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Dear member: Thank you for your active involvement!

Message from the Fundraising Director

Financial Report

On October 1, 2009, the Chinese government will celebrate 60 years since the founding of the People’s Republic of China. While it’s been 60 years since the declaration of the PRC, Greenpeace China has only been working in the mainland a mere seven years. Even so, this organisation has fought day by day to heal China’s damaged environment and now, just seven years later, Greenpeace China’s operations in the mainland now boasts a staff of over 50, an office buzzing with enthusiastic environmentalists and all backed by your invaluable support.

So, first of all, I’d like to thank you, our donors, for making all this possible. Without your loyal support none of our achievements and successes would be realisable. Without you, there simply is no Greenpeace and certainly no Greenpeace in China.

This year, as a nod to the importance of China to the global environmental movement, the international organisation held its annual Greenpeace Governance and Executive conference in Beijing. This is a key meeting because it’s here that we meet to discuss campaigns, governance and operational structure.

Mirroring Greenpeace China’s extension within the international organisation, China itself is increasingly playing a leading role in world affairs and what happens in this vast country will have a huge impact on the rest of the globe. Greenpeace needs to be influencing developments in China as much as we can. We need to be pushing the country towards sustainable development, clean energy and a low-pollution scenario.

Last year the world was focused on the Beijing Olympics. While sports are not usually something you might associate with Greenpeace we seized this opportunity to highlight China’s environmental issues. Our report: China After the Olympics: Lessons from Beijing, became a widely cited document on the successes and failures of Beijing to make sure the Games were green.

Outside the Olympics, our other campaigns continued in full force. Our Climate and Energy team launched its coal campaign drawing public and media attention to the dangers of coal burning and the huge cost it exacts from the country from everything from climate pollution to human deaths and disease and environmental and cultural degradation. Water pollution is also a high priority and we launched a huge campaign in conjunction with new important legislation dealing with the people’s right to know exactly what factories are doing to their environment. Meanwhile our Food and Agriculture campaign is running strong, determined not to let genetically-engineered rice become a commercial crop in China and the Forests team have been successfully promoting forest-friendly publishing in China and working with Greenpeace Southeast Asia to help protect the Paradise Forests in the region from being destroyed for palm oil plantations and logging concessions.

Now as the 60 year anniversary approaches our fight for China’s environment will only get more emboldened. We will build upon your support, and look forward to growing stronger both in terms of more supporters and more exciting successes in the coming years. I would also like to take this opportunity to say thank you on the behalf of the entire board to the Executive Director and his teams for all the hard work they have put into turning our visions into reality.

Romi WilliamsonChairperson


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One of Everest’s most famous mountaineers, Apa Sherpa, who has summitted no less than 19 times said recently that climate change is transforming the face of the world’s tallest peak. What was once a snowbound trail to the top is now just bare rock in patches. While it’s certainly sad that climate change is eroding the challenges of professional climbers it’s frightening what climate change is threatening to our very means of survival.

When it comes to the dangers of climate change, China has very good reason to be most fearful. Not only is this the world’s most populous nation, so simply in terms of numbers more people will suffer, but its geography means that it is one of the most vulnerable. The Himalayan glaciers, which feed China’s key rivers, are melting at an unprecedented rate and the country’s agricultural lands are being hit by more and more climate change-linked droughts and floods. Climate change therefore strikes China at its heart – the ability to provide food and water to its people.

That’s one of the reasons that our key campaign this year is climate change. It is also timely because in December the United Nations holds a crucial summit on stopping climate change in Copenhagen. In a way, our work this year is counting down to that meeting and gathering support for action as we go.

Greenpeace is lobbying globally to ensure that world governments prioritise Copenhagen and send their heads of state to personally attend. As the world’s largest carbon dioxide emitter, China is crucial to these talks. But we are also focused on getting the US and European nations to take a leading role and to help poorer countries reduce their climate pollution while still advancing their development. In China we are casting our net wide over the public urging them to sign up to our iCare and Climate Hero websites to show they care about climate change and that they want firm action in Copenhagen from everyone including Beijing. With strong public support we believe the politicians are more likely to agree on a strong deal that will save us from a climate crisis.

I just want to take this opportunity to point out that we couldn’t do any of this work without you behind us. Your support is vital to all our campaigns, especially our climate action.

While climate change is humanity’s biggest single environmental threat we are still concentrating on the immediate issues of pollution on the ground in China. Our other key campaign is Water. According to Chinese government statistics, 300 million people living in rural areas in China are exposed to unsafe drinking water. The main source of water pollution in China is industry and because of this Greenpeace is campaigning for clean production – that means factories need to install equipment and practices so that any effluent does not pollute the environment. Clean production is possible. There is no doubt that China has to prioritise clean water. Next to climate change, water pollution is China’s single most dangerous environmental threat.

These two priority campaigns are not new campaigns. We have spent the last few years developing these projects and we have already enjoyed several successes. But much more is needed. And to achieve this crucial work we will draw on two sources of funding – the bulk will continue to come from local members (mainly in Hong Kong) while the rest can be sourced from our national regional offices.

Greenpeace has a huge responsibility in China and we are working harder than ever before to push for success. The good news is that even in hard financial times like these, you, the public, still prioritise environmental issues. Because in the end short-term financial crises pale into insignificance when placed next to the long-term threats to human survival posed by environmental crises.

We attribute all our successes to this support and so I would like to take this opportunity to thank you again for being part of Greenpeace and hope that you stay with us in the future. Together we can work for a cleaner, greener China.

Message fromExecutive Director

Mario DamatoExecutive Director

The Greenpeace China Board follows a “Policy Governance” model where the Board appoints and supervises the Executive Director (ED). The ED’s role is to deliver the goals defined by the Board within established operational parameters.

