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Catalysing an energy revolution COP17, United Nations Climate Change Conference 28 November - 9 December 2011 The Dirty Dozen in Durban The Dirty Dozen are the top representatives of those corporate polluters that are holding us back from a global deal to limit and reverse GHG emissions worldwide. Greenpeace’s report ‘Who’s Holding Us Back?’ has documented the global effort, often well coordinated, to limit, reduce or eliminate regulation and legislation that would reduce GHG emissions. The companies represented on the Dirty Dozen list have, directly and indirectly through their lobbying subsidiaries engaged or are currently engaged in the following activities: Lobbied in Japan against a 2nd commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol Undermined climate legislation in Canada Undermined EU climate legislation, including a 30% reduction target for 2020 Undermined US climate and energy legislation Campaigned for more access for companies to influence the architecture of an international climate agreement (under their CAPP and WBCSD trade groups) Campaigned against the Australian carbon tax and are expected to get over 94 % of their emissions exemption. Campaigning to keep South Africa addicted to coal and campaigning against a carbon tax. 1. Jorma Ollilo, Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell 2. Lorraine Mitchell, CEO, Shell Canada 3. David Collyer, President, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers 4. Thomas Donohue, President and CEO, US Chamber of Commerce 5. Lakshmi Mittal, Chairman and CEO, ArcelorMittal 6. Jürgen R. Thumann, President, BusinessEurope 7. David and Charles Koch, Koch Industries 8. Marius Kloppers, CEO, BHP Billiton 9. Dr. Kurt Bock, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors, BASF 10. Jean-Guy Carrier, Secretary-General, International Chamber of Commerce 11. Jack N Gerard, President, American Petroleum Institute 12. Brian Dames, CEO, Eskom

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COP17, United Nations Climate Change Conference 28 November - 9 December 2011

The Dirty Dozen in Durban

The Dirty Dozen are the top representatives of those corporate polluters that are holding us back from a global deal to limit and reverse GHG emissions worldwide. Greenpeace’s report ‘Who’s Holding Us Back?’ has documented the global effort, often well coordinated, to limit, reduce or eliminate regulation and legislation that would reduce GHG emissions.

The companies represented on the Dirty Dozen list have, directly and indirectly through their lobbying subsidiaries engaged or are currently engaged in the following activities:

• Lobbied in Japan against a 2nd commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol

•Undermined climate legislation in Canada

•Undermined EU climate legislation, including a 30% reduction target for 2020

•Undermined US climate and energy legislation

•Campaigned for more access for companies to influence the architecture of an international climate agreement (under their CAPP and WBCSD trade groups)

•Campaigned against the Australian carbon tax and are expected to get over 94 % of their emissions exemption.

•Campaigning to keep South Africa addicted to coal and campaigning against a carbon tax.

1. Jorma Ollilo, Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell

2. Lorraine Mitchell, CEO, Shell Canada

3. David Collyer, President, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers

4. Thomas Donohue, President and CEO, US Chamber of Commerce

5. Lakshmi Mittal, Chairman and CEO, ArcelorMittal

6. Jürgen R. Thumann, President, BusinessEurope

7. David and Charles Koch, Koch Industries

8. Marius Kloppers, CEO, BHP Billiton

9. Dr. Kurt Bock, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors, BASF

10. Jean-Guy Carrier, Secretary-General, International Chamber of Commerce

11. Jack N Gerard, President, American Petroleum Institute

12. Brian Dames, CEO, Eskom

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Royal Dutch Shell / Shell Canada

Member of ICC, WBCSD, CAPP, BusinessEurope, US Chamber of Commerce, American Petroleum Institute1, Cefic, Petroleum Association of Japan

Anti-climate activities: Actions against: Increase of the 2020 target in the EU to 30%; Canadian climate legislation; EU regulation on cleaner fuels through Canadian government; campaigning in favour of privileged access in international negotiations; supports and funds anti-science climate denial.

Member of WBCSD, American Petroleum Institute2, BusinessEurope, Eurofer, Energy Intensive Users Group of Southern Africa

Anti-climate activities: Actions against: 30% 2020 target in the EU; US climate and energy legislation; Canadian climate legislation; campaigning in favour of privileged access in international negotiations; supported strategically US Senate candidates who have been outspoken in their opposition to comprehensive climate policy in the US, and candidates who actively deny the scientific consensus that climate change is happening and is caused by people.

Member of ICC, CAPP, BusinessEurope3, US Chamber of Commerce, American Petroleum Institute, Cefic

Anti-climate activities: Actions against: 30% 2020 target in the EU; US climate and energy legislation; Canadian climate legislation; EU regulation on cleaner fuels through Canadian government; campaigning in favour of privileged access in international negotiations; supports and funds anti-science climate denial.

Member of CAPP, American Petroleum Institute4, ICC5

Anti-climate activities: Actions against: US climate and energy legislation; Canadian climate legislation; EU regulation on cleaner fuels through Canadian government; supports and funds anti-science climate denial.

