...Greenpeace Date Formed: 1971 History and Mission of the institution: In 1971, motivated by their vision of a green and peaceful world, a small team of activists set sail from Vancouver, Canada in an old fishing boat. These activists, the founders of Greenpeace, believed a few individuals could make a difference. Their mission was to ‘bear witness’ to US nuclear testing at Amchitka, a tiny island off the West Coast of Alaska, which is one of the world's most earthquake-prone regions. Amchitka was the last refuge for 3000 endangered sea otters, and home to bald eagles, peregrine falcons and other wildlife. Even though their old boat, the Phyllis Cormack, was intercepted before it got to Amchitka, the journey sparked a flurry of public interest. The US still detonated the bomb, but the voice of reason had been heard. Nuclear testing on Amchitka ended that same year, and the island was later declared a bird sanctuary. Members of the institution: The Greenpeace organisation consists of Greenpeace International in Amsterdam and Greenpeace offices in 41 countries around the world. Each office is governed by a board, which appoints a representative called a trustee. Roles * Examine the effect of human activities on the environment * Make information known to the public * Make information known to the public * Relieve sickness and suffering of humans and animals caused by environmental issues UK involvement in this institution: * Greenpeace UK is part of...
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...NGO Assessment on Greenpeace In 1969, the U.S. announced that they were going to test a 1.2-megaton nuclear bomb on the Aleutian Island of Amchitka, Vancouver. This disturbed the Canadians because it might cause earthquakes and tidal waves, which could sweep from one end of the Pacific to the other. They tried to stop the U.S. bomb test. All sort of concerned citizens started to meet until the Don’t Make a Wave Committee was created. Don't Make a Wave was an informal committee, endorsed by the Sierra Club, the United Church of Canada, the B.C. Federation of Labour, the Canadian Voice of Women, and other peace and ecology organizations. They created uproar, making noise about the tidal wave image. The committee met in the basement of the Vancouver Unitarian Church. The meetings were exhausting and seemed to go nowhere. One day, while having a cup of coffee, wife of Jim Bohlen, Marie, suggested that they sail a boat up there and confront the bomb. Jim liked the idea and told the committee about it. The Don’t Make a Wave ad hoc group adopted the plan and opts for the name of the boat. A quiet 23-year-old Canadian carpenter, union organizer, and ecologist, Bill Darnell, who rarely spoke at the meetings, added sheepishly "Make it a green peace." The group sailed but was detained before they reached the testing area. With this act, the group created a big fuss that encouraged U.S. Demonstrations every major Canadian city. They adopted the Green Peace name in 1971 because it has a...
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...Chris Reitzema Content table Introduction 2 John Lewis 3 Green Peace 4 Sources 5 Introduction Every day in our life we are confronted with a lot of different businesses and their activities, servers and products. Every business has their own type of doing working, producing and controlling. For this report the author will describe the type of business, purpose and ownership of two contrasting businesses. The first part of this report will focus on the ‘John Lewis Partnership’ and the second part of this report will focus on the ‘Green Peace’ organisation. John Lewis John Lewis is a business that sells a lot of different products for baby and child, fashion, home & garden, home appliances, sport and leisure and technology. So the type of business activity of John Lewis is a Tertiary sector because it sells many different finished products to customers. John Lewis is owned by private citizen, they risk their own money and the business is for making profit so John Lewis is a private business. The business...
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...conduct' for its 2,000 suppliers, focusing on working conditions and environmental impacts (see below). As a first step, suppliers were asked to return a questionnaire to ascertain how well they already complied with the code. External auditors have been appointed to carry out more detailed reviews and to verify the information provided by Ikea's suppliers. Where shortcomings are identified, the companies will be asked to put in place an action plan to remedy them. The code warns suppliers: 'Repeated violations of IKEA's requirements will result in the termination of co-operation.' Ikea has also shown itself not to be shy of working with lobby groups. As long ago as 1991, it collaborated with Greenpeace to find a way of printing its catalogues on chlorine-free paper. Several years later, Greenpeace was enlisted again, this time to advise Ikea on how to phase out PVC from its product range. Since then, PVC has been eliminated from all goods with the exception of electrical cables, and a 100% phase-out is scheduled for 2006. One of Ikea's most weighty environmental issues is forestry, and in particular the impact of timber extraction on...
