hype
The conversations sparked by #LiterallyNastyGas remind us of something simple but important.
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Job opening: People, Culture & Operations Director
This is a fixed-term position based in either Manila, Bangkok, Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur. Candidates who have the legal right to work and live in the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and…
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8 in 10 people support cut in plastic production ahead of Global Plastics Treaty talks in Ottawa
Conducted in February across 19 countries, the survey indicates overwhelming public backing for measures aimed at ending single-use plastics and promoting reuse-based solutions.
