Greenpeace International is a prominent global environmental organisation dedicated to advocating for ecological conservation and sustainability. Founded in 1971, it operates in over 55 countries and has become renowned for its activism, research, and lobbying efforts aimed at addressing pressing environmental challenges.

The main focus of Greenpeace International is to tackle key environmental issues such as climate change, deforestation, overfishing, ocean pollution, and biodiversity loss. It strives to raise awareness, influence policies, and mobilize communities to take action towards a more sustainable and environmentally friendly future.

Key goals of the organisation include promoting renewable energy sources, protecting endangered species and ecosystems, and holding governments and corporations accountable for their environmental impact. Greenpeace International conducts research to generate scientific evidence supporting its campaigns and advocates for policies that prioritise environmental conservation and sustainability.

Structured as a decentralised network, Greenpeace International consists of independent national and regional offices that collaborate on global campaigns and initiatives. It operates through a combination of grassroots activism, public outreach, and strategic partnerships with other NGOs, scientists, policymakers, and stakeholders.

In relation to sustainable finance, Greenpeace International campaigns for divestment from fossil fuels and investment in renewable energy projects. It engages with financial institutions, urging them to adopt environmentally responsible investment strategies and align their portfolios with sustainability principles.

Useful resources provided by Greenpeace International include research reports, educational materials, and practical tools for individuals and communities to get involved in environmental advocacy and activism. Its website offers information on ongoing campaigns, ways to take action, and opportunities to support the organisation’s mission.

Our goal is to ensure the ability of the earth to nurture life in all its diversity.

At Greenpeace we are honoured that our work is funded almost entirely by donations given to us by passionate individuals from all over the world who care about the planet and want to help us create change, and by grants from private foundations who share our values.

Our independence is vital for us to be effective in our campaigning work, which is why we have it as a core principle that guides all of our fundraising. We do not accept funding from governments, corporations, political parties or intergovernmental organisations.

We also screen all large private donations to identify if there is anything about them which could compromise our independence, our integrity or deflect from our campaign priorities. If we find something then we will refuse or return the donation.

Giving us donations allows people to stand together with our campaigners and our activists and help bring about much needed change. Because of this, it is really important that we treat supporters’ gifts to Greenpeace respectfully and responsibly, using them to create the biggest impact possible both in our campaigns and also when we invest in more fundraising.

We will always therefore seek to balance costs with results in order to achieve the greatest value we can for supporters and are proud to detail all of our fundraising costs clearly within the annual accounts of each and every Greenpeace office. It is also why all of the methods we use to fundraise comply with not just our internal principles but also with the professional codes of conduct and accepted good practice in each country that we operate within.

Should a supporter be particularly passionate about a specific area of our work and ask us to use their donation to achieve that specific objective, we will try to honour their request.

Sometimes we will ask supporters and the general public to donate to a specific project or campaign. When we believe there will be an expectation from donors that their money will be allocated in this way we will use a recognised accounting method to track donations, and we will report on how much was raised and how it was spent.

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