• Greenpeace India is the Indian branch of the global environmental group Greenpeace, a non-profit NGO, with a presence in 40 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific.
• The Indian operations run four broad campaigns namely, stop climate change, sustainable agriculture, preserving the oceans and preventing another nuclear catastrophe.
• Greenpeace India states that it receives 60% of its funding from donors in India, 38% from Netherlands-based Greenpeace International and less than 1% from the US-based Climate Works Foundation.
• According to the organization, they do not accept money from governments, intergovernmental organizations, political parties or corporations in order to avoid their influence.
• In 2015, several women employees made allegations of sexual harassment, bullying and rape at Greenpeace India.

Points to Remember:

• Dharnai, India’s first fully solar-powered village