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Board of directors

The board of directors is responsible for strategic decisions including approving organisational policy; approving the organisational development plan; and ratifying decisions made at the Greenpeace UK annual general meeting. The board’s role also includes approval of Greenpeace UK’s annual budget and audited accounts, and the appointment and supervision of Greenpeace…

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Palm oil

It’s hard to find anything on the shelves that doesn’t contain palm oil – it’s in about half of all supermarket products. But the palm oil industry is responsible for destroying Indonesia’s forests on an epic scale. This is accelerating climate change, and also forces people from their traditional lands and threatens orangutans with extinction. We need to change the industry and stop palm oil companies destroying forests.

A letter to the prime minister

The government has said it will cease engagement with Greenpeace following our peaceful protest last week. Greenpeace UK's co-executive directors Areeba Hamid and Will McCallum have sent this response to Rishi Sunak.

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National Theatre breaks up with Shell

Barely 48 hours after the Royal Shakespeare Company ditched its BP sponsorship, another major cultural institution has shown Big Oil the door. More breakups than an episode of Love Island

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5 things you need to know about the new IPCC report

The latest assessment from global climate scientists has been released, and the top lines are that the effects of the climate crisis are coming harder and faster than expected. Here are the five key takeaways from the new IPCC report – and what you can do about it.

Climate summit on hold, climate emergency still on

    Commenting on official reports that the COP26 climate talks have been postponed, John Sauven, executive director at Greenpeace UK said:  “The decision to postpone the climate talks in Glasgow was inevitable given the health emergency the world is currently facing. But while the summit has been…

Accountable: Shareholder votes on auditor appointments

This briefing is a review of the 2021 voting records of some of the largest asset managers operating in the UK on the appointment of auditors at over 300 large listed companies. Shareholders are waiving through the reappointment of auditors that have failed to address climate risk in their reports, posing a significant risk to their own investments and the climate.