Shell and Greenpeace have settled one of the largest legal claims against the environmental group, brought after protesters occupied a Shell floating production unit near the Shetland Islands in 2023.

British oil and gas major Shell on Tuesday settled a London lawsuit it brought against environmental group Greenpeace after activists boarded a Shell oil production vessel last year.

Environmental organization Greenpeace announced Tuesday that it reached a settlement with British oil and gas company Shell, which had sued the group over a protest. The legal dispute stemmed from

The environmental group will make a £300,000 donation to the RNLI without accepting liability or paying money to Shell.

Oil giant Shell has dropped its legal action against Greenpeace UK, who it was suing for $2.1 million or £1.7 million in damages after protestors occupied one of its vessels for 13 days last year. The dispute has been settled with Greenpeace agreeing to make a £300,000 donation to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI).

Greenpeace activists boarded a tanker off South Korea on Saturday in an action intended to draw attention to calls for a treaty to curb plastic pollution, the environmental group said.Attempts to reach an agreement on curbing plastic pollution have stalled over several key sticking points,

Greenpeace has been urging governments to resist fossil fuel and petrochemical industry “interference” in discussions to cut plastics production. Activists from Germany, Mexico and the UK reached the ship, owned by Japan’s Tabuchi Kaiun Kaisha, from inflatable boats launched by the flagship Rainbow Warrior.