Greenpeace China is a Hong Kong registered entity holding a license for Greenpeace work in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau. Board members are elected for three-year re-electable terms, by a voting membership of people coming from the global Greenpeace community and others outside of Greenpeace.

Greenpeace China searches extensively for candidates for its Board. Candidates must be independent of Greenpeace internal affairs, and have no vested interests that could bring them into conflict with Greenpeace’s interests and objectives. We aim to maintain a set of members with a good spread of expertise in areas such as activism, the environment, communications, management, finance and law.

Our Board Members

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Mrs. Romi Williamson

NATIONALITY:

China Hong Kong

EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE:

Certified Public Accountant and Counsel

“Greenpeace people inspire me by their generosity of spirit. There are all sorts of people working in this organisation, many of whom could have made a more gainful career in many other sectors. The kinds of risks they take can only come from a deep sense of dedication.”

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Ms. Dai Jinhua

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China


Professor, Beijing University, P.R. China

“In a world of inequalities it is important for a global organisation to show how humanity can come together to defend its common environment. China might be an economic power these days, but we are still a developing nation. We have far to go before we can manage to fully balance our development with our environmental needs. Greenpeace can help in this journey, helping us better understand what solutions could be developed, yet dealing with China within an overall global perspective.”

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Mr. Mats Urban Abrahamsson

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Swedish


Freelance campaign trainer, Sweden

“Greenpeace has been in my life for more than two decades now. The organisation has come a long way since then. Its intrinsic values have however remained the same: With honesty and independence, Greenpeace shines the spotlight on environmental crimes and calls for global solutions.”

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Mr. Luk Tak Chuen

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China Hong Kong


Chief Researcher, Oxfam China

“My main professional focus is poverty alleviation and Greenpeace’s role on the environment is actually complimentary. Without a clean environment, where greed is not allowed to consume nature, nobody can gain. Greenpeace fights climate change and fights for clean water and clean air, and fights for the protection of natural food free of corporate patents. These are also our fights. In fighting for a better environment Greenpeace is working for people and the natural world.”

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One of Everest’s most famous mountaineers, Apa Sherpa, who has summitted no less than 19 times said recently that climate change is transforming the face of the world’s tallest peak. What was once a snowbound trail to the top is now just bare rock in patches. While it’s certainly sad that climate change is eroding the challenges of professional climbers it’s frightening what climate change is threatening to our very means of survival.

When it comes to the dangers of climate change, China has very good reason to be most fearful. Not only is this the world’s most populous nation, so simply in terms of numbers more people will suffer, but its geography means that it is one of the most vulnerable. The Himalayan glaciers, which feed China’s key rivers, are melting at an unprecedented rate and the country’s agricultural lands are being hit by more and more climate change-linked droughts and floods. Climate change therefore strikes China at its heart – the ability to provide food and water to its people.

That’s one of the reasons that our key campaign this year is climate change. It is also timely because in December the United Nations holds a crucial summit on stopping climate change in Copenhagen. In a way, our work this year is counting down to that meeting and gathering support for action as we go.

Greenpeace is lobbying globally to ensure that world governments prioritise Copenhagen and send their heads of state to personally attend. As the world’s largest carbon dioxide emitter, China is crucial to these talks. But we are also focused on getting the US and European nations to take a leading role and to help poorer countries reduce their climate pollution while still advancing their development. In China we are casting our net wide over the public urging them to sign up to our iCare and climate hero websites to show they care about climate change and that they want firm action in Copenhagen from everyone including Beijing. With strong public support we believe the politicians are more likely to agree on a strong deal that will save us from a climate crisis.

I just want to take this opportunity to point out that we couldn’t do any of this work without you behind us. Your support is vital to all our campaigns, especially our climate action.

While climate change is humanity’s biggest single environmental threat we are still concentrating on the immediate issues of pollution on the ground in China. Our other key campaign is Water. According to Chinese government statistics, 300 million people living in rural areas in China are exposed to unsafe drinking water. The main source of water pollution in China is industry and because of this Greenpeace is campaigning for clean production – that means factories need to install equipment and practices so that any effluent does not pollute the environment. Clean production is possible. There is no doubt that China has to prioritise clean water. Next to climate change, water pollution is China’s single most dangerous environmental threat.

These two priority campaigns are not new campaigns. We have spent the last few years developing these projects and we have already enjoyed several successes. But much more is needed. And to achieve this crucial work we will draw on two sources of funding – the bulk will continue to come from local members (mainly in Hong Kong) while the rest can be sourced from our national regional offices.

Greenpeace has a huge responsibility in China and we are working harder than ever before to push for success. The good news is that even in hard financial times like these, you, the public, still prioritise environmental issues. Because in the end short-term financial crises pale into insignificance when placed next to the long-term threats to human survival posed by environmental crises.

We attribute all our successes to this support and so I would like to take this opportunity to thank you again for being part of Greenpeace and hope that you stay with us in the future. Together we can work for a cleaner, greener China.

Message fromExecutive Director

Mario DamatoExecutive Director

The Greenpeace China Board follows a “Policy Governance” model where the Board appoints and supervises the Executive Director (ED). The ED’s role is to deliver the goals defined by the Board within established operational parameters.

Greenpeace China is a Hong Kong registered entity holding a license for Greenpeace work in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau. Board members are elected for three-year re-electable terms, by a voting membership of people coming from the global Greenpeace community and others outside of Greenpeace.

