Archives: Incidents
| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/11/2013 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Shell accused of not adequately assessing and providing false information regarding oil spills in Nigeria. | Ogoni, Rivers, Nigeria | Amnesty International, CEHRD | Fraud, Pollution | |
| 01/01/2002 - 01/01/1980 | (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) (BASF SE) | BASF and Shell to pay compensation for health treatment to 1,068 former workers after prolonged exposure to toxic chemicals at pesticide plant. Labor prosecutors say chemical contamination killed 60 workers - $316 million. | São Paulo - State of São Paulo, Brazil | Reuters | Deaths, Injuries & Diseases, Negligence | |
| 07/04/2014 | Rio Tinto Group | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 17/04/2014 | (International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)) (Ford Motor Company) | Ford and IBM will again have to face a U.S. lawsuit claiming they encouraged human rights abuses such as killings and tortures in apartheid-era South Africa. | South Africa | Reuters | Deaths, Killings, Oppressive Regimes, Torture | |
| 20/05/2014 - 01/01/2001 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Report claims Shell uses Swiss corporate structure and tax planning to avoid paying taxes in developing countries. | Switzerland | SOMO | Tax Avoidance | |
| 04/08/2014 - 04/08/2011 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Three Years after UN Environmental Program's assessment of fifty years' oil pollution in Ogoniland, Shell has not progressed in cleaning the oil contaminated land and drinking water. | Ogoni, Rivers, Nigeria | Amnesty International, CEHRD, Friends of the Earth | Pollution | |
| 12/10/2014 | BP (Beyond Petroleum) | Colombian farmers are suing BP for economic losses suffered from pipeline environmental devastation - £18 million. | Colombia | Financial Times | Pollution | |
| 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 | |
| 01/01/1983 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Supreme Court orders Shell to pay to four communities in Delta - N30 million. | Delta State, Nigeria | Vanguard | Pollution |