Shell Brent Spar In 1995, Greenpeace activists occupied the Brent Spar oil storage facility in the North Sea. Their purpose was to stop plans to scuttle the 14,500 tonne installation. The action was a part of an ongoing campaign to stop ocean dumping and pitted Greenpeace against the combined forces of the UK government and the world’s then- largest oil company. MGMT5613/March2022 Page 2 of 4 3. Spontaneous protests in support of Greenpeace and against Shell broke out across Europe. Some Shell stations in Germany reported a 50 per cent loss of sales. Chancellor Kohl raised the issue with the UK government at a G7 meeting. But despite the UK government’s refusal to back down on plans to allow the Spar to simply be dumped into the ocean, public pressure proved too much to bear for Shell and in a dramatic win for Greenpeace and the ocean environment, the company reversed its decision and agreed to dismantle and recycle the Spar on land. The decision led to a ban on the ocean disposal of such rigs by the international body which regulates ocean dumping. Before the Brent Spar campaign, a number of oil companies had been planning sea-dumping of obsolete installations, such as oil storage buoys (like Shell’s Brent Spar) and oil rigs. Greenpeace’s action and the support of people throughout Europe ensured that no such structures have been dumped to this day.
a) There are seven (7) scope of issue that covered by the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in risk management and stakeholder expectations. Briefly explain at least four (4) impacts of the scope of issue based on Brent Spar report above