Dutch green activists take their fight to 30 more corporates

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The group that scored a court victory against Shell wants answers on emissions plans

Members of the environmental group MilieuDefensie celebrate the verdict of the Dutch environmental organisation's case against Royal Dutch Shell Plc, outside the Palace of Justice courthouse in The Hague, Netherlands. Picture: BLOOMBERG/PETER BOERThe Dutch wing of environmental group Friends of the Earth, which won a landmark court victory against Royal Dutch Shell in 2021, is targeting 30 major corporate emitters in a campaign launched on Thursday.

“We are very clear that in the end, if needed, we are willing to go to court. But of course we are hoping these companies will be moving by themselves,” De Rijk said. Among leaders in finance, retailers, oil and energy majors, builders and industrial manufacturers on the list are KLM, the Dutch arm of airline Air France KLM, ABN Amro bank and supermarket operator Ahold Delhaize.emissions.

Milieudefensie, which said it had been approached by scores of concerned companies after the Shell verdict, set a three-month deadline until April 15 for the companies to present a climate plan.

 

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