Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
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19/04/2011 | The Royal Bank of Scotland Group (Project carried out by TOTAL) | RBS accused of investing £1.3 billion - following a £5.6 billion prior investment - in environmentally damaging oil project of tar sands in Canada, also devastating ancestral lands of First Nation tribes. | Alberta, Canada | The Guardian, Financial Times | Climate Change, Negligence, Pollution | |
12/12/1999 | TOTAL | 'Erika' oil tanker, managed by Total, sinks; 30,000 barrels of heavy fuel oil dumped into Atlantic sea; considered one of biggest environmental disasters in France; immense damages to local fishing industry; Total charged with negligence - 200m euros in damages + 375,000 euros fine. | Britanny coast, France | BBC | Negligence, Pollution |