Actors / NGO ·

Greenpeace

Appears in 21 cases in this database. Roles as given in the documented record.

Case	Role	Country	Period	Instrument
McKinsey advice to COP28 presidency and fossil clients	Author of the 2011 report on McKinsey's cost curves	United Arab Emirates	2011–2025	Carbon credits
Plastic waste imports into Türkiye (Adana)	Reported UK plastic at Adana dumping sites (2021)	Türkiye	2016–2026	Plastic waste and recycling claims
Alliance to End Plastic Waste and Renew Oceans (Ganges)	Its Unearthed unit published the 2024 comparison	India	2019–2026	Plastic waste and recycling claims
Resolute Forest Products v Greenpeace	Defendant in the US case; campaigner	Canada	2012–2024	Killings and repression of defenders
Turmeric, neem, basmati, Nap Hal patent revocations	Declared victory on the Nap Hal wheat revocation	India	2004–2022	Genetic resources and benefit-sharing
EDF spying on Greenpeace (France)	Organisation placed under surveillance; awarded damages at first instance	France	2011–2013	Killings and repression of defenders
Raja Ampat nickel licences revoked	Campaign organisation; reported more than 500 hectares destroyed	Indonesia	2025	Mining
Coca-Cola plastic pledges and brand audits	Analyst of the alliance's results	United States	2018	Plastic waste and recycling claims
Brent Spar decommissioning controversy (North Sea)	Campaigner in the Brent Spar controversy	United Kingdom	1995–2019	Liability shifting (spin-offs, bankruptcy, closure bonds)
UK packaging recycling notes (PRN) system and export fraud	NGO; found UK plastic at sites in Adana	United Kingdom	2009–2025	Plastic waste and recycling claims
Energy Transfer v Greenpeace (Dakota Access)	Defendant in the federal suit	United States	2017–2026	Killings and repression of defenders
Shell and Greenpeace settle Penguins FPSO case; Greenpeace pays RNLI £300,000	Defendant; paid the RNLI and accepted exclusion zones	United Kingdom	2023–2024	Killings and repression of defenders
Russia declares WWF and Greenpeace 'undesirable' organisations	Declared undesirable and closed in Russia	Russia	2023	Law, regulation and treaties
EU seal-product ban's Inuit exemption found ineffective	Campaigner; apology issuer (unverified)	Canada	2014	Lobbying, PR and greenwashing
Hess agreed to buy at least US$750 million of Guyana forest credits	Campaign group that criticised the plan	Guyana	2011–2032	Carbon credits
Russia labels WWF Russia a foreign agent, then an undesirable organisation	Declared undesirable on 19 May 2023	Russia	2023	Protected area / relocation
EU bans three neonicotinoid pesticides outdoors in 2018; Turkey follows in part	campaigner and reporter on exports	European Union	2018	Law, regulation and treaties
Greenpeace leaves the Forest Stewardship Council in 2018	Organisation that ended its FSC membership	Global	2018	Tanker / shipping
Greenpeace says fisheries scientist Ray Hilborn got $3.56m from seafood groups	complainant; reported the funding figures	United States	2003–2016	Water use
Indonesia's forest moratorium: ministry cited 38% less clearing, Greenpeace disputed it	critic; published satellite analysis	Indonesia	2011–2019	Law, regulation and treaties
Corporate suits against Greenpeace (TotalEnergies, Shell, Resolute)	Defendant in all three suits	France, United Kingdom, United States	2019–2024	Killings and repression of defenders

Appears alongside

Shell ×3 McKinsey ×2 Exxon Corporation (ExxonMobil from 1999) ×2 European Union ×2 Human Rights Watch ×2 National Audit Office ×2 Alliance to End Plastic Waste ×2 TotalEnergies ×2 Resolute Forest Products ×2 Government of Indonesia ×2 COP28 presidency (United Arab Emirates)Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)Frontier (carbon-removal buyers' club)South Pole Government of Türkiye Basel Action Network Dow BASF SABIC Procter & Gamble Chevron Phillips Chemical Planet Tracker Environmental Paper Network Paper Excellence Sinar Mas CSIR Traditional Knowledge Digital Library European Patent Office RAGT Électricité de France Antam (Gag Nikel)The Coca-Cola Company PepsiCo Break Free From Plastic Los Angeles County The Ocean Cleanup Ocean Conservancy Circular Action Alliance Nestlé Environment Agency Nationwide Recycling Biffa Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (UK)Energy Transfer Greenpeace International Greenpeace USA TigerSwan Morton County Sheriff Water Protector Legal Collective Greenpeace Fund BankTrack Earth First!North Dakota Supreme Court Amsterdam District Court Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)WWF Prosecutor General of Russia Hess Corporation Government of Guyana International Air Transport Association WWF Russia Russian state WWF international network European Commission Bayer Syngenta Government of Turkey Forest Stewardship Council University of Washington

Terms used on this page

Carbon and conservation finance

Carbon credit: A certificate representing one tonne of carbon dioxide (or equivalent) that a project says it reduced, avoided or removed. Buyers use credits to balance their own emissions in climate claims.

Science and environment

Hectare (ha): A unit of area equal to 10,000 square metres, about 2.5 acres. 100 hectares make one square kilometre.

Bonds and banking

Liquidation, insolvency, bankruptcy: Legal processes that apply when a company cannot pay its debts; its assets are sold and claims against it may go unpaid.