The findings of a report, which Greenpeace describes as a ‘historic win for climate justice,’ indicate that there are legal grounds to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for the harm their actions have historically brought forth to the environment due to investments in new fossil fuel projects, creating roadblocks and obstructing the transition to clean and renewable energy.
Greenpeace reported last Friday that the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines (CHR) issued a final report of its multi-year investigation into 47 investor-owned corporations for human rights harms that result from their investments in fossil fuel projects, triggering climate change. The group of 47 companies named in the petition includes BHP Billiton, BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Eni, ExxonMobil, Glencore, OMV, Repsol, Sasol, Shell, Suncor, TotalEnergies, and RWE.
