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Royal Dutch Shell, where Dutch climate activists brought legal action against Shell, which led to the Dutch courts demanding that Shell reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. [read post]
19 Mar 2023, 9:01 pm by renholding
In a potentially precedent-setting case, 11 directors of global energy company Shell Plc (formerly Royal Dutch Shell Plc) [1] are being sued in their personal capacity over the company’s energy transition strategy. [read post]
3 Jan 2023, 1:47 pm by Kevin LaCroix
The directors’ and officers’ liability environment is always changing, but 2022 was a particularly eventful year, with important consequences for the D&O insurance marketplace. [read post]
1 Jan 2023, 10:00 pm by Giesela Ruehl
In this judgment, the court had to determine the law applicable to an NGO’s climate reduction claim against Royal Dutch Shell. [read post]
11 Dec 2022, 5:40 am by Kevin LaCroix
Royal Dutch Shell plc, in which the Shell group was ordered to reduce its global annual volume of CO2 emissions by 45% by the end of 2030. [read post]
31 Oct 2022, 5:01 am by Daniel Byman
Standard Oil and Royal Dutch Shell spanned the globe, working with both their home and foreign governments to extract, buy, and sell oil. [read post]
4 Jan 2022, 1:52 am by Jan von Hein
Kieninger: Climate Change Litigation and Private International Law The recent Shell ruling by the District Court of The Hague raises the question whether Carbon Majors could also be sued outside the state of their corporate home and which law would be applicable to claims for damages or injunctive relief. [read post]
29 Dec 2021, 12:00 pm by Kevin LaCroix
Royal Dutch Shell plc in May 2021, the Dutch court ordered Royal Dutch Shell to reduce its emissions by 45% by 2030 in response to an action filed by 17,000 Dutch citizens who said Shell’s investment in fossil fuels would threaten their human rights. [read post]
2 Nov 2021, 8:49 am by Shannon O'Hare
ARGENTINA On 12 September 2021, President Alberto Fernández’s Justicialist party suffered  significant losses in Argentina’s midterm primaries. [read post]
9 Oct 2021, 11:18 pm by Ralf Michaels
Using the example of the recent lawsuit of the environmental organization Milieudefensie and other environmental associations against Royal Dutch Shell before the District Court of The Hague, which was successful in the first instance, and the lawsuit of the Peruvian farmer Lliuya against RWE AG, which has been pending in the second instance at the Higher Regional Court of Hamm since 2017, Álvarez-Armas at [read post]
21 Aug 2021, 9:01 am
In a recent Blog Post on May 28, 2021, we discussed a landmark court ruling issued by the Hague District Court in May 2021, [1] requiring Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) to reduce the CO₂ emissions of the Shell group by net 45% in 2030, compared to 2019 levels. [read post]
10 Aug 2021, 3:42 am by CMS
On 12 February 2021, the UK Supreme Court handed down its judgment in Okpabi and others v Royal Dutch Shell and another [2021] UKSC 3 overturning the decision of the lower courts and granting the claimants’ appeal. [read post]
23 Jul 2021, 6:06 am
Williams (York University, Robert Eccles (Oxford University), and Ellie Mulholland (CCLI), on Thursday, July 22, 2021 Tags: Boards of Directors, Climate change, Environmental disclosure, ESG, Fiduciary duties, International governance, Liability standards, Netherlands, Royal Dutch Shell, Securities litigation, Sustainability Board’s Oversight of Racial DE&I Posted by Benjamin Colton (State Street… [read post]
22 Jul 2021, 6:01 am
  In May 2021, the Hague District Court ordered Royal Dutch Shell plc (RDS) to reduce the CO2 emissions of the Shell group by 45% by 2030, relative to 2019 levels, across all its value chain emissions (scopes 1, 2 and 3) (Milieudefensie and Ors. v Royal Dutch Shell plc C/09/571932 / HA ZA 19-379). [read post]
” The post Netherlands court orders Royal Dutch Shell to cut carbon emissions 45% by 2030 appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary. [read post]
26 May 2021, 12:23 pm by Matt Gluck
” A Dutch court ruled that oil giant Royal Dutch Shell must decrease its greenhouse gas emissions by 45 percent before 2030, writes NPR. [read post]