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92% votes for Total’s inhouse climate resolution proves the necessity of shareholder climate resolutions
- PRESS RELEASE with response Follow This - Today at Total’s AGM, 92% of shareholders voted for Total’s inhouse climate resolution, that supports Total’s current strategy. This strategy is not Paris-consistent according a report by the CA100+, the world’s largest...
61% of Chevron shareholders support Follow This climate resolution
- PRESS RELEASE - Activist group Follow This wins third consecutive Big Oil ballot in US Global investors demand urgent emissions reductions Follow This wins third majority in US for first emission reductions proposals since Paris Accord In Europe, support for all...
Analysis of Chevron’s climate strategy ahead of the 2021 AGM
Global warming must be limited to 1.5°C to avoid the worst consequences of climate change. That...
Support for Follow This climate resolution more than doubles, signalling dissent over Shell’s climate plan
PRESS RELEASE Minority shareholder rebellion urges significant reductions in absolute emissions...
Majority votes for activist climate proposal by Follow This for the second time
PRESS RELEASE Phillips66 shareholders request concrete emission reduction targets. An undisclosed...
Support for Follow This climate resolution more than doubles, despite BP’s claims to be Paris-aligned
PRESS RELEASE Investors urge BP to reduce emissions this decade. A significant number of shareholders (20.7%, up from 8.4% in 2019) voted in favour of the Follow This climate resolution at the BP AGM today, despite the board’s advice to vote against. This discontent...
58% of ConocoPhillips shareholders vote for Follow This climate proposal
PRESS RELEASE Majority backs emission reduction targets in historic vote for Follow This climate proposal. 58% of ConocoPhillips shareholders vote for activist climate proposal requesting concrete emission reduction targets. 58% of shareholders in ConocoPhillips have...
Analysis of Equinor’s 2021 climate plan
Net zero is an ambitious target that can only be achieved by ambitious actions. Equinor’s current operations and policies do not reflect a shift from business-as-usual practices. The only way to reach the long-term target is to set science-based interim targets...
Analysis of BP’s 2021 climate plan
BP’s climate plans are not yet compatible with the Paris Agreement. The reason BP and Follow This didn’t agree to a joint resolution, as both parties intended in 2020, was that BP wanted a resolution that supports its current climate aims, while Follow This maintained...
Why should investors in Shell vote FOR climate resolution 21?
INVESTOR BRIEFING While “Big Oil Braces for Climate Votes as Investor Pressure Mounts” (Bloomberg), investors in Shell are still debating why they should vote in favour of resolution 21, filed by Follow This and ACCR. The votes will be cast this week (Financial...
Why should investors vote for the climate resolution at BP (resolution 13)?
INVESTOR BRIEFING Investors are asking us why they should support the Follow This resolution at BP (resolution 13 at the AGM on May 12). The crucial reason to vote in favour of resolution 13 is that BP’s current aims should be advanced to Paris-consistent targets....
Watch a Summary of the Follow This Investor Symposium 2021
Should investors vote for climate action at oil majors' annual meetings in May? Watch the answers of our speakers in this two-minute summary of the Follow This investor symposium 2021. Speakers: Anne Simpson of CalPERS and CA100+, Mark Campanaleof Carbon Tracker, Mark...
Your votes on climate resolutions at Big Oil in May
INVESTOR AND MEDIA BRIEFING This briefing is intended to help shareholders make an informed voting decision on climate resolutions coming to vote at the 2021 AGMs of Equinor, ConocoPhillips, BP, Phillips66, Shell and Chevron, filed by Follow This and ACCR, as well as...
Symposium summary: Urgency & Agency
Oil majors urgently need to change course. Investors have the agency to compel them to do so by voting for climate resolutions. Watch the symposium here or read the key take-aways: Hedge fund manager Chris Hohn (TCI) urged investors, such as BlackRock, to vote for...
