The Church of England pension funds will vote against Shell chairman Andrew Mackenzie and the rest of the board in a rebuke to the company’s climate ambitions under new Chief Executive Officer Wael Sawan.
Extinction Rebellion has targeted a number of companies it sees as implicated in fossil fuel production, including service companies, financiers and a PR company.
Extinction Rebellion occupied the Science Museum on August 29 in protest at Shell sponsorship.
The Church of England has set a target to cut its carbon emissions to net-zero by 2030.
Thousands of people are being urged to take action on climate change as the Church of England goes green for Lent.
More than 5,500 churches including some of the UK’s most famous cathedrals have converted to renewable power to tackle climate change, it has been revealed.
The Church of England has voted to pull investment from firms that are not on track to meet the provisions of the Paris Agreement on climate change by 2023.
The Church of England has decided fracking is morally acceptable, according to reports.
A climate change sceptic MP has quoted the Bible in search of support for oil companies.
The Church of England should “put aside the Greenpeace manuals” and invest in fossil fuels, a Tory MP has said. Climate change sceptic David TC Davies (Monmouth) told Church commissioners to look at the Bible’s Parable of the Talents, which is about making wise investments.