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Some supermajors want to remain oil giants but not ‘look like it’, activist investor says

May 8 2020

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. Mark van Baal, leader of...

Want to save the planet? Buy shares in Shell and tell them what to do

August 23 2019

This is Money | 14 August 2019 Why some investors buy shares in companies like Shell – so they can tell them how to behave From flying less, to cutting down on...

‘Imagine Shell really used their brains and billions for the energy transition’

July 19 2019

In the last three years, Mark van Baal has managed to get the multinational oil giant Shell to take meaningful steps towards making the company more sustainable. Not by...

Change the world: buy dirty stocks!

July 11 2019

Stockholder activism changes companies from inside In may 2015, the founder of Follow This, former financial journalist Mark van Baal (see interview), spoke at the annual...

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Chevron Sets Goal of Cutting Carbon Emissions in Operations, but Not for Products

Oct 13, 2021

Wall Street Journal | Chevron said it has an “aspiration” to reduce or offset carbon emissions from its operations to zero by 2050. Chevron’s net-zero announcement was immediately criticized by environmental groups Monday, with shareholder activist group Follow This...

How to reform the oil industry from within

Oct 5, 2021

Mark van Baal, founder of Follow This, explains in an interview with American magazine Mother Jones why oil companies have to change - and how shareholders can play a crucial role in that process. "Investors have to step up. The only way these companies are going to...

TotalEnergies leaves the Paris Accord to be met by others

Sep 28, 2021

Green shareholders response to TotalEnergies’ Investor Day TotalEnergies’ emission reduction targets for 2030* fall short of Paris-alignment. It is not up to TotalEnergies to reduce emissions to levels needed for a 1.5-degree pathway, but up to governments and...

ConocoPhillips bets $23 bln on U.S. shale oil as rivals retreat

Sep 21, 2021

Reuters - ConocoPhillips Chief Executive Ryan Lance on Monday doubled down on U.S. shale and the world's continued demand for oil with his second blockbuster acquisition in less than a year. His $9.5 billion purchase of Royal Dutch Shell's West Texas properties, nine...

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