Action at Shell's Batangas Oil Refinery in the Philippines

Greenpeace activists on inflatable boat display a banner that reads "Shell face your responsibility” at the Shell's oil refinery in Tabangaw Batangas. The action is carried out to send a sharp reminder to the oil company to attend the world-first investigation led by the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines into how climate-related human rights harms are fueled by their business of extracting and marketing fossil fuels.

Unique identifier: GP0STRL1J

Type: Image

Shoot date: 21/02/2018

Locations: Asia, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines, Southeast Asia

Credit line: © Jilson Tiu / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)

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Action at Shell's Batangas Oil Refinery in the Philippines

Activists from Greenpeace Southeast Asia - Philippines unfurl a banner reading “PEOPLE AND PLANET, NOT PROFIT” from Shell’s Batangas oil refinery, sending a sharp reminder to Shell to attend upcoming hearings into the responsibility of big fossil fuel companies for climate-related human rights harms.

The activists also delivered a letter demanding Shell to own up to their responsibility for contributions to the climate crisis and show up at the first hearing taking place in March. The hearings are part of a world-first investigation led by the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines into how climate-related human rights harms are fueled by their business of extracting and marketing fossil fuels.

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