Greenpeace annual reports

Environmental crimes happen daily with no government, court, police or authority to turn to. We cannot rely on governments, alone, to act and make change. We can rely on people. The world's second superpower can guide change, indeed provoke it. And where people gather for change, you will find Greenpeace.

Video of our work in the past year (Quicktime, Real media, Windows media). Download the 2004 Annual Report (pdf file).


2003
There are huge numbers of people on every continent who are committed to the common good, and who are no longer willing to accept the agendas of timid or inept governments or unscrupulous corporations.This global social movement has been described as the "emerging second superpower" and is made up of millions of people dedicated to environmental protection, human rights and social development.

The continued growth of Greenpeace - as laid out in this annual report - shows that even in economically difficult times people have a vision of a different world. This is our best hope for a better future.

Gerd Leipold
Executive Director
Greenpeace International
2003 Annual Report (16 page pdf file)

2002
Vision, Movement, Spirit: Playing cat and mouse with whalers in the Southern Ocean, facing death threats from illegal loggers in the Amazon, crossing Greenland by dog sled. It's all in a day's work for Greenpeace, and these are just some of the stories from the 2002 annual report - plus, of course, the financial facts and figures and reports from each campaign area.

Part One (pdf file) Part two (pdf file)

2001
Witnesses of environmental crimes speak out. A grandmother describes being jailed for taking a peaceful stand against destruction of the Great Bear Rainforest on Canada's West Coast. Such resistance ultimately led to an agreement to preserve this forest. An African American man, whose family was devastated by chemical pollution, speaks out to delegates, who later brokered the Stockholm Treaty to limit chemical pollution. A Greenpeace campaigner tells how confrontations with pirate fishers deep in the Atlantic Ocean helped clinch the protection of endangered tuna species.
For more stories, check out the 2001 Annual report.
http://archive.greenpeace.org/Annualreport_2001/index.html

1999
Special reports from the Greenpeace science and political units reflect on the year's campaign activities. Greenpeace activists are in the firing line as Norway and Japan continue whaling. Our scientists reveal that Bhopal in India, the site of one of the world's worst toxic chemical disasters in 1984, is still highly contaminated. Greenpeace establishes a base in Manaus, Brazil, to help protect the Amazon.
http://archive.greenpeace.org/report99/index.html


1998
Was the UN's International Year of the Oceans. Greenpeace has long campaigned to protect the oceans, and our efforts are rewarded with a historic agreement that bans the dumping of offshore installations like the Brent Spar and a phase-out of radioactive and toxic waste discharges into the north-east Atlantic. Following 15 years of Greenpeace campaigning, the EU decides to phase out driftnets. Also in 1998, logging giant MacMillan Bloedel announces it will phase out its clearcut operations in Canada's pristine rainforests. Greenpeace flies a balloon over the Taj Mahal to protest nuclear weapons testing by India and Pakistan.
http://archive.greenpeace.org/report98/index.html

1997
This is Greenpeace's first year in China. Highlights from the report include the Kyoto climate agreement, an expedition documenting the break-up of Antarctic ice shelves and actions to prevent logging in Canada's ancient rainforests. Scientific investigations reveal that children are exposed to harmful chemicals from soft PVC (polyvinyl chloride) toys, and that La Hague nuclear reprocessing plant is emitting high levels of radiation into the sea.
http://archive.greenpeace.org/report97/index.html

1996
The US, Russia, France, China and the UK sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). Greenpeace underlines its global commitment, turning east and opening an office in Hong Kong as a first step towards establishing Greenpeace in China. Genetically modified organisms and solar power also feature in the report.
http://archive.greenpeace.org/~jess/test/central.html

1995
Read about French nuclear testing and Shell's plans to dump the Brent Spar oil platform in the North Sea. You can also find out more about how chlorine chemistry threatens our health and future, together with setbacks in the fight to protect the ozone layer.
http://archive.greenpeace.org/~jess/central.html

1994
Two major Greenpeace campaign victories. In May 1994, the International Whaling Commission establishes an Antarctic whale sanctuary (Environmental Agenda section). After 10 years of Greenpeace campaigning on toxic trade, 65 nations sign up to the Basel Convention banning the export of all hazardous wastes from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to non-OECD countries.
http://archive.greenpeace.org/~comms/review/review.html