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Major win as Greenseas goes FAD-free following public outcry
Greenpeace today welcomes the commitment by Greenseas to end their use of destructive fishing practices in sourcing their tuna, following a public outcry.
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Ogilvy and Greenpeace join forces to raise awareness of global warming
Press release – 26 April, 2017Drops of water will slow down in real time and even drip backwards for shoppers outside Pitt Street Mall in Sydney as part of an installation to raise awareness of climate change.The standing exhibit has today been erected in front of Westfield, showing a polar bear perched atop a slowly…
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Greenseas comes last in Greenpeace’s 2017 ranking of canned tuna
Press release – 13 April, 2017Greenpeace is calling on Woolworths to drop Greenseas canned tuna from its shelves, following the release of its 2017 Tuna Guide today.The Greenpeace Tuna Guide ranks the major canned tuna brands based on their environmental performance and whether the treatment of their workers respects human rights. “Greenseas is certainly not…
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Greenpeace’s Head of Pacific Net slams Australia for selling out its Pacific neighbours
Press release – 12 April, 2017“Australia – you are either with the coal industry, or with the Pacific”, said Greenpeace’s Head of Pacific Net Matisse Walkden-Brown in response to this week’s lobby trip by Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, to meet the CEO of the company behind the proposed Carmichael megamine, Mr Gautam Adani."This week,…
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Hazelwood closure highlights the need for federal planning for transition away from coal
Press release – 29 March, 2017TUESDAY March 28, 2017: The Federal Government must plan for a safe and fair transition for Australian communities to renewable energy rather than funnel public money into the dying coal industry.The Hazelwood mine fire [in 2014] and Port Augusta’s recent fly ash crisis both highlight the serious threat coal poses…
