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ShellShell is the second largest oil and gas company in the world. It operates in more than 145 countries.
Shell's operations demonstrate how badly companies can affect the communities they operate in.
Children by one of Shells gas flares
in Nigeria
Shell has been working in the Niger Delta since 1956, causing problems to:
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Where oil reigns, life is hell |
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Oronto Douglas, Envirnmental Lawer, Niger Delta
The Nigerian government banned gas flaring in 1969, but Shell continues to flout the law.
Did you know?
There have been over 4,000 oil spills in the Niger Delta since 1960.
US Energy information service
Nigeria is not the only place where Shell is putting its profits before the lives of local people and the environment. Behind the Shine (PDF†)
In
Russia, Shell's Sakhalin
II project (PDF†) is threatening:
Other examples include
Friends of the Earth says
Our politicians must put laws in place to allow affected communities
to hold companies like Shell accountable.
This footage was sent to MPs before the Shell AGM in 2006.
Email the Natural History Museum
Ask them not to renew Shell's sponsorship of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.
Shell. Wildlife Destroyer of the Year?
(PDF† 60K) October 2006
This briefing outlines some of the impacts that Shell is currently having on wildlife, as well as highlighting the hypocracy of Shell sponsoring the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.
Broken Promises
(PDF† 79K) June 2006
This briefing outlines how Shell’s non-compliance with the
OECD Guidelines harms people and the
environment, and why voluntary self regulation is not enough to protect them from the activities of companies like Shell.
Lessons
not learned- the other Shell Report
(PDF† - 505 KB) June
2005
This report tells
the real story of living on Shell's doorstep around the world, that
Shell's reports fail to mention.
Behind
the Shine - the other Shell Report
(PDF† - 840 KB) June
2004
Highlights Shell's
poor performance in the area of corporate social responsibility using
accounts from people who live next door to Shell around the world.
Failing the Challenge
- the other Shell Report 2002
(PDF† - 300 KB) April
2003
Using first hand
accounts from communities affected by Shell, this report shows that
Shell still has a long way to go to meet its public commitment to a
green future.
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Image © Elaine Gilligan/ Friends of the Earth