Greenpeace China searches extensively for candidates for its Board. Candidates must be independent of Greenpeace internal affairs, and have no vested interests that could bring them into conflict with Greenpeace’s interests and objectives. We aim to maintain a set of members with a good spread of expertise in areas such as activism, the environment, communications, management, finance and law.

Our Board Members

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Mrs. Romi Williamson

NATIONALITY:

China Hong Kong


Certified Public Accountant and Counsel

“Greenpeace people inspire me by their generosity of spirit. There are all sorts of people working in this organisation, many of whom could have made a more gainful career in many other sectors. The kinds of risks they take can only come from a deep sense of dedication.”

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Ms. Dai Jinhua

NATIONALITY:

China


Professor, Beijing University, P.R. China

“In a world of inequalities it is important for a global organisation to show how humanity can come together to defend its common environment. China might be an economic power these days, but we are still a developing nation. We have far to go before we can manage to fully balance our development with our environmental needs. Greenpeace can help in this journey, helping us better understand what solutions could be developed, yet dealing with China within an overall global perspective.”

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Mr. Mats Urban Abrahamsson

NATIONALITY:

Swedish


Freelance campaign trainer, Sweden

“Greenpeace has been in my life for more than two decades now. The organisation has come a long way since then. Its intrinsic values have however remained the same: With honesty and independence, Greenpeace shines the spotlight on environmental crimes and calls for global solutions.”

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Mr. Luk Tak Chuen

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China Hong Kong


Chief Researcher, Oxfam China

“My main professional focus is poverty alleviation and Greenpeace’s role on the environment is actually complimentary. Without a clean environment, where greed is not allowed to consume nature, nobody can gain. Greenpeace fights climate change and fights for clean water and clean air, and fights for the protection of natural food free of corporate patents. These are also our fights. In fighting for a better environment Greenpeace is working for people and the natural world.”

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Greenpeace has been working in Africa since the early 1990’s when it began campaigning to protect the Congo Basin rainforest and opposing illegal fishing and toxic electronic waste disposal. And, in 2008, Greenpeace opened up its first formal office in Africa.

While Africa is far from being one of the big emitters of greenhouse gases, the threat that climate change poses for its people is among the most severe globally. Over 100 million people in the Saharan region could die as a result of climate change by the end of this century, according to a report by Christian Aid (The Climate of Poverty: Facts, Fears and Hopes, May 2006). Effects of climate change such as torrential rainfall, lower crop yields and dwindling resources are causing mass migration, increased tension and conflict.

Connected to this is the serious damage done to the Congo Basin rainforest by commercial logging, which threatens around 40 million people whose livelihoods depend on the rainforest. Marine life off the West African coast is also being plundered by foreign trawlers, threatening the survival of local communities.

If climate change, deforestation and overfishing aren’t tackled, the sustainable development of Africa will be threatened. Greenpeace opened offices in Johannesburg, South Africa and Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo in November, 2008 and a third office will open in Dakar, Senegal in 2009.

INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

More Brands Pledge Moratorium on Ancient Forests Destruction

Greenpeace Africa: Hello!

Witnessing EnvironmentalSuccesses Together

Palm oil has long been seen as a cheap vegetable oil and is widely used in processed foods, cosmetics and other industries including biomass energy. The scale of its production has kept up with a sustained and ever-increasing global demand. Nonetheless, according to our findings, over 28 million tons of Indonesian ancient forests have been destroyed since 1900. The unbridled expansion of the palm oil industry has been the primary cause for the destruction of Indonesian ancient forests and also a main source of climate change.

The amount of greenhouse gases released each day by the burning of peat in Indonesia is more than that of two Boeing 747’s flying from the northern to the southern tip of China – a shocking amount.

In May, 2008 , Greenpeace won a huge victory in the fight to save Indonesia’s rainforests. We successfully pressured Unilever, the manufacturer of Dove, into pledging that by 2015, all the palm oil used in its subsidiary products would require certification and that they would support a moratorium on logging in Indonesia in order to stop the destruction of ancient forests and peatland caused by palm oil plantations. In July, 2008, in conjunction with Unilever, we established a logging moratorium coalition which already counts over 40 international companies, financial institutions and environmental protection organisations as members.

We would like to thank the 120,000 supporters who gave their online signatures to urge the largest users of palm oil – Unilever and Ferrero SpA to support the palm oil moratorium.

If you’re an ‘Apple addict’, you’ll remember that back in 2007, we discovered that there were harmful chemical substances and materials inside iPhones. Despite Apple’s CEO, Steve Jobs, pledging to make Apple green, when we found toxic substances in the latest iPhone release, it seemed like he had gone back on his promise that in 2008 they would gradually eliminate the most harmful of chemical substances – brominated flame retardants and PVC – from their products.

When would Apple’s environmental policy ever be able to rival its state-of-the-art design? The real change came in September, 2008 when Steve Jobs announced that a whole series of toxic chemical substances would be eliminated from the new series of iPod products, including the iPod Touch, iPod Nano and iPod Classic.

The elimination of toxic substances from the new generation of iPod products indicates that the firm is starting to keep its word. Moreover, the new iPod is even cheaper, proving that making electronics that are cheap and sell well doesn’t necessarily mean using toxic materials.

We hope that Apple is able to go that one step further in eliminating all toxic chemical substances and starts a program to offer free recycling worldwide. Will Apple continue to get greener? Greenpeace and Apple fans far and wide will just have to wait and see.

All of our offices in 42 countries worldwide are fighting to save the environment in their own areas. In 2008, we welcomed an important new addition – Greenpeace Africa, set to tackle the most critical of environmental issues – climate change, deforestation and overfishing.

You really can change Apple!