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...Deforestation Deforest is defined as the cutting down and removal of all or most of the trees in a forested area. (Dictionary.com) The action of deforestation damages the quality of the land. The removal of trees without sufficient reforestation has resulted in damage to habitat, biodiversity loss and aridity. (Wikipedia) Deforestation affects the environment greatly and is one of the primary contributors to climate change. When deforestation occurs, carbon dioxide is released and remains in the atmosphere. As the carbon dioxide accumulates it catches radiation, which leads to heat. Oxygen doesn’t hold radiation like greenhouse gasses do. The heat that is produced is considered global warming. Trees store carbon and when it is cut down that carbon is released into the air. According to the World Carfree Network (WCN), cars and trucks account for about 14 percent of global carbon emissions, while most analysts attribute upwards of 15 percent to deforestation. (Scientificamerican.com) Another aspect of the environment that deforestation affects is the water cycle. Trees help perpetuate the water cycle by returning water vapor back into the atmosphere. Without trees to fill these roles, many former forest lands can quickly become barren deserts. (Society) Water vapor is a greenhouse gas. The flow of water vapor and carbon dioxide is disrupted directly by cutting down trees. The water that the trees draw from the ground is eventually emitted into the air. When the land is empty...
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...Dr. Charles Brooks EPS 202 - 104 30, April 2013 The Effects of Whaling and the Ecology Whaling is one of the oldest human activity for hunting done by man since the beginning of time. Whaling can come with a cost, and result with a set of consequences that can affect the ecology and the world. The consequences of whaling can not only endanger and extinct whales, but destroy and kill the oceans that can eventually kill all life. Whaling is the hunting of whales primarily for meat and oil. It is believed that whaling dates back to a millenia. According to Encyclopedia infoplease.com, “whaling for subsistence dates to prehistoric times. The early people of Korea were hunting whales as far back as 5000 B.C., and those of Norway began whaling at least 4,000 years ago. Various peoples of the NW North American coast and the Arctic have a long tradition of whaling. Whaling, done from canoes or skin boats, often when migrating pods of whales passed nearby, was a very dangerous undertaking. Over time, many, such as the Qwidicca-atx (Makah) people of the Olympic peninsula, developed set spiritual and hunting practices that became the core of their culture.” The origins of commercial whaling started according to online encyclopedia infoplease.com: “The hunting of whales is thought to have been pursued by the Basques from land as early as the 10th cent. and in Newfoundland waters by the 14th cent. It is not until the middle of the 16th cent., however, that the appearance of Basques...
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...Sea Shepherd The organization was founded in 1977 under the name Earth Force Society by Paul Watson, a former member of Greenpeace, after a dispute with that organization over what Watson saw as its lack of more aggressive intervention. Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) is an international non-profit, marine wildlife conservation organization. They want to end the destruction of habitat and slaughter of wildlife in the world's oceans in order to conserve and protect ecosystems and species. Sea Shepherd uses direct-action tactics to investigate, document, and take action when necessary to expose and confront illegal activities on the high seas. By safeguarding the biodiversity of the delicately-balanced ocean ecosystems, Sea Shepherd works to ensure their survival for future generations. 03/09/2012 “Japan's Fisheries Agency announced Friday from Tokyo that its fleet was heading home "on schedule," but that its catch of 267 whales fell far short of the approximately 900 projected, AFP reports. According to an agency official, "factors including weather conditions and sabotage acts by activists" were to blame for the weak results.” In testimony on "The Threat of Eco-Terrorism" given to the a US congressional subcommittee in 2002, Sea Shepherd was the first group mentioned by an FBI official for having attacked commercial fishing operations by cutting drift nets. Sea Shepherd has received support for its tactics against fishing, whaling, and seal hunting from quarters...
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...Summary Shell, one of the largest multinational oil companies planned to dispose of the Brent Spar, which was huge floating oil storage and loading buoy, by sinking it at a site in the deep Northern Atlantic, with full UK Government approval. But a combination of Greenpeace, European Ministers and the public stopped them. In order to ensure that no similar incidents occur in the future, the Shell UK should seek to build an open and transparent process, involve environmental interest group like Greenpeace. Issues Disposal Options: In the last analysis, there were two options; horizontal on-shore dismantling and deep water disposal. Shell qualified the deep water disposal option as Best Practicable Environmental Option (BPEO). BEPO Process: Several options were evaluated according to engineering complexity, risk to health and safety of workforce, environmental impact, cost, and acceptability by the British authorities and other interested parties, such as fishermen’s associations. It is important to that stakeholders such as Greenpeace were not included. Deep water disposal option: The deep water disposal option had the advantage on the grounds of engineering complexity, risk to health and safety of the work force, and cost (about 11 million pounds versus 46 million pounds). Regulatory Principles: The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) guidelines and UK legislation stipulate that sinking in the ocean is an acceptable option. Shell’ position: Shell was seen to...
