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This 24 page paper examines the approach that Shell, the well known petroleum company takes towards green or environmentalist issues and sustainability. The paper starts with a consideration of the different models that can be used when assessing environmental or sustainable practices. These are examined with examples, such as the Brent Spa oil rig disposal. The paper then considers the approach of Shell and concentrates on the behaviour of this company in Nigeria. The actions are then considered in terms of the models already identified. The bibliography cites 19 sources.
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File: TS14_TEenvshell.rtf
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are both potentially very different concepts. Oil is a finite resource, one day there will be no oil left, and as such this can be a sustainable industry, the industries
is currently supports need find alternatives to using oil if they are going to be sustainable. However, simply by using this resource the future ma be compromised and as such
the industry cannot be seen as environmental, even if no other damage is associated with it. When looking at both the extraction of oil, and the uses it is put
to, there are also many elements of threatening environmental damage to the environment and people in the area that may be seen as being interpreted as a business that can
be undertaken without any environmentalism at all, never capable of being seen as a green business. One company that has tried to enhance its image as trying to undertake
its business with a green approach has been Royal Dutch Shell. Shell has been caught up in environmental issues on several occasions, and with events such as the Brent Spa
oil platform debacle, we would expect the lessons of how to handle environmentalist groups and the decisions making processes involved. Issues such as the cooperate governance and the practice used
in Nigeria, where there was also a great deal of controversy and resistance that created even more environmental damage. To examine the approach taken by Royal Dutch Shell we
need to consider the basis on which the approach can be determined by looking at the literature and different approaches seen in the commercial environment in different companies, some of
whish are seen favourably and some of which are examples of negative, hypocritical or destructive attitudes towards green or environmentalist practices. There are two issues that need to be addressed
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