PRESS RELEASE – Lacking absolute emissions reduction by 2030, BP’s decarbonisation plan is not Paris-aligned. BP’s transition strategy will not deliver emissions...
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Symposium 2022: How can investors support oil majors to fight the climate crisis?
The Follow This Online Symposium 2022 will bring together investors, the oil and gas industry, academics, and media to discuss how investors can support oil and gas...
Shell U-turn on Cambo oilfield would threaten green targets, say campaigners
The Guardian – Climate activists have reacted with concern to reports that Shell is reconsidering