The British environmental rights organization ClientEarth starts legal proceedings against the 13 directors of Shell. The organization announced this this morning.
The organization wants to hold the directors personally liable for being negligent in preparing for the energy transition. According to them, this is the first time that directors have been held personally liable in this way.
The Shell board would not implement a climate strategy in line with the Paris Climate Agreement, which, according to the complainants, is in violation of UK company law. Shell has been a British company for a few months and has moved its headquarters from The Hague to London.
Milieudefense
In the Netherlands, Milieudefensie was ruled in favor of a court last May in a case against Shell, in which it was determined that the group must have reduced its CO2 emissions by 45 percent by 2030 compared to 2019. It was the first time that a company had done so. an obligation imposed by the judge.
The fact that Shell is now a wholly British company and headquartered in London does not affect the obligations arising from the Milieudefensie judgment. The move has no consequences for the appeal either.
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