Mark Dummett
@markdummett.bsky.social
Head of business and human rights team @amnesty - currently enjoying a sabbatical. ex HRW, BBC & Reuters. All posts my own.
Tesla has some good people working on sustainability and human rights. Who would want listen to them again after their boss operated like this?
September 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Tesla has some good people working on sustainability and human rights. Who would want listen to them again after their boss operated like this?
Not great for the Tesla brand. Also, compete BS.
September 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Not great for the Tesla brand. Also, compete BS.
Here's another sick read. BCG's "Code of Conduct", and a message from its CEO Christoph Schweizer. Or maybe these values don't apply anymore?
media-publications.bcg.com/BCG-Code-of-...
media-publications.bcg.com/BCG-Code-of-...
July 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Here's another sick read. BCG's "Code of Conduct", and a message from its CEO Christoph Schweizer. Or maybe these values don't apply anymore?
media-publications.bcg.com/BCG-Code-of-...
media-publications.bcg.com/BCG-Code-of-...
The FT's reporting on BCG's involvement in plans for post-war Gaza, including the mass displacement of Gaza's is mind-blowing. www.ft.com/content/d35d...
July 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The FT's reporting on BCG's involvement in plans for post-war Gaza, including the mass displacement of Gaza's is mind-blowing. www.ft.com/content/d35d...
Esther Kiobel has issued the following statement in response to news that Nigeria’s president has pardoned her late husband and 8 other men, including writer Ken Saro-Wiwa. They were hanged in 1995 after being falsely accused of murder.
June 13, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Esther Kiobel has issued the following statement in response to news that Nigeria’s president has pardoned her late husband and 8 other men, including writer Ken Saro-Wiwa. They were hanged in 1995 after being falsely accused of murder.
David Lammy says Shell and the FCDO have a “strong shared endeavour”. This is ridiculous. Is Britain’s foreign policy now going to be set by Big Oil?
June 10, 2025 at 8:53 AM
David Lammy says Shell and the FCDO have a “strong shared endeavour”. This is ridiculous. Is Britain’s foreign policy now going to be set by Big Oil?
I like Lammy, but wtf?
June 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I like Lammy, but wtf?
Good news: FT reporting that Denmark is pushing back on French and German moves to scrap the EU’s proposed rules on supply chains.
on.ft.com/45smjql Copenhagen hits back as Berlin and Paris push to scrap rules on green supply chains
on.ft.com/45smjql Copenhagen hits back as Berlin and Paris push to scrap rules on green supply chains
May 26, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Good news: FT reporting that Denmark is pushing back on French and German moves to scrap the EU’s proposed rules on supply chains.
on.ft.com/45smjql Copenhagen hits back as Berlin and Paris push to scrap rules on green supply chains
on.ft.com/45smjql Copenhagen hits back as Berlin and Paris push to scrap rules on green supply chains
But experts estimate that only 7% of the oil has been removed from the ground and say significant contamination remains, posing a serious public health risk to the community. This is now seeking a new clean-up - which could cost up to half a billion pounds.
May 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
But experts estimate that only 7% of the oil has been removed from the ground and say significant contamination remains, posing a serious public health risk to the community. This is now seeking a new clean-up - which could cost up to half a billion pounds.
These ruptured under the water of Bodo's creek. The damage destroyed the creek's mangroves and fishing grounds. In 2014, Shell - which earlier this year sold its onshore business in the Niger Delta - admitted liability for the spills and agreed to a clean-up operation as part of a £55m settlement.
May 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
These ruptured under the water of Bodo's creek. The damage destroyed the creek's mangroves and fishing grounds. In 2014, Shell - which earlier this year sold its onshore business in the Niger Delta - admitted liability for the spills and agreed to a clean-up operation as part of a £55m settlement.
On both occasions the spills ran for about two months before the company sent contractors to stop them and contain the pollution. Both spills were caused by corrosion to the Trans Niger Pipeline, which carries crude from oil fields scattered across the Niger Delta to the coast.
May 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
On both occasions the spills ran for about two months before the company sent contractors to stop them and contain the pollution. Both spills were caused by corrosion to the Trans Niger Pipeline, which carries crude from oil fields scattered across the Niger Delta to the coast.
An important environmental justice case underway in London today. At the Royal Courts of Justice, Laz Tamana of the Bodo community explained why the community is taking Shell to court over what they allege has been its failure to clean up two massive spills in 2008.
May 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
An important environmental justice case underway in London today. At the Royal Courts of Justice, Laz Tamana of the Bodo community explained why the community is taking Shell to court over what they allege has been its failure to clean up two massive spills in 2008.
Then there’s this Rwandan tea, sold by a UK company that’s branded as “Virunga”. That’s in the DRC, which is a country that Rwanda has invaded.
March 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Then there’s this Rwandan tea, sold by a UK company that’s branded as “Virunga”. That’s in the DRC, which is a country that Rwanda has invaded.
An interesting man, Henri Deterding, who headed Royal Dutch Shell from 1900-1936, and helped turn it into one of the world's biggest companies. His memoirs, "An International Oilman" (1934) starts with a gushing portrait of Mussolini and ends with this...
March 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
An interesting man, Henri Deterding, who headed Royal Dutch Shell from 1900-1936, and helped turn it into one of the world's biggest companies. His memoirs, "An International Oilman" (1934) starts with a gushing portrait of Mussolini and ends with this...
Thanks to @lselaw.bsky.social & the Grantham Institute for organising yesterday's panel discussion on the case brought by Nigerian communities affected by oil pollution against Shell here in London. @amnesty.org has stood with these communities for the past decade and we will continue to do so
February 27, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Thanks to @lselaw.bsky.social & the Grantham Institute for organising yesterday's panel discussion on the case brought by Nigerian communities affected by oil pollution against Shell here in London. @amnesty.org has stood with these communities for the past decade and we will continue to do so
This community tap in Ogale is connected to a 150m deep borehole. The water stinks of benzene and is staining the white tiles. Imagine having to drink this.
February 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
This community tap in Ogale is connected to a 150m deep borehole. The water stinks of benzene and is staining the white tiles. Imagine having to drink this.
Shell refuses to clean up pollution from King Bebe Okpabi’s home town in Nigeria. As a result people have to drink poisoned water. That’s why they’re suing the company in London.
February 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Shell refuses to clean up pollution from King Bebe Okpabi’s home town in Nigeria. As a result people have to drink poisoned water. That’s why they’re suing the company in London.
King Bennett Okpabi of Ogale in Nigeria on the importance of today’s case against Shell
February 13, 2025 at 3:13 PM
King Bennett Okpabi of Ogale in Nigeria on the importance of today’s case against Shell
Last month I was in Ogale, and came across these taps, providing borehole water to the community. You can see how dirty the water is by the stains on the tiles, and the water stank of benzene. This is the impact of spills and woeful clean up - over many decades
December 6, 2024 at 3:18 PM
Last month I was in Ogale, and came across these taps, providing borehole water to the community. You can see how dirty the water is by the stains on the tiles, and the water stank of benzene. This is the impact of spills and woeful clean up - over many decades
and if you want to know more about what has happened in the 40 years since the disaster, and how the US company Dow is still failing to meet its human rights responsibilities - see our report
www.amnesty.org/en/documents....
www.amnesty.org/en/documents....
November 29, 2024 at 11:45 AM
and if you want to know more about what has happened in the 40 years since the disaster, and how the US company Dow is still failing to meet its human rights responsibilities - see our report
www.amnesty.org/en/documents....
www.amnesty.org/en/documents....