Why a public pressure campaign about Shell?

Shell is one of the world's major producers of gas and oil. In 2005 the giant earned the highest annual profit in Dutch business history. The losers however were the environment and people who live near where Shell carries out its activities. With the money it's earned this year, the oil concern could put an end to the many environmental and health problems which accompany its projects.

The Shell Global Accountability Campaign is starting an advertising campaign, together with its sister organisations around the world. On key days that Shell announces its activities and profits, we'll run full-page advertisements in a number of British and Dutch newspapers. These will call upon Shell to spend a portion of its earnings to solve the problems caused by the company.

Public opinion matters to Shell.

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Dr Saro-Wiwa (brother of Ken Saro-Wiwa who was executed in 1995):
“I do believe Shell knows that they are gassing the community and no company in this world should be allowed to gas its community.”

 

  
 

Zakiya Kihia Khan (South Durban Community Environmental Alliance)
“We have problems with cancer of the blood (leukaemia). And we have a cluster in the South Durban Community where I live where the incidence of this type of cancer is 24 times higher than the national average. And people of every block in the area are affected. It is very widespread and it is obviously related to the emissions.”

Dmitry Lisitsyn (Sakhalin Environmental Watch):
“It is a great danger that the whales may completely disappear.”

  
 

Hilton Kelly (Community In-power Development Association):
“The Shell company is like a big octopus. They have their hands on every business in the community and if they do not like something that someone says, many people are intimidated and are afraid of losing their jobs. So they keep their mouths shut.”