The world’s largest meat company says it has withdrawn a lawsuit against environmental activist group Greenpeace and renewed a promise not to purchase cattle from restricted areas in Brazil. According to Reuters, Greenpeace is in fresh discussions with food processing company JBS SA. The Brazilian firm recently published an independent [...]

Greenpeace recently launched a campaign calling on Spain-based clothing giant Zara to ‘detox’ its harmful methods of making product; thrusting eco-fashion, a growing movement towards sustainable fashion since the early millennium, back into the spotlight. “Eco” fashion focuses not only on environmental impact, but also the impact of textile development [...]

Most people know the importance of toxins in products we ingest, but we often don’t consider the toxins in products we wear. According to Greenpeace, chemicals used in dyes and processing fabrics can cause cancer and disrupt hormones. Greenpeace has released a new report—“Toxic Threads: The Big Fashion Stitch-Up“—that investigated [...]

It’s a small victory for environmentalists around the world. There are reports that Australia plans to block a controversial “super trawler” from fishing in its waters for two years. Critics have long been worried about the impact on fish stocks and other marine life. According to The Guardian, Environment Minister, [...]

The latest instalment of Greenpeace’s campaign against Volkswagen’s perceived lack of eco-credentials continues the Star Wars theme. Greenpeace are staging a faux-launch of a Golf 7 Jedi Edition that coincides with VW’s own launch of the new Golf this month. The ‘Return of the Jedi’ is another way in which [...]

Volkswagen was the subject of Greenpeace‘s wrath this week, when environmental activists picketed the flashy premiere of Volkswagen’s latest Golf hatchback. According to Reuters, Greenpeace accused the German automaker of doing too little to reduce fuel consumption and tarnishing the most important model launch in the group’s calendar. The seventh-generation [...]

Six activists, who spent several hours hanging off the side of a Russian floating oil platform, have ended their demonstration. The activists, including Greenpeace executive director Kumi Naidoo, stormed Gazprom’s oil platform in the Arctic yesterday. They were protesting against plans by the Russian energy giant to drill in the [...]

A new face is emerging in the sea activism. Calling themselves the Black Fish, a name based off the fisherman’s slang for illegally caught seafood, the group is intent on making a political impact on the European fishing industry. Boasting government and corporate contacts across Europe, the Amsterdam-based group plans [...]

A new report suggests that China’s plan to quickly expand large coal mines and power plants threatens to drain precious water supply and could trigger a severe weather crisis. The study was conducted by environmental organization, Greenpeace. China hopes to boost coal production in its arid northern and western provinces [...]

For the past few days, people have been amazed by the marketing blunder committed by Shell when they launched their Arctic Ready website, looking for users to create their own ads with slogans to promote arctic drilling. The ad generator tool was, naturally, overtaken by environmental activists and general ‘internet [...]