Invitation to file, co-file, or provide input for climate resolutions in 2023
INVESTOR BRIEFING Last Thursday, Follow This thanked outgoing Shell CEO Ben van Beurden for crossing the Rubicon on Scope 3 emissions and welcomed Wael Sawan. The Incoming Shell CEO has ‘most challenging job in history’ of oil giant (Energy Voice). He needs the...
Paris Stock Exchange Committee (HCJP) hears shareholder activist about the imperative of voting rights on climate targets
Group of green shareholders - Follow This - argues shareholder voting rights are imperative to compel TotalEnergies to take sufficient climate action. “If investors are not able to vote on climate resolutions, they have lost control of the company.” – Tarek Bouhouch,...
Follow This ledenvergadering 2022
Op donderdag 7 juli houden we onze jaarlijkse ledenvergadering. We blikken dan graag met je terug op het afgelopen seizoen en kijken vooruit naar 2023. Hier vind je een overzicht van de stemresultaten van de afgelopen negen aandeelhoudersvergaderingen. Je kunt de...
Follow This on NHK Japan: ‘The only people Big Oil has to listen to are their shareholders’
Dutch shareholder activist Mark van Baal challenges the power of Big Oil and urges these influential companies to abandon fossil fuels and commit to a fossil free future.
Follow This Members Meeting 2022
On Thursday, July 7 20:00 CET we will hold our annual Members Meeting where we will review this year’s season and look ahead to 2023. You can attend the meeting virtually through Microsoft Teams or in person at our office in Amsterdam. To attend the meeting in person,...
At BP’s shareholders’ meeting in London, CEO Bernard Looney refused to commit to absolute emissions reductions by 2030.
Jesper Vaarwerk of Follow This asked the crucial question: Will BP’s current climate strategy lead to an absolute emission reduction of around 40% by 2030 for all Scopes? Please listen to Bernard Looney’s answer carefully: He commits to a decrease of 35-40% by 2030...
All large Dutch investors vote in favour of the Follow This climate resolution
INVESTOR BRIEFING The ten largest Dutch investors – including the new lead investors for CA100+ – voted in favour of the Follow This climate resolution (resolution 21) and against Shell’s climate policy (resolution 20) at Shell’s shareholders' meeting in London on May...
Big Oil evades climate targets as investors retreat from Paris-alignment
POST AGM INVESTOR BRIEFING Dear investors in Big Oil, For investors in Big Oil, the fight against the climate crisis has lost momentum in 2022. The recently updated CA100+ benchmarks confirm that no oil major is Paris-aligned; in spite of this, shareholder votes...
Watch Mark van Baal discuss the Follow This climate proposal at the Shell AGM 2022
At Shell’s Annual General Meeting, Shell CEO Ben van Beurden still refuses to commit to absolute emissions reduction targets. According to institutions like the IPCC, IEA, and the Dutch District Court of The Hague, absolute emissions need to fall by approximately 45%...
Investors reject climate proposals targeting ExxonMobil, Chevron
The Washington Post | The proposal calls on the companies to set medium- and long-term targets for aligning their emissions trajectories with the Paris agreement. While ExxonMobil and Chevron have both set goals of reaching net-zero operational emissions by 2050,...
Voor het eerst stemmen alle grote Nederlandse beleggers tegen Shells klimaatbeleid
PERSBERICHT Volledige Nederlandse top 10 stemt voor Follow This klimaatresolutie en tegen Shells klimaatbeleid Zelfs Robeco, jarenlang Shells grootste steunpilaar in Nederland, stemde op de aandeelhoudersvergadering tegen Shells beleid (resolutie 20) en voor Follow...
Shell suffers drop in investor support for climate strategy
Financial Times - Follow This, which submits the same resolution at several oil and gas companies, argues that Shell must commit to an absolute reduction in the scope 3 emissions generated from the fuels it sells. Shell’s targets are for a reduction in the carbon...