Blogposts tagged 'Reports'

Out in the cold: why Shell's Arctic plans are a risky investment

Posted by Charlie Kronick - 21 May 2012 at 2:30pm - 5 Comments
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Shareholders should question Shell's risky Arctic drilling plans

The past few weeks has been dubbed by many as the 'shareholder spring'. Chief executives of some of the world’s biggest companies – Aviva, Cairn Energy, RBS, and HSBC among others – have suffered as shareholders have expressed their very strong disapproval of high pay for executives, as performance has stagnated or even crashed. The new report that we, along with FairPensions and Platform, have released today shows just how much more shareholders and executives will have to worry about soon. 

Article tagged as: arctic, climate change, energy, fairpensions, oil, platform, reports, shell

Out in the cold: investor risk in Shell's Arctic exploration

Publication date:  21 May, 2012

The Arctic Ocean is the last frontier for international oil companies, with rapid reductions in ice cover (due to climate change from the combustion of fossil fuels) making the exploitation of newly discovered offshore resources possible, at least theoretically. Royal Dutch Shell’s (Shell) proposed drilling programme in Alaska this year is seen as leading the charge into Arctic exploration by major oil companies.

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Article tagged as: arctic, investment, oil, reports, shell

Getting to market: emerging investor risks in the tar sands

Publication date:  13 December, 2011

International oil companies continue to rely on Canadian tar sands for future growth. Tar sands extraction projects are again expanding and the industry ambition is to grow production from today’s level 37 per cent by 2015 and an extraordinary 138 per cent by 2025. Significant risks however still face the industry. Major environmental constraints remain - particularly greenhouse gas emissions and water use - as well more conventional challenges, including labour, equipment and service cost inflation in the region.

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Article tagged as: canada, climate change, investment, oil, reports, tar sands

Breaking the link between transport and oil

Posted by petespeller - 24 October 2011 at 3:43pm - 0 Comments
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A new report by the Institute for Public Policy Research argues that breaking the link between road transport and oil is not only possible, it would benefit the economy, create jobs and reduce carbon emissions.

Article tagged as: cars, climate change, fuel, government, IPPR, oil, policy, reports, transport

Greenpeace research reveals toxic chemicals in biggest clothing brands

Posted by Eoin D - 23 August 2011 at 3:30am - 1 Comment
Clothing and the Global Toxic Cycle - 300 dpi
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Dirty Laundry: Clothing and the Global Toxic Cycle

Our latest research reveals that the clothes you are wearing may contain nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs) - chemicals that are effectively banned in clothing manufacturing in Europe - which can break down in water to form nonylphenol (NP), a toxic, persistent and hormone-disrupting substance. 52 out of 78 garments from 14 global clothing, brands sold in the UK and the continent, tested positive for NPEs, including four Adidas articles.

Article tagged as: adidas, china, clothing, Detox, gender bending chemicals, industry, nike, pollution, Puma, reports, textiles, water

From our China team: how to lose a foot on fieldwork

Posted by louise - 14 July 2011 at 10:52am - 7 Comments
Zhong Yu during the clean-up of the Dalian oil spill
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Zhong Yu during the clean-up of the Dalian oil spill

Zhong Yu has worked for Greenpeace in China for over seven years and has witnessed some of the most devastating environmental disasters there from rapid glacier retreat on the Himalayas, the 2008 Sichuan earthquake to last summer’s devastating Dalian oil spill. Here, she writes about the undercover research behind our latest report, which exposes the terrible impact that China’s growing textile industry is having on the country’s rivers.

Article tagged as: actions, adidas, alkylphenols, china, Detox, Fieldwork, nike, PFOA, pollution, reports, Rivers, Testing

Deepwater Horizon - One Year On

Publication date:  26 April, 2011
On March 31, three weeks before the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster, President Barack Obama announced plans to open offshore oil drilling along the east coast of the United States from Virginia to Florida and the eastern Gulf of Mexico, ending a decades-long moratorium.
He further announced research to assess the feasibility of offshore drilling in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas off the north coast of Alaska.
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Article tagged as: climate change, deep water drilling, deepwater horizon, go beyond oil, gulf of mexico, oil, oil spill, reports

Bad Influence at the World Bank

Posted by davidritter - 18 April 2011 at 10:52am - 0 Comments
Deforestation could increase in the Congo due to McKinsey advice
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Deforestation could increase in the Congo due to McKinsey advice

In her blog post last week, my colleague Tracy explained why Greenpeace has taken on one of the big beasts of the corporate jungle: the consultancy firm McKinsey. These guys are at the top of the tree when it comes to advising governments on forests, so we’ve published a report investigating  them called Bad Influence: How McKinsey-inspired plans lead to rainforest destruction. 

Article tagged as: cancun, climate, climate change, congo, Consulting, copenhagen, DC, deforestation, degradation, Democratic Republic of Congo., destruction, forest protection fund, forests, Guyana, indonesia, malaysia, McKinsey, Meeting, papua new guinea, rainforest, rainforests, REDD, report, reports, Washington, world bank

UCL Energy Institute report Marginal Abatement Cost Curves: A Call For Caution

Publication date:  7 April, 2011

This report reflects the author's research, opinion and conclusions, and not those of the UCL Energy Institute, which does not take positions on detailed issues such as those discussed here.

This report critically reviews various issues relating to the construction and interpretation of marginal abatement cost curves (MACC, or MAC curves) for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, the most well-known and widely used of which have been compiled by McKinsey and Company. It also reveals various weaknesses related to the cost curves and points out their limited usefulness.

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Article tagged as: cancun, climate, climate change, congo, Consulting, copenhagen, deforestation, degradation, Democratic Republic of Congo., destruction, forest protection fund, forests, Guyana, indonesia, malaysia, McKinsey, papua new guinea, rainforest, rainforests, REDD, report, reports, Sarawak

Rainforest protection plans are rewarding industries that destroy forests

Posted by tracy.frauzel - 6 April 2011 at 4:57pm - 0 Comments
Destruction in the Indonesian Rainforests
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Destruction in the Indonesian Rainforests

You’d be forgiven for remembering the UN Copenhagen climate talks (in December 2009) only for their epic failure to deliver a global agreement to reduce carbon emissions. But there was at least one important issue agreed which has the potential to have a significant impact on the climate - as well as protecting biodiversity.

Article tagged as: cancun, climate, climate change, congo, Consulting, copenhagen, deforestation, degradation, Democratic Republic of Congo., destruction, forest protection fund, forests, Guyana, indonesia, malaysia, McKinsey, papua new guinea, rainforest, rainforests, REDD, report, reports
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