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...Executive summary The McLibel Trial is the infamous British court case between McDonald's and a former postman & a gardener from London (Helen Steel and Dave Morris). It ran for two and a half years and became the longest ever English trial. The defendants were denied legal aid and their right to a jury, so the whole trial was heard by a single Judge, Mr. Justice Bell. He delivered his verdict in June 1997. The verdict was devastating for McDonald's. The judge ruled that they 'exploit children' with their advertising, produce 'misleading' advertising, are 'culpably responsible' for cruelty to animals, are 'antipathetic' to unionization and pay their workers low wages. But Helen and Dave failed to prove all the points and so the Judge ruled that they HAD libelled McDonald's and should pay 60,000 pounds damages. They refused and McDonald's knew better than to pursue it. In March 1999 the Court of Appeal made further rulings that it was fair comment to say that McDonald's employees worldwide "do badly in terms of pay and conditions", and true that "if one eats enough McDonald's food, one's diet may well become high in fat etc., with the very real risk of heart disease." As a result of the court case, the Anti-McDonald's campaign mushroomed, the press coverage increased exponentially, this website was born and a feature length documentary was broadcast round the world. The legal controversy continued. The McLibel 2 took the British Government to the European Court of Human...
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...I. BACKGROUND INFORMATION/ADDITIONAL PERSPECTIVES In 1986, a group called London Greenpeace which is an activist body campaigning on a variety of environmental and social justice issues, produced and distributed a leaflet entitled ‘What’s Wrong With McDonald’s? – Everything They Don’t Want You To Know’ outside a McDonald’s store in the United Kingdom. It criticized almost all aspects of the corporation’s business accusing that McDonald’s: is complicit in Third World starvation; buys from greedy rulers and elites and practices economic imperialism; wastes vast quantities of grain and water; destroys rainforests with poisons and colonial invasions; sells unhealthy, addictive junk food; alters its food with artificial chemistry; exploits children with its advertising; is responsible for torture and murder of animals; poisons customers with contaminated meat; and exploits its workers and bans unions. At first, McDonald’s ignored the London Greenpeace campaign but when it grew and was taken up seriously by more and more groups around the world in 1989, they decided to take extreme measures against the group. McDonald’s hired seven private investigators to spy on the London Greenpeace to find out who was responsible for the production and distribution of the leaflet. And to be able to file a libel case they will need names of individuals. So the spies penetrated to the group to get names and addresses, took letters sent to the group, got fully involved to the group’s...
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...Pour les actions de greenpeace même si violentes : leurs actions permettent de sensibiliser beaucoup de personnes et d’attirer l’attention sur des phénomènes qui mettent en danger la planète. La violence n’est pas leur but principal mais est parfois nécessaire pour certaines actions. Les militants ont eu raison d’occuper cette plateforme pétrolière pour alerter l’opinion. Cette association permet la protection de l’environnement : la faune et la flore qui sont menacés par les actions de l’Homme. Le principe de non-violence est un élément fondamental de la démarche de Greenpeace et est au cœur même de ses actions. Jamais de dégradation de matériels, jamais de violence envers qui que ce soit. Greenpeace concentre son attention sur les problèmes globaux qui menacent l'environnement au sens large et qui constituent des enjeux planétaires : changements climatiques, consommation énergétique, prolifération nucléaire. La méthode de Greenpeace repose en partie sur des actions directes non-violentes parfois très médiatisées, qui ont fait sa renommée. S'appuyant sur les retombées de ces actions pour informer les médias et le public, l'organisation agit aussi en tant que lobby auprès des autorités politiques et des dirigeants d'entreprises afin de promouvoir les changements appropriés. L’occupation d’une plateforme en Arctique est juste : territoire menacé, si trop de pétrole est extrait cela met en danger la banquise qui disparait plus vite. Prirazlomnaya est la première plateforme...