Ten years ago, we set up an office in Manaus, a city inaccessible except by boat or plane, in the heart of the Amazon Rainforest, and began exposing illegal logging. Just three years later our campaign heralded the end of the illegal mahogany trade in Brazil. Since then we have been uncovering further forest crimes and persuading the Brazilian government and corporations like McDonald's to take action against forest destruction – and in so doing, protect our planet from runaway climate change.

It is estimated that 80 percent of logs from the Amazon are cut down illegally. But even the majority of logging considered to be 'legal' is highly destructive and has poor processing technology, which leads to enormous wastage. On average it is estimated that only around one third of wood logged in the forest actually ends up in the final product.

Cattle ranching in the Amazon is responsible for the majority of Amazon destruction. Since 2003 Brazil has become one of the world’s largest meat and leather exporter. But agricultural use for soya production has also been a major threat.

The battle to save the Amazon is also about the battle to protect ourselves. Forest destruction fuels climate change and ultimately climate change threatens our very survival.

Amazing Amazon

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Climate & Energy2009: AN HISTORICAL YEAR

If you’ve been following our newsletters, you will know 2008 was a big year for our climate and energy team, laying the foundations for our Countdown to Copenhagen campaign this year. In 2008, we attended UN climate negotiations in Poland, the precursor to the Copenhagen climate summit this December. We started collaborating with our US office and released policy reports on the costs of using coal and the effect runaway climate change will have on China’s food production. We are now well into 2009 and there’s less than six months left to Copenhagen where we are pushing governments to sign a strong deal on stopping climate change.

OctoberClimate change is not only about warming temperatures, it directly threatens our very means of survival – the production of food. On the eve of ‘World Food Day’, together with top scientists we released a report entitled, “Climate Change and Chinese Food Safety”. It revealed the serious threat posed by climate change to China’s food safety as well as the possibility that China’s food supply would no longer be self sufficient by 2030 because of climate change.

OctoberBurning coal for energy is the key cause of climate change and one of our key goals is to get China using less coal and more clean renewable energy. In cooperation with Chinese experts, we released a report entitled, “The True Cost of Coal”, which summed up China’s excessive reliance on coal and the consequent cost on the environment, society and economy of China. The National Development and Reform Commission later stated that coal price reform was necessary.

DecemberWe attended the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poznan, Poland. These were midpoint negotiations aimed at pushing nations closer to an agreement at Copenhagen in December 2009.

FebruaryOn the eve of US State Secretary Hillary Clinton’s visit to China, we sent an open letter to her and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, and presented her with a giant hourglass to stress how little time there is left to turn back the clock on climate change. We called on China and the US to cooperate immediately and openly on the issue of climate change.

MarchWe beamed the giant message: ‘Time is Running Out to Stop Global Warming’ on Beijing’s ancient Yongding Gate at night-time. It attracted widespread global media attention. In Hong Kong, also at dusk, we beamed another message on Government House, asking the Chief Executive to personally lead a delegation to the Copenhagen Climate Conference. The Chief Executive replied within three hours admitting that climate change policy and emissions-cutting measures still needed improvement.

AIR POLLUTION CAMPAIGNWe have been actively lobbying for the government to speed up action on making the air quality index match international standards. In October 2008 the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Donald Tsang Yam-kuen, promised that Hong Kong would revise the air quality index in line with the WHO phased index (phase one). By March 2009, as we had requested, the government officially added PM2.5 to the advised revisions of the air quality index.

Unfortunately these revisions will only bring the index up to developing country standards. We will continue to lobby for a more stringent air quality index.

“Keep up your good work in China”Former US Vice President Al Gore addressing Greenpeace delegate in Poznan

December, 2008

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In 2009, climate and energy projects will still be a focus of our work internationally because this is the key year for the world to start solving climate change. It is essential that all countries sign up to a strong and binding agreement on protecting the climate at this December’s Copenhagen Climate Change Conference.

We believe that a revolution in green and sustainable sources of energy is the ideal solution to both the climate crisis that threatens mankind’s long-term survival and the financial crisis. This year we have organised a series of events counting down to the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference and launched our “Climate Hero” (climatehero.greenpeace.org.cn) and “I care!” (icare.greenpeace.cn）websites, in Hong Kong and mainland China respectively. These highlight issues of climate change and call on the public to personally cut emissions and help preserve the climate. We want to use the force of public opinion on climate change to call on China to play a leading role in climate negotiations. What we need is determination and action!

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Food & AgriculturePROMOTING FOOD SAFETY

We are very concerned about how pollution can poison the food we eat and can hurt the environment. Last year we focused on both genetically-engineered (GE) food and the use of pesticides as well as investigating how climate change and water pollution were threatening food production. We will continue this important work this year to fight for safe and healthy food for consumers and agricultural practices that do not harm farmers or the environment.

JuneIn recent years, Taihu Lake has had serious problems with toxic blue-green algae, primarily because of the large amount of chemical fertilisers used in nearby fields. We released a report entitled, “An Analysis of the Causes of Chemical Agricultural Pollution and Algal Bloom”, which indicates that Taihu Lake in eastern China urgently needs to control agricultural pollution. We have been lobbying for a radical change in farming methods that rely on chemical fertilisers, the only true way of letting Taihu Lake rediscover its former glory.

June to SeptemberSince 1999, we have been campaigning for more food brands to stop using genetically-engineered ingredients in their products. We released the “Beijing Organic Guide 2008”, making it easy for city residents to find safe, organic food. This summer, Hong Kong’s Wellcome Supermarket pledged that their own-brand food products, including both ‘first choice’ and ‘value’ products were all GE free. Budweiser and Harbin Beer also pledged ‘not to use genetically engineered ingredients’.

