Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
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07/04/2014 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Documents suggest UK government intervened to support Shell and Rio Tinto in two high-profile US human rights court cases, following requests from the companies. | UK | Amnesty International | Lobbying | |
01/01/2014 - 31/10/2011 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | New documents reveal Shell lobbied to undermine EU renewables targets. | Europe | The Guardian | Climate Change, Lobbying | |
27/02/2013 | (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) | Oil companies accused of receiving tax breaks, subsidized loans, and external political and military support by the UK government. | United Kingdom | Platform | Lobbying, Tax Avoidance | |
08/12/2010 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Wikileaks US diplomatic cables: Shell claims to have inserted staff in all main ministries in Nigeria knowing "everything that was being done," and swapping intelligence with the US. | Nigeria | The Guardian | Bribing & Corruption, Lobbying | |
29/06/2009 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Shell accused of lobbying in Brussels against improvements on EU’s Emission Trading System, and threatened to move refineries out of Europe, if made to pay for emissions. Internal documents also reveal Shell's knowledge of the environmental severity of gas flaring practices, but chose not to stop their use. | European Union | Friends of the Earth, Oil Change International, PLATFORM | Lobbying, Pollution | |
31/08/2008 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | US government releases emails of Shell officials downplaying the significance of Russian environmental audit of Shakhalin II energy project by persuading the Atomic Energy Authority to disperse the findings through the report to receive vital bank funding. The project's environmental projection is dire; 1.6m tonnes of carbon dioxide; threat to endangered species and other wildlife. | The Guardian | Climate Change, Habitat Extinction, Lobbying, Pollution | ||
25/11/2005 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Impact assessment report suggests Shell downplayed environmental risks of Shakhalin II project, including possibility of Grey Whale extinction and destruction of salmon spawning areas. | Sakhalin, Russia | WWF, The Guardian | Habitat Extinction, Lobbying, Pollution | |
10/11/1995 - 01/05/1993 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Confidential internal documents reveal that Shell provided logistical support to Nigerian police and military, aided security sweeps, and enlisted the assistance of Nigeria's brutal military government to deal with protesters fueling death and violence. | Ogoni, Rivers, Nigeria | Independent | Beatings & Violence, Deaths, Injuries & Diseases, Lobbying, Oppressive Regimes |