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...Greenpeace future in store for us? Greenpeace is an environmental organization that strives to make our environment a better and healthier place to live. Saving energy and helping animals survive is their one key mission to all activists who volunteer within this organization. With toxic waste, global warming, and pollution in our waters, this organization always has their hands full. Toxic waste is a huge issue for me, both personally and morally. Personally, toxic waste wouldn’t be an issue if everyone did their part in taking care and cleaning up after themselves. There are so many people who don’t know how to recycle, thus leads to more toxic waste and chemicals for surrounding areas. Landfills of trash can affect surrounding areas all over the proximity to where the plant is located. Chemicals, also known as “toxic waste,” are released into our environment everyday causing bad pollution all over for us human beings and animals. It can harm ourselves as well as all the things in the environment around us including: water, air, and land. Some examples of toxic waste can include: military weapons, car exhausts, cosmetics, and electronic devices. One major issue considering the toxic waste is Hi-tech devices such as cell phones, computers, and Ipods. When consumers buy new electronic devices, they throw their old ones away, not realizing that it can be hazardous to us and our environment. Technology advances every other month it seems like, and people as consumers want to...
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...forest to survive. The growers don’t have a lot of resources to work around the rain forest issue so they take land away from the orangutan to provide for their families. The World Wildlife Fund and Little Brownie Bakers have opposing stakes in this issue. World Wildlife Fund is interested in saving the animals that live in the rain forest from destruction. They oppose cutting down the rain forest to make way for plantations. Little Brownie Bakers is interested in quality ingredients for their products. With no clear alternative to palm oil they need a supplier that can produce enough palm oil to meet demand. They buy from a plantation that is cutting down rainforest and that is in conflict with the goals of World Wildlife Fund. Both Greenpeace and the World Wildlife Fund have a shared interest in this issue. By combining their efforts they might be able to have a greater impact on the issue. As the old saying goes two heads are better than one. They could see a benefit by sharing resources and information. This could give them an advantage and help them stay a...
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...Marketing Plan Greenpeace Project Group 2 Greenpeace Project Coach: Study Year : Date of Marketing Plan: Helen de Haan 2010-2011 Feb-instroom, term 2, project 2 31-05-2010 1 Preface This marketing plan provides a comprehensive strategic plan for the NGO Greenpeace. It is aimed for Executive Managers and those who will conduct supervision of the implementation of this marketing plan. The marketing plan does not focus on technical issues, but rather examines basic principals concerning the internal- and external environment, strategy execution and the result realized after execution. To reinforce the purpose and profitable outcome of the marketing plan, there are, throughout this manuscript, numerous illustrative extracts with commentary, including company reports and other sources. Throughout the text some marketing- and financial terminology is used, for this reason foreknowledge of marketing and finance will be essential in understanding the analysis used in this manuscript and the true purpose of the strategic plan. Topics in the manuscript follow a logical coherent order. In part 1; general information about the internal- and external environment of Greenpeace is given, correctly identifying potential internal- and external threats and opportunities that may be in effect. After an exhaustive and thorough analysis, the information collected will be instrumental in conjuring up an efficient and effective marketing strategy which is clearly laid out in Part 2; “Marketing...
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...Market and Non-Market Strategy to deal with Non-Market Issue By (Student Name :) Foundation Course- Tutor: Institution: Date: 1. Issue Greenpeace Company, Indian branch, has for the last one month suffered administrative and political fallout with the Indian authorities over what it calls ‘strangulation by stealth.’ (Bhalla 2015). According to Aulakh (2015), there is a public struggle between the Indian government and Greenpeace, who see it as a “threat” to national development. Further, a report from an intelligence unit from India showed how a campaigner from Australia working for Greenpeace was denied entry into the country sourcing him as a major threat towards the government. Bhalla (2015) further narrates how the organization faced closure due to foreign funding being blocked for a month and registration suspension for six months. In a statement to the newsrooms, the NDA responded to claims of the closure of Greenpeace foreign account. They claimed that the organization was violating the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) and tax laws (Singh 2015). The stated law scrutinizes NGO’S of ‘political nature’ and bars them from obtaining donations from the international partners (Bhalla 2015). Moreover, in January 2012, the NGO’s senior campaigner Priya Pillai was also stopped from boarding a plane to London. The government cited her as the source of problems it was facing at the time (Business Standard 2015). Needless to note, she was only fighting for the interests...
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