Public revolt in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and elsewhere makes it clear that many yearn for rights and liberties. But states are not the only institutions obligated to respect human rights. Companies also have human rights responsibilities and can be complicit…
Ten companies were recognized today at this year’s World Business and Development Awards (WBDA) for their efforts in improving the lives of some of the world’s most disadvantaged communities. The winning companies are engaged in diverse initiatives such as providing…
A UNEP report says that Shell is only responsible for 10% of oil spills in the Niger delta over the last 40 years, “the rest has come from local people illegally stealing oil and sabotaging company pipelines”, reveals The Guardian…
The chief executives of the world’s biggest international oil companies will testify on Tuesday that the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico “was preventable’’, publicly distancing themselves for the first time from the UK company, the Financial Times…
Environmental groups have attacked a national press campaign by Shell as ” ill-timed and “at best cynical and at worse downright dishonest”. Shell, the oil company, today (May 28) launched a series of full-page national ads in today’s Times, Guardian,…
The Niger Delta is one of the world's 10 most important wetland and coastal marine ecosystems and is home to about 31 million people. Its huge oil deposits have been extracted for years by the Nigerian govenment and multinational oil…
Salve d’applaudissements au Klimaforum, l’espace alternatif du sommet de Copenhague, ce 15 décembre : la multinationale états-unienne Monsanto, spécialisée dans les pesticides et les OGM, se voit remettre le prix du pire lobbying climatique à Copenhague, prix poétiquement dénommé la…
La compagnie pétrolière néerlandaise est poursuivie pour des fuites présumées sur ses oléoducs par des paysans nigérians et une association écologiste. Le géant pétrolier anglo-néerlandais Shell et sa filiale nigériane ont comparu jeudi devant un tribunal civil de La Haye,…
It is hard to capture the myriad of emotions expressed by the Ogoni and their supporters following last week's agreement between Royal Dutch Shell and the families of some Ogoni leaders executed in 1995 by the military government of General…
Shell today agreed to settle a court case in New York related to allegations in connection with the Nigerian military government's execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and others in 1995, making a humanitarian gesture to set up a trust fund to…
