REPRESENTATIVES OF climate-impacted communities have been staging solo protests at the Shell headquarters at Bonifacio Global City in Taguig, calling on the company to face the people.
The series of protests was started by super-typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) survivor Joanna Sustento, who was taken into custody by dozens of police officers in the vicinity of the Shell headquarters to the nearby police precinct, just 2 hours into her peaceful protest.
“Since then, individuals hailing from different parts of the country have stood up to Shell at the company’s doorstep, each of them doing this not only for themselves and their loved ones, but for all of us. Celebrities and netizens have also shared their messages of support for these brave Filipinos,” said Greenpeace.
It said fossil fuel companies like Shell continue to rake in huge profits while the people and the planet suffer. “Up to now, these corporations have not acknowledged their responsibility for fuelling climate change. We have to make Shell listen, and hold them accountable for their role in the climate crisis we’re now living with,” Greenpeace said.
In April, the Public Radio International reported that Royal Dutch Shell PLC became the first major oil and gas company to announce plans to leave a leading US refining lobby due to disagreement on climate policies, citing its support for the goals of the Paris climate agreement. In its first review of its association with 19 key industry groups, Shell said it had found “material misalignment” over climate policy with the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, and would quit the body in 2020.
The review is part of Shell’s drive to increase transparency and show investors it is in line with the 2015 Paris climate agreement’s goals to limit global warming by reducing carbon emissions to a net zero by the end of the century. It is the latest sign of how investor pressure on oil companies, particularly in Europe, is leading to changes in their behavior around climate.
Last year, Shell caved in to investor pressure over climate change, setting out plans to introduce industry-leading carbon emissions targets linked to executive pay. Its chief executive, Ben van Beurden, has since repeatedly urged oil and gas producers to take action over climate and pollution, staking out a more radical position than the heads of other major oil companies. (Mindanao Examiner)
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