OctoberIn conjunction with scientists from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, we released a report entitled, “Climate Change and Chinese Food Safety”. The key message in the report was that climate change threatens China’s food security and that eco-agricultural practices are better able to deal with the impact of climate change, and can even help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and thus help ensure China’s food security.

JanuaryWe released the findings of tests on water samples taken from Taihu Lake between March and October, 2008. Results show that most of them break regulations for even the worst of the five water types set out in national standards, namely that they are not only not fit for human consumption, but they are even too polluted for the irrigation of crops and industrial use. We believe that current controls on water pollution have not made their intended impact.

FebruaryChina is currently considering approving the commercialisation of GE rice, the licenses for which are all in the control of foreign companies. If we allow GE rice to be grown in China, not only will there be issues of food safety, but it will also equate to handing control of China’s staple food over to foreign biotechnology companies. Thus we released a report entitled, “Who’s Really Behind China’s GE Rice?” calling on the public to pay attention to their country’s food sovereignty.

Fred Li Wah-ming a member of Hong Kong’sLegislative Council said that mandatory labelling of

genetically-engineered food can help protect consumer interests and enshrines their right to choose.

Hong Kong Economic Times, 21 January 2008

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Without clean and ecologically-sound farming methods, there can be no safe, healthy food. We pledge to continue in our struggle to ensure healthy food is made available to the public.

The focal point of the coming year’s work will be to expose discrepancies in food safety in large-scale supermarket chains and lobby them to take responsibility for the safety of the food they sell.

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Food & AgriculturePROMOTING FOOD SAFETY

We are very concerned about how pollution can poison the food we eat and can hurt the environment. Last year we focused on both genetically-engineered (GE) food and the use of pesticides as well as investigating how climate change and water pollution were threatening food production. We will continue this important work this year to fight for safe and healthy food for consumers and agricultural practices that do not harm farmers or the environment.

JuneIn recent years, Taihu Lake has had serious problems with toxic blue-green algae, primarily because of the large amount of chemical fertilisers used in nearby fields. We released a report entitled, “An Analysis of the Causes of Chemical Agricultural Pollution and Algal Bloom”, which indicates that Taihu Lake in eastern China urgently needs to control agricultural pollution. We have been lobbying for a radical change in farming methods that rely on chemical fertilisers, the only true way of letting Taihu Lake rediscover its former glory.

June to SeptemberSince 1999, we have been campaigning for more food brands to stop using genetically-engineered ingredients in their products. We released the “Beijing Organic Guide 2008”, making it easy for city residents to find safe, organic food. This summer, Hong Kong’s Wellcome Supermarket pledged that their own-brand food products, including both ‘First Choice’ and ‘Value’ products were all GE free. Budweiser and Harbin Beer also pledged ‘not to use genetically engineered ingredients’.

OctoberIn conjunction with scientists from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, we released a report entitled, “Climate Change and Chinese Food Safety”. The key message in the report was that climate change threatens China’s food security and that eco-agricultural practices are better able to deal with the impact of climate change, and can even help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and thus help ensure China’s food security.

JanuaryWe released the findings of tests on water samples taken from Taihu Lake between March and October, 2008. Results show that most of them break regulations for even the worst of the five water types set out in national standards, namely that they are not only not fit for human consumption, but they are even too polluted for the irrigation of crops and industrial use. We believe that current controls on water pollution have not made their intended impact.

FebruaryChina is currently considering approving the commercialisation of GE rice, the licenses for which are all in the control of foreign companies. If we allow GE rice to be grown in China, not only will there be issues of food safety, but it will also equate to handing control of China’s staple food over to foreign biotechnology companies. Thus we released a report entitled, “Who’s Really Behind China’s GE Rice?” calling on the public to pay attention to their country’s food sovereignty.

Fred Li Wah-ming a member of Hong Kong’sLegislative Council said that mandatory labelling of

genetically-engineered food can help protect consumer interests and enshrines their right to choose.

Hong Kong Economic Times, 21 January 2008

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PROJECT OUTLOOK

Without clean and ecologically-sound farming methods, there can be no safe, healthy food. We pledge to continue in our struggle to ensure healthy food is made available to the public.

The focal point of the coming year’s work will be to expose discrepancies in food safety in large-scale supermarket chains and lobby them to take responsibility for the safety of the food they sell.

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Why protect virgin forests? One reason is that we don’t want animal and plant life, virgin ecosystems and indigenous people to lose their homes. Another equally important reason is this: the carbon dioxide released through the destruction of forests makes up a fifth of global emissions. This means that stopping the destruction of forests is one of the most effective ways for mankind to combat climate change.

MayWhole tracts of Indonesian tropical rainforest are being logged bare by palm oil companies in order to make way for palm oil plantations. After we held several protests in Europe, and launched an online petition against Unilever, the manufacturers of Dove, we successfully persuaded them to pledge that by 2015, all of the palm oil used in their products will come from approved plantations, guaranteed not to have caused the destruction of virgin forests.

JulyWe established the “Logging Moratorium Coalition”, which already counts over 40 international companies, financial institutions and environmental protection organisations as members, including consumer goods company Kraft, the International Financial Corporation (IFC) and the World Wildlife Fund.

AugustWe launched our “Booklovers for Forests” campaign in Hong Kong and mainland China, providing guidance on green publishing to publishing houses as well as entering into active dialogue with them on protecting virgin forests by using “Ancient Forest Friendly” paper (either recycled or Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified paper). We persuaded several publishing houses in Hong Kong and the mainland to make “green” pledges to convert to using only recycled paper.

AugustOur Forests Campaigner Yi Lan joined a team of global campaigners on board the Esperanza. They were on a mission to stop the “Harbour Gemini”, a cargo ship engaged in the shipping of illegally-logged timber in Papua New Guinea.

