Some supermajors want to remain oil giants but not ‘look like it’, activist investor says
A Dutch shareholder activist has accused some oil and gas majors of talking the talk but not walking the walk on shifting to cleaner investments.
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Updated: Shell divides opinion with 2050 net-zero ambition
Energy giant Shell has revealed its ambition to transform into a “net-zero emissions business” by 2050, at the latest.
BP to work with shareholder activist group on climate resolution
Oil and gas giant BP is set to work with a shareholder activist group towards a climate resolution, it announced today.
Equinor’s decarbonisation plans ‘misleading yet promising’, shareholder activist says
Equinor's newly announced decarbonisation plans are "misleading, yet promising", according to the leader of a oil and gas shareholder activist group.
Exxon and Chevron targeted by climate-activist shareholder group Follow This
The Dutch activist fund that has filed shareholder resolutions pressuring major oil companies in Europe to take action on climate change has set its sights on the U.S.
Activist investor and ‘skeptical environmentalist’ face off on climate change
As people around the world gathered for the largest climate protest in history last month, the audience at an event in Stavanger was told there can’t be a “rational conversation on global warming before we’ve stopped screaming”.
BP ‘disappointed and dismayed’ as Royal Shakespeare Company ends sponsorship deal
Energy giant BP has said it is “disappointed and dismayed” that the Royal Shakespeare Company has decided to end its deal to sponsor it.
Oil giants should be intimidated by climate change, warns activist investor
If you’ve attended or watched annual general meetings (AGMs) held by oil majors in the last few years, you might recognise Mark van Baal.
BP ‘ignoring elephant in the room’ at AGM, Dutch activist says
A prominent Dutch climate change activist accused BP of “ignoring the elephant in the room” at its annual general meeting in Aberdeen yesterday.
Shell to call for ditching of climate change resolution at AGM
Anglo-Dutch energy giant Shell said today that it would call for the removal of a resolution on climate change at its annual general meeting.
BP urges shareholders to vote down activist group’s climate proposals
Oil giant BP has urged its shareholders to vote down a climate resolution due to be proposed by the activist investor group Follow This at its Aberdeen AGM in May.
Shell activist investor withdraws climate resolution for 2019
An activist shareholder that filed resolutions for three years pressuring Royal Dutch Shell Plc to do more on climate change said it will withdraw the filing for 2019.
Shell ‘leading the way’ on climate change
Oil super major Shell is "ahead of the curve" on facing up to climate change responsibilities, its boss said yesterday.
Shell, Total only firms to disclose work on carbon emissions targets
Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Total SA are the only companies among the 10 biggest oil and gas producers in the world which disclose how their carbon emissions will decline over time, according to the first analysis of its kind by managers overseeing more than $9 trillion of funds.
Shell climate ambition snubbed by seven out of eight largest Dutch insurance firms
Seven out of eight of the Netherland's largest insurance companies snubbed Shell's climate ambition by abstaining or voting with a fringe group's resolution.