Community leaders from Nigeria, South Africa, the Philippines, the Netherlands Antilles, and the United States gave accounts of alleged corporate misconduct and environmental abuses of oil giant Shell at a press conference in Parliament on 29 June.
The leaders gave accounts of heavy air pollution and chemical waste caused by Shell's oil refineries, which they say cause abnormally high rates of asthma and cancer within their communities.
All said such behaviour would simply not be tolerated in Europe where environmental laws are much stricter and where Shell advertises itself as a company supporting the development of renewable energies.