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As young people who love reading and writing,when members of 30SGroup are thinking about social issues,

they are also asking themselves the question: “In the end, would we be better off with one more tree, or one more book?”

30SGroup is very happy to take part in Greenpeace’s “Booklovers for Forests” campaign, which allows us to have

both at the same time.Young professionals organisation, 30SGroup

As young people who love reading and writing, when members of 30SGroup are thinking about social issues, they are also asking themselves the question: “In the end, would

we be better off with one more tree, or one more book?” 30SGroup is very happy to take part in Greenpeace’s

“Booklovers for Forests” campaign, which allows us to have both at the same time.

Young professionals organisation, 30SGroup

PROJECT OUTLOOK

There are still many obstacles in the way of protecting forests. To take the palm oil industry as an example, the whole supply chain is controlled by global corporations such as Sina Mas, Wilmar and Cargill. Many of these large-scale palm oil suppliers own both the plantations and the international companies that trade it.

China is the world’s biggest importer and consumer of palm oil. A report from the Dalian Commodity Exchange shows that there are over 5,000 Chinese companies that use palm oil in the manufacturing of their products, which includes beverages, processed foods and daily consumables. Regrettably, not a single Chinese company that uses or trades in palm oil has expressed support for the logging moratorium. We will continue working hard to lobby Chinese companies into joining the moratorium coalition, forcing international palm oil suppliers to take into consideration the demands of the coalition and to stop the destruction of Indonesia’s virgin forests.

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Pollution PreventionFOR A MOUTHFUL OF CLEAN DRINKING WATER

Faced with dirty drinking water in your home, you might use a filter, or you might even go out and buy bottled water. But what can we do if the source of China’s water is dirty?

It’s now impossible to escape China’s water pollution crisis. At present, one third of China’s rivers are seriously polluted and one out of every four Chinese people does not have access to safe drinking water. The sustained increase in industrial waste water is one of the main causes for this and we are working hard to improve the water quality of China’s three main rivers: the Yangtze, the Yellow River and the Pearl River.

Since the start of 2008We have been carrying out research on the state of water pollution in the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong province with a particular focus on the issue of upstream water pollution caused by ‘industrial transfer’ in Guangdong. We have also begun carrying out on-the-spot investigations into water pollution in the Guangdong area. We released a report on industrial transfer in Guangdong and industrial waste water management to highlight water pollution and to push for more transparency and public access to industry practices.

OctoberThanks to our efforts, Shenyang became the first city in China to implement the “Measures for the Disclosure of Environmental Information (for Trial Implementation)”, by the Ministry of Environmental Protection. At the same time, 15 Greenpeace volunteers from Shenyang produced a handmade three-dimensional map of Shenyang encouraging city residents to protect their local environment and monitor pollution.

FebruaryAfter we learned that BASF, the world’s largest chemical engineering firm, had chosen the Changshou Chemical Engineering Park, Chongqing as the location for what would be the world’s largest MDI chemical engineering production plant, just a stone’s throw away from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, we called on them to fully disclose the data from their environmental survey for the project. Our studies showed that the MDI production process involves highly dangerous raw materials and intermediates. In April 2009, BASF decided to suspend the Chongqing MDI project.

MarchOn the eve of World Water Day, in order to expose the fact that a quarter of Chinese people don’t have access to safe drinking water, Greenpeace volunteers distributed eye-catching ground posters all over the streets of Beijing that featured a photo of the reflection of a child drinking from a pool of polluted water. The activity attracted widespread public and media attention and helped raise awareness about the critical state of China’s water pollution.

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“I can feel that Greenpeace is actively pushing forwardthe environmental sector in China, pushing for the true and

open disclosure of environmental data and the greatest benefit is that they have experience of information disclosure

in Hong Kong and around the world.”Guizhou Province Environmental Protection Bureau,

Head of Department of Policy and Regulation, Tong Zhaoyu

PROJECT OUTLOOK

We will continue to use on-the-spot investigations, research, random checks and the release of scientific reports and collect first-hand material to expose the sources of pollution in the Yangtze, Yellow and Pearl Rivers. We will continue to visit victims of serious water pollution and we will target polluting companies, lobbying for clean production by reducing or avoiding water pollution at every stage in the production process. We will also lobby local governments to carry out stricter supervision.

More than 60% of foreign invested companies in Guangdong are based in Hong Kong. In 2009 we will launch a series of investigations and surveys looking at environmental issues arising from Guangdong province’s industrial transfer policy and will make suggestions on how to develop new models. We will also lobby the Guangdong provincial government to improve water quality in the Pearl River basin by drafting regulations concerning water pollution, disclosing environmental data and monitoring pollution emissions.

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Greenpeace greatly values the support of each and every one of its donors. As we do not accept government or commercial funding, every penny that you donate goes towards providing financial stability for our work on protecting the environment. Your support is our greatest motivation.

DEAR MEMBER:

Thank You For Your Active Involvement!

Along with your support and that of 20,000 other members, donations to the organisation continued to grow last year. To spread the word about our multi-faceted work, we also broadened our promotional and fund-raising activities.

Many of our members first signed up through streetside fund-raising. In 2008, new ways of donating were introduced in convenience stores such as 7-Eleven and Circle K and through online banking services such as PPS. These allow both one-off and monthly donations to be set up at any time, both quickly and securely.

This year we have also continued to reach out to the public through the Internet with our websites such as the “ Greenpeace Book Lovers for Forests” site. This allows supporters to produce their own fundraising web page, where they can invite friends to get involved in forest protection. Meanwhile, the “Greenpeace Gift” website was launched at Christmas, allowing supporters to choose from a selection of environmentally-friendly gifts for friends and family.

