Corporations Archives - Climate Change Litigation

59 Cases found

Mullaley Gas and Pipeline Accord Inc v Santos NSW (Eastern) Pty Ltd

At issue: Whether the Independent Planning Commission properly assessed the climate impacts of a new coal seam gas field.

Jurisdictions:

Australia
- New South Wales
  - Land and Environment Court

ASA Ruling on Ryanair Ltd t/a Ryanair Ltd

At issue: Whether an advertising on emissions from an airline was misleading.

Jurisdictions:

United Kingdom
- Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)

Barbara Metz et al., v. Wintershall Dea AG

At issue: Whether Wintershall Dea AG is violating fundamental rights for not adhering to a “fair” carbon budget.

Jurisdictions:

Germany
- Regional Court of Kassel (Landgericht Kassel)

Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) v. Mercedes-Benz AG

At issue: Whether Mercedes-Benz is infringing the right to climate protection by not achieving carbon neutrality in internal combustion engine cars.

Jurisdictions:

Germany
- Stuttgart
  - Regional Court of Stuttgart (Landgericht Stuttgart)

Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) v. BMW

At issue: Whether BMW is infringing the right to climate protection by not achieving carbon neutrality in internal combustion engine cars.

Jurisdictions:

Germany
- Bayern
  - Regional Court of Munich (Landgericht München)

Complaint to Ad Standards on HSBC’s Great Barrier Reef ad

At issue: Whether HSBC’s campaigns protecting the Great Barrier Reef are considered greenwashing given its links to fossil fuel companies.

Jurisdictions:

Australia
- Ad Standards

Abrahams v. Commonwealth Bank of Australia (2021)

At issue: Access to a bank’s investment documents to assess its compliance with the Paris Agreement.

Jurisdictions:

Australia
- Federal Court of Australia

Instituto Preservar et. al. v. Copelmi Mineração Ltda. and IBAMA

At issue: Whether climate change should be included as a necessary requirement in developing EIAs for thermoelectric power plants.

Jurisdictions:

Brazil
- Rio Grande do Sul
  - 9th Federal Court of Rio Grande do Sul

Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility v. Santos

At issue: Whether an oil and gas company's representations that natural gas is a clean fuel and that the company has a credible net zero emissions plan were misleading.

Jurisdictions:

Australia
- Federal Court of Australia

Lawyers for Climate Action Complaint to the Advertising Standards Board

At issue: Whether ads should be withdrawn because they made unsubstantiated environmental claims

Jurisdictions:

New Zealand
- Advertising Standards Authority Complaints Board

South Durban Community Environmental Alliance v. Minister of Environment and Others

At issue: Whether South Africa's authorization of oil exploration violates climate commitments

Jurisdictions:

South Africa
- High Court

ClientEarth v. Belgian National Bank

At issue: Whether the Belgian National Bank's purchasing of bonds from fossil fuel companies violated EU law.

Jurisdictions:

Belgium
- Brussels
  - Court of First Instance

Envol Vert et al. v. Casino

At issue: Whether the French supermarket chain Casino violated the French duty of vigilance law through its involvement in cattle-industry caused deforestation in Brazil and Colombia.

Jurisdictions:

France
- Saint-Étienne Judicial Court

Friends of the Earth et al. v. Prefect of of Bouches-du-Rhône and Total

At issue: Whether a permit to operate a biorefinery must take into account climate impacts of palm oil production and use.

Jurisdictions:

France
- Administrative Court of Marseille

Conservation Council of Western Australia v. Hatton and Woodside

At issue: Whether the state EPA's allowing expanded natural gas sourcing violated the state Environmental Protection Act due to environmental and climate impacts

Jurisdictions: