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*On 29 January 2021, a Dutch court ordered Royal Dutch Shell plc's Nigerian unit to compensate for oil spills in two villages over 13 years ago. Shell Nigeria is liable for damages from pipeline leaks in the villages of Oruma and Goi, the Hague Court of Appeals said in a ruling. Shell said that it should not be liable, as the spills were the result of sabotage.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shell Loses Dutch Court Case Over Nigeria Oil Spills|url=https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/dutch-court-orders-shell-nigeria-to-compensate-for-oil-spills|access-date=29 January 2021|website=BloombergQuint|date=29 January 2021 |language=en|archive-date=8 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208154311/https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/dutch-court-orders-shell-nigeria-to-compensate-for-oil-spills|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Accusations of greenwashing===
[[File:Shell kantoor Den Haag.JPG|thumb|Shell former world headquarters in [[Haagse Hout, The Hague]]]]
On 2 September 2002, Shell chairman Philip Watts accepted the "Greenwash Lifetime Achievement Award" from the Greenwash Academy's Oscar Green, near the World Summit on Sustainable Development.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2 September 2002|title=Shell accepts greenwash lifetime achievement award|url=https://www.foei.org/press_releases/archive-by-subject/economic-justice-resisting-neoliberalism-press/shell-accepts-greenwash-lifetime-achievement-award|access-date=24 February 2022|website=Friends of the Earth International|language=en-US|archive-date=24 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224123206/https://www.foei.org/press_releases/archive-by-subject/economic-justice-resisting-neoliberalism-press/shell-accepts-greenwash-lifetime-achievement-award|url-status=live}}</ref>
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