Member of WBCSD, BusinessEurope, Cefic

Anti-climate activities: Actions against: 30% 2020 target in the EU; US climate and energy legislation; Canadian climate legislation; EU regulation on cleaner fuels through Canadian government; campaigning in favour of privileged access in international negotiations; supported strategically US Senate candidates who have been outspoken in their opposition to comprehensive climate policy in the US, and candidates who actively deny the scientific consensus that climate change is happening and is caused by people .

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International Chamber of Commerce6

Members include RWE, Shell, ExxonMobil, Chevron

World Business Council for Sustainable Development7

Members include ESKOM, APRIL, TEPCO, BASF, E.ON, Volkswagen, ArcelorMittal, Royal Dutch Shell, BP, Petrobras.

Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers

Members include Shell Canada Limited, ExxonMobil Canada Ltd, Koch Exploration Canada LP, ConocoPhilips Canada, Chevron Canada Resources.

“We’re focused on finding new technologies – like carbon capture and storage, and Toe-to-Heel Air Injection (THAI™) – to make [reduced

emissions] happen.”8

Possibly the most astonishing and brazen lobbying effort was the CAPP-organised lobbying of European officials on tar sands by Canadian government officials. The Canadian government is fully captured by the fossil fuel interests.

BusinessEurope9

Members with a special partner status include ArcelorMittal, Royal Dutch Shell, ExxonMobil, BASF. Business Europe’s climate change working group chair, Nick Campbell, used to be the climate change chair of the ICC.

“…any further increase in the EU’s unilateral 20% emission reduction target would be

premature and even counterproductive.”10

Purports to speak on behalf of all its members when actually just representing the interests of a few carbon-intensive sectors.

US Chamber of Commerce

Claims to have millions of company members, but among them are Royal Dutch Shell and ConocoPhilips.

“...the Chamber will tell the EPA in a filing today that a trial-style public hearing” on

the science of climate change is needed to “make a fully informed, transparent decision

with scientific integrity based on the actual record of the science.” William Kovacs, the Chamber’s senior vice president for

environment, technology and regulatory affairs, told the Los Angeles Times this hearing would be “the Scopes monkey trial of the 21st

century”.11

“There are ‘profound and wide-ranging scientific uncertainties’ about climate change

and its impacts on health and welfare that are ‘vehemently controverted (sic) among

scientists and technicians of numerous stripes.’”12

Climate denial; large political contributions to politicians that will block climate progress; waging a campaign against ozone pollution regulation. American Petroleum Institute

Members include US branches of ArcelorMittal, BHP Billiton, BP, ExxonMobil, PetroBras, Shell, Siemens Energy Division

“emissions from [the production and use of oil and gas] may be helping to warm our planet by enhancing the natural greenhouse effect

of the atmosphere.” “While companies must continue to meet the demands of today’s and

tomorrow’s consumers for oil and gas, they are also preparing for a future in which alternatives

will play a much more significant role.”13

Funding climate denial and fake science14, scaremongering citizens over the economic impacts of addressing climate change, participation in the revolving door between politics and government, funding and organising anti-environment propaganda and fake citizen campaigns15.

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1 Through Shell Oil Company.

2 Through ArcelorMittal USA.

3 BusinessEurope members are trade associations, the companies listed here are associated with BusinessEurope through these trade associations and activities.

4 Through subsidiaries Colonial Pipeline Company and Alyeska Pipeline Service Company.

5 Through subsidiary Georgia-Pacific.

6 International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) (2011). Links to a selection of ICC member companies: http://www.iccwbo.org/id19696/index.html. Accessed 4 November 2011.

7 World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) (2011). Full list of members by region: http://www.wbcsd.org/about/members-list-region.aspx. Accessed 4 November 2011.

8 Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (2011). Air & Climate Change. Accessed 15 September 2011. http://www.capp.ca/environmentCommunity/airClimateChange/Pages/default.aspx#KOeJQ88obBVL

9 BusinessEurope (2011). Corporate Advisory and Support Group. http://www.businesseurope.eu/content/default.asp?pageid=604

10 BusinessEurope (2010). Press Release: ‘Climate Change can only be tackled globally’.19 October 2010.

11 Johnson B (2009). ‘US Chamber of Commerce calls for ‘Scopes Monkey Trial’ on climate change .‘ Grist. 25 August 2009. http://www.grist.org/article/2009-08-25-chamber-calls-for-scopes-monkey-trial-on-climate-change

12 Sheppard K (2009). ‘Chamber: global warming is good for you.’ Mother Jones. 2 October 2009.

13 American Petroleum Institute (2011). Climate Change. 8 April 2011. http://www.api.org/ehs/climate/index.cfm

14 Greenpeace USA (2011). ‘Koch Industries: Still Fueling Climate Denial.’ http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/Global/usa/planet3/publications/gwe/Koch-Ind-Still-Fueling-Climate-Denial.pdf

15 Walker J (1998). API memo. April 1998. http://www.euronet.nl/users/e_wesker/ew@shell/API-prop.html