Removed from the Dirty List 21 January 2022
Chevron were removed from the Dirty List after announcing plans to withdraw from Burma.
About the company
Chevron
Chevron is an American energy company with a decades long track record of being linked to human rights violations, environmental destruction and lobbying against action to mitigate climate change. Burma is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change.
In Burma Chevron is part of the Yadana gas project. Since the military coup on 1st February 2021 the military took control of state owned enterprises. It now receives the revenue from gas production.
Contact:
Michael K. Wirth
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Chevron
6001 Bollinger Canyon Road
San Ramon,
CA 94583,
USA
Email: invest@chevron.com
Sources:
Chevron website accessed September 2021
https://www.chevron.com/worldwide/myanmar
Myanmar: Chevron, Total Suspend Some Payments to Junta – Human Rights Watch 28th May 2021
https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/05/28/myanmar-chevron-total-suspend-some-payments-junta
Top oil firms spending millions lobbying to block climate change policies, says report, The Guardian, 22nd March 2021
Statement by 462 civil society organizations, 2nd August 2021
Factbox: Oil majors in Myanmar in spotlight after UN call for sanctions – Reuters, 9th March 2021
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-politics-energy-factbox-idUSKBN2B11XX
Notified 30th September 2021
Added to the Dirty List 19th October 2021
Removed from the Dirty List 21 January 2022
