CAVE and FoE Netherlands vs. Exxon

Acusaciones

In January 2005, the government called on Royal Dutch Shell and Exxon Mobil to stop the practice of storing chemicals at and below their facilities in Brazil and to help workers and local residents with health complaints arising from the high concentrations of chemicals and heavy metals in their blood.
The complainants charge the companies have demonstrated little concern for their own employees and local residents.

This case was filed simultaneously with the complaint concerning Shell’s Pandacan oil depot in the Philippines (see: Fenceline Community, FOE NL vs. Shell).

Directrices relevantes de la OCDE

• Versión 2000 Capítulo II
• Versión 2000 Capítulo II Párrafo II.1
• Versión 2000 Capítulo II Parágrafo II.5
• Versión 2000 Capítulo V
• Versión 2000 Capítulo V Parágrafo V.1 Subpárrafo V.1.A
• Version 2000 Chapter V Paragraph V.1 Subparagraph V.1.B
• Version 2000 Chapter V Paragraph V.1 Subparagraph V.1.C
• Version 2000 Chapter V Paragraph V.3
• Versión 2000 Capítulo V Parágrafo V.4

Resultado

In June 2006, the Brazilian NCP conducted an initial assessment and accepted the complaint as a specific instance. The Dutch NCP also wrote to the Brazilian NCP and “offered its assistance in the handling of the instance’’ by providing suggestions on how it would handle the case and declaring it would closely follow the case.

In its 16 October 2006 response, Exxon claimed that it was a minor partner in the Brazilian consortium accused of the violations and that Shell, as the lead partner and “facility operator”, should be responsible for responding to the allegations in the complaint. The NCP accepted this argument and thus dismissed the case against Exxon.

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Documentos

• campaign

  20 June 2006

  Folha de São Paulo publishes article "Test reveals inhabitants' contamination."

  Coletivo Alternativa Verde
• Comunicado de prensa

  16 May 2006

  Environmental organisations issued a press release about the filing of the OECD complaints against Shell for the worldwide violations of the OECD guidelines.

  Milieudefensie
• report

  28 December 2005

  Report on public health situation in São Paulo Brazil. The aim of this report is to show in a brief way the valuation of the environmental exposure and the risks and health effects to the residents of Vila Carioca related to the company SHELL there installed.

  FoE International