Good communication with our members is a crucially important part of our work. At the annual members’ convention this April, we were delighted to meet with over a hundred members, telling them about our projects. We hope that we will have the pleasure of your company again at the next event!

Protecting our fragile environment is a long-term task, rife with challenges. We simply couldn’t do it without the continued support from every one of you. Once again, we would like to thank you whole-heartedly and we hope that many more supporters may join our ranks and help us push for positive changes to our environment.

MY GREENPEACE STORY

I can’t believe it’s already been 10 years since I first joined Greenpeace in Hong Kong.

In fact, I’d heard about Greenpeace a long time before that but only its more radical environmental actions and I didn’t know much about the other work it did. It’s been 10 years since I met a Greenpeace fundraiser in the street. At the time, I was already aware of the deterioration of the natural environment, with pollution getting worse and worse and so I wanted to find a way of helping to stop that. So I became a Greenpeace supporter, donating on a monthly basis.

One of the main reasons that I chose to support Greenpeace rather than another environmental protection organisation was its autonomy. The fact that it receives no governmental or corporate funding means there is no bias arising from conflicts of interest in carrying out its work.

Out of all the topics surrounding environmental protection, I’ve always paid the closest attention to air pollution. I don’t know when it started but I noticed that even when the rains would clear the air in Hong Kong, the sky would remain a greyish-blue colour; it would rarely be that sky-blue of our childhood. And the government would warn us every day of how high the air pollution index was, and yet the index wasn’t even as strict as international standards!

Whether we are dealing with air pollution or any other environmental issue, I believe we need to tackle it from three sides. Firstly, we need to draft comprehensive environmental legislation and enforce it realistically and with timely debate. Meanwhile, governments must encourage the private sector to protect the environment and give support to the work of environmental organisations. Finally, and most importantly, public awareness of environmental issues must be raised, especially in our children’s education. We need to stress the urgency of environmental action to the public and put it into practice on a daily basis both at home and at work. Changing people’s values and attitudes to life isn’t something that can be done overnight but they are what’s at the root of the problem. I really hope that Greenpeace is able to use its influence in all three respects!

From our members

Larissa ChowA Greenpeace member for over 10 years

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Greenpeace greatly values the support of each and every one of its donors. As we do not accept government or commercial funding, every penny that you donate goes towards providing financial stability for our work on protecting the environment. Your support is our greatest motivation.

DEAR MEMBER:

Thank You For Your Active Involvement!

Along with your support and that of 20,000 other members, donations to the organisation continued to grow last year. To spread the word about our multi-faceted work, we also broadened our promotional and fund-raising activities.

Many of our members first signed up through streetside fund-raising. In 2008, new ways of donating were introduced in convenience stores such as 7-Eleven and Circle K and through online banking services such as PPS. These allow both one-off and monthly donations to be set up at any time, both quickly and securely.

This year we have also continued to reach out to the public through the Internet with our websites such as the “ Greenpeace Book Lovers for Forests” site. This allows supporters to produce their own fundraising web page, where they can invite friends to get involved in forest protection. Meanwhile, the “Greenpeace Gift” website was launched at Christmas, allowing supporters to choose from a selection of environmentally-friendly gifts for friends and family.

Good communication with our members is a crucially important part of our work. At the annual reception this April, we were delighted to meet with over a hundred members, telling them about our projects. We hope that we will have the pleasure of your company again at the next event!

Protecting our fragile environment is a long-term task, rife with challenges. We simply couldn’t do it without the continued support from every one of you. Once again, we would like to thank you whole-heartedly and we hope that many more supporters may join our ranks and help us push for positive changes to our environment.

MY GREENPEACE STORY

I can’t believe it’s already been 10 years since I first joined Greenpeace in Hong Kong.

In fact, I’d heard about Greenpeace a long time before that but only its more radical environmental actions and I didn’t know much about the other work it did. It’s been 10 years since I met a Greenpeace fundraiser in the street. At the time, I was already aware of the deterioration of the natural environment, with pollution getting worse and worse and so I wanted to find a way of helping to stop that. So I became a Greenpeace supporter, donating on a monthly basis.

One of the main reasons that I chose to support Greenpeace rather than another environmental protection organisation was its autonomy. The fact that it receives no governmental or corporate funding means there is no bias arising from conflicts of interest in carrying out its work.

Out of all the topics surrounding environmental protection, I’ve always paid the closest attention to air pollution. I don’t know when it started but I noticed that even when the rains would clear the air in Hong Kong, the sky would remain a greyish-blue colour; it would rarely be that sky-blue of our childhood. And the government would warn us every day of how high the air pollution index was, and yet the index wasn’t even as strict as international standards!

Whether we are dealing with air pollution or any other environmental issue, I believe we need to tackle it from three sides. Firstly, we need to draft comprehensive environmental legislation and enforce it realistically and with timely debate. Meanwhile, governments must encourage the private sector to protect the environment and give support to the work of environmental organisations. Finally, and most importantly, public awareness of environmental issues must be raised, especially in our children’s education. We need to stress the urgency of environmental action to the public and put it into practice on a daily basis both at home and at work. Changing people’s values and attitudes to life isn’t something that can be done overnight but they are what’s at the root of the problem. I really hope that Greenpeace is able to use its influence in all three respects!

From our members

Larissa ChowA Greenpeace member for over 10 years

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Greenpeace members like you make all the difference in protecting our planet’s biodiversity and environment.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for being part of Greenpeace.

