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Chevron Sets Goal of Cutting Carbon Emissions in Operations, but Not for Products
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...
Chevron responds to Follow This climate resolution with disappointing target
Chevron set a target to reduce the carbon intensity of its operations and products (Scope 1,2, and 3) by 5% by 2028 Thanks to 61% of investors’ votes for the Follow...
How to reform the oil industry from within
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...
First US oil major responds to Follow This climate resolution, thanks to the votes of 80% of investors
INVESTOR AND MEDIA UPDATE Phillips 66 reluctantly sets ambition for Scope 3 (product emissions) Follow This expects Chevron and ConocoPhillips to follow Voting for climate...
Mark van Baal: Vasthoudend vechten voor het klimaat
”Red de wereld, koop Shell”, met die slogan gaat Mark van Baal in 2015 de zeepkist op. De 51-jarige Amsterdammer trekt de stoute schoenen aan en start een burgerbeweging:...
TotalEnergies leaves the Paris Accord to be met by others
Green shareholders response to TotalEnergies’ Investor Day TotalEnergies’ emission reduction targets for 2030* fall short of Paris-alignment. It is not up to TotalEnergies...
De fossiele fakkel blijft branden, ook al trekt Shell zich terug uit Texas
De Volkskrant | Shell gaat vervuilende activiteiten afstoten. Het bedrijf heeft zich teruggetrokken uit West-Texas en verkocht zijn schalie-olievelden, waarvoor de bodem met...
ConocoPhillips bets $23 bln on U.S. shale oil as rivals retreat
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...
Shell maakt klimaat-knieval en vertrekt uit het eldorado van de olie-industrie
In een knieval voor klimaatactivisten heeft Shell maandagavond laat zijn ‘kroonjuweel’ verkocht: al zijn bezit in het Permbekken, het grootste Amerikaanse olieveld, komt...
Radio1 interview Follow This: Dutch pension fund PME stops investing in fossil fuels
One of the larger Dutch pension funds PME will stop investing in fossil fuels. 1.2 billion euros in shares will now be available for wind farms and other new energy...
Facing investor pressure, Chevron to boost ‘lower carbon’ spending
Chevron said Tuesday it will lift spending on lower carbon energy while still investing primarily in fossil fuels as it updated its climate strategy in the face of investor...
Chevron stops short of sharp emissions reductions despite investor rebuke
Months after U.S. oil and gas giant Chevron faced backlash from its own investors over its progress on climate change, CEO Mike Wirth sidestepped the term that has dogged...
Chevron keeps majority of shareholders waiting for emission reductions
US oil major disregards the elephant in the room: the CO2 emissions of its products (Scope 3), despite the votes of 61% of their shareholders The company said it will...
Pensioenfonds PME stopt met beleggen in fossiele brandstoffen. Is dat goed nieuws?
Het grote Nederlandse pensioenfonds PME stopt met beleggen in fossiele brandstoffen. In haar radiodebuut reageert Roos Wijker van Follow This op dit nieuws. Is dit een...
Shell gaat groene stroom leveren: ‘Beloftes zijn mooi, maar gaat om de prestaties’
Shell gaat groene stroom en gas leveren aan Nederlandse consumenten. De energie is afkomstig van Nederlandse wind- en zonneparken, belooft het bedrijf. Shell gaat de...
‘Klimaatdoelen Parijs alleen nog te halen met snelle energietransitie’
‘Oliebedrijven die nog langer voor een geleidelijke energietransitie pleiten, verliezen elke geloofwaardigheid,’ zegt Mark van Baal van Follow This in een...
Follow This: “fossil fuel companies advocating a slow transition lose all climate credibility”
Follow This response to the IPCC report “This report strips oil majors that advocate for a slow transition of all climate credibility. Oil major CEOs who claim to be part of...
Reacties op alarmerend klimaatrapport: ‘Dit luidt het einde in van fossiele brandstoffen’
Het zesde IPCC-rapport is spijkerhard in zijn conclusies: klimaatopwarming gaat steeds sneller, de mens is ‘onmiskenbaar’ de oorzaak. De reacties stromen binnen. Mark van...
BP doesn’t revise climate strategy, despite shareholders’ rebellion at AGM
– PRESS RELEASE – BP still expects its emissions to grow this decade – in collision course with ‘Paris’ that demands substantial reductions BP...
Total’s CEO: ‘investors voting against our strategy behave more like activists than shareholders’
‘Investors behave more like activists than shareholders when they vote against Total’s strategy to increase fossil fuel production by 2030.’ That was the...
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Big headlines following Big Oil’s 2021 AGM season
– INVESTOR BRIEFING – We hope that the events of May have left you feeling as optimistic as we do about our joint fight against climate change. Many thanks to...
Behind Shell’s strategy to get into green energy
New York Times – Ben van Beurden, the chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell, has been talking about the need to cut emissions since 2017. In the view of some, though,...
Follow This – wijziging akte van statuten 2021
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The Retreat of Exxon and the Oil Majors Won’t Stop Fossil Fuel
Bloomberg – National oil champions are likely to fill the gap left by private-sector players—meaning emissions won’t shrink as fast as the supermajors. The...
De meeste grote Nederlandse beleggers steunen Follow This, behalve pensioenreus ABP
De Volkskrant – Het pensioenfonds voor overheid en onderwijs ABP en vermogensbeheerder Robeco zijn de enige Nederlandse grote beleggers die Shells eigen klimaatbeleid...
‘Deze tijd kan de geschiedenis ingaan als het omslagpunt voor oliebedrijven’
NRC – Follow This, de activistische aandeelhoudersorganisatie en luis in de pels bij olie- en gasbedrijven, heeft eindelijk momentum. Voorman Mark van Baal zet zijn...
