Phil Richards

Oct 14, 2024 | greenpeace.org.uk | Phil Richards

A temporary National Renewal Tax on the extreme wealth of super-rich individuals could generate a minimum of £130bn in revenue for the government over the next five years, a new report commissioned by Greenpeace UK has found [1].

Oct 1, 2024 | greenpeace.org.uk | Phil Richards

| Press Release Britain is responsible for the largest number of international private jet flights to top holiday destinations in Europe, a new report commissioned by Greenpeace Central and Eastern Europe found. Last year, a whopping 12,702 private jets – an average of more than one every hour – took off from the UK bound for getaway resorts across the continent. The three most popular airports were Nice-Côte d’Azur, Geneva and Palma, followed by Malaga, Faro and Ibiza.

Sep 5, 2024 | greenpeace.org.uk | Phil Richards

NEW pics and videos here, including of activists being cut out and arrests being made: https://media.greenpeace.org/collection/27MZIFJBMBJ4GJoin the Greenpeace UK media WhatsApp group for updatesA total of 16 activists have been arrested so far for blockading the entrances to Unilever House, in protest over the firm’s ongoing failure to tackle their overwhelming plastic pollution and its recent sustainability rollback.

Sep 5, 2024 | greenpeace.org.uk | Phil Richards

Activists and climbers shut down the entrances to Unilever’s London HQ with giant Dove products and a subverted ‘Dead Dove’ logoIMAGES: https://media.greenpeace.org/collection/27MZIFJBMBJ4GGreenpeace UK activists have shut down the entrances to Unilever’s HQ in Central London today following the firm’s ongoing failure to tackle their overwhelming plastic pollution and its recent sustainability rollback.

Jul 7, 2024 | greenpeace.org.uk | Phil Richards

Following a humiliating election defeat for the Conservatives, a landslide victory for the new Labour government, but also a surge in votes for Green and Lib Dem candidates, new MRP polling, commissioned by Greenpeace UK, suggests that concerns over climate and nature issues may have influenced the way in which people voted.