Fundamental to Greenpeace’s effectiveness and ability to take risks and confront those in power is our financial independence. Greenpeace does not accept funding from any government or corporation. Our independence also gives us authority and credibility.

Greenpeace WorldwideGreenpeace has a presence in 42 countries around the globe. Although every Greenpeace office has full control over its own activities, we all share a commitment to eradicate the most crucial worldwide threats to our planet’s biodiversity and environment. Examples of Greenpeace’s efforts against such threats, internationally, as well as in Hong Kong and China, are highlighted throughout this year’s annual report.

Greenpeace FactsGreenpeace operates in more than 20 languages and has offices in 42 countries.Greenpeace has its research laboratory at the University of Exeter in the UK.Greenpeace has consultative status in the United Nations.

Our Donors are VERY ImportantIndividuals like you support us and foundation trusts who believe in our aims. Greenpeace China is also supported by contributions from our International office and grants from Greenpeace National offices. By the end of 2008, Greenpeace supporters numbered approximately 2.9 million globally and 20,000 in Hong Kong. We thank all of our supporters for their generous financial support of our campaign work. Because of you, Greenpeace is able to make a difference, tackling environmental problems and promoting solutions.

How we spent donated funds in 2008: Our financial accounts are highlighted on the next page. As can be seen from these accounts, dealing with the water pollution crisis in the mainland was a top priority for our campaign resources in 2008. Our water projects in the mainland and Hong Kong took up the largest proportion of our campaign budget.

Climate change is the biggest threat to the environment, which we address mainly through our Climate campaign on which our expenditure has increased approximately 50% since 2007. We will continue to increase the proportion of our resources spent on tackling climate change in the coming years.

Without your ongoing support, none of our achievements and successes would be realisable.

I would like to thank you again for your kindness in supporting our campaigns in 2008!

Yours sincerely,

Cristina San Vicente

2007

HK$

19,810,458

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1,508,668

393,481

382,038

22,094,645

1,028,680

2,146,932

2,314,719

1,395,228

2,855,763

4,808,799

14,550,121

6,866,880

4,838,713

26,255,714

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HK$

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4,719,000

1,071,386

129,876

614,267

28,086,188

1,541,333

2,727,854

1,498,572

1,682,710

2,768,231

6,370,948

16,589,648

8,082,594

6,353,675

31,025,917

(2,939,729)

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FINANCIAL REPORTMessage from the Fundraising Director


On October 1, 2009, the Chinese government will celebrate 60 years since the founding of the People’s Republic of China. While it’s been 60 years since the declaration of the PRC, Greenpeace China has only been working in the mainland a mere seven years. Even so, this organisation has fought day by day to heal China’s damaged environment and now, just seven years later, Greenpeace China boasts a staff of over 50, an office buzzing with enthusiastic environmentalists and all backed by your invaluable support.

So, first of all, I’d like to thank you, our donors, for making all this possible. Without your loyal support none of our achievements and successes would be realisable. Without you, there simply is no Greenpeace and certainly no Greenpeace in China.

This year, as a nod to the importance of China to the global environmental movement, the international organisation held its annual Greenpeace Governance and Executive conference in Beijing. This is a key meeting because it’s here that we meet to discuss campaigns, governance and operational structure.

Mirroring Greenpeace China’s extension within the international organisation, China itself is increasingly playing a leading role in world affairs and what happens in this vast country will have a huge impact on the rest of the globe. Greenpeace needs to be influencing developments in China as much as we can. We need to be pushing the country towards sustainable development, clean energy and a low-pollution scenario.

Last year the world was focused on the Beijing Olympics. While sports are not usually something you might associate with Greenpeace we seized this opportunity to highlight China’s environmental issues. Our report: China After the Olympics: Lessons from Beijing, became a widely cited document on the successes and failures of Beijing to make sure the Games were green.

Outside the Olympics, our other campaigns continued in full force. Our Climate and Energy team launched its coal campaign drawing public and media attention to the dangers of coal burning and the huge cost it exacts from the country from everything from climate pollution to human deaths and disease and environmental and cultural degradation. Water pollution is also a high priority and we launched a huge campaign in conjunction with new important legislation dealing with the people’s right to know exactly what factories are doing to their environment. Meanwhile our Food and Agriculture campaign is running strong, determined not to let genetically-engineered rice become a commercial crop in China and the Forests team have been successfully promoting forest-friendly publishing in China and working with Greenpeace Southeast Asia to help protect the Paradise Forests in the region from being destroyed for palm oil plantations and logging concessions.

Now as the 60 year anniversary approaches our fight for China’s environment will only get more emboldened. We will build upon your support, and look forward to growing stronger both in terms of more supporters and more exciting successes in the coming years. I would also take this opportunity to say thank you on the behalf of the entire board to the Executive Director and his teams for all the work hard they have put in to turn our visions into reality.

Romi WilliamsonChairperson

Fundraising income

Contributions from Stichting Greenpeace Council

Grants from Greenpeace National Offices

Interest income

Sundry income

TOTAL INCOME

Mainland Campaign expenses

■ Climate

■ Toxics

■ Forest

■ Food & Agriculture

■ Hong Kong Campaign (Climate, Toxics, Forests, Food)

Campaign support activities

Public information & outreach, media, science and business

TOTAL CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES

Fundraising, Donor communication & donor maintenance

Organisational & Governance

(Senior Management governance, Finance control, IT infrastructure,

Human Resources)

TOTAL EXPENDITURE

DEFICIT FOR THE YEAR

Greenpeace has been able to tackle some of the world’s most pressing environmental threats.

Thanks to you,

Greenpeace China (Limited By Guarantee)Consolidated Income And Expenditure Account

For The Year Ended 31st December, 2008

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