AR-News: (SA) Activists take one share to Shell AGM

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Business Report
 
June 28, 2004

By Edward West

Cape Town - One share in Royal  Dutch/Shell bought for £0.25 (R2.80) has 
enabled two environmental activists  from South Africa, Desmond D'Sa and Ardiel 
Soeker, to attend the oil  multinational's annual meeting (AGM) in London today, 
where they will join a  delegation spotlighting the group's environmental 
record.

D'Sa is from an  organisation called groundWork, while Soeker is from the 
South Durban Community  Environmental Alliance. The two bodies had joined a 
network of environmental  groups, headed by Friends of the Earth, to draw attention 
to the environmental  plight of communities adjacent to Shell's operations 
around the world, said  spokesperson Ferrial Adam.

Last week Friends of the Earth launched a  report accusing Shell, already 
under scrutiny for overstating its oil reserves,  of polluting communities, 
damaging wildlife habitats and failing to live up to  its promise of environmental 
and social responsibility.      





full  story:
_http://www.busrep.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=561&fArticleId=2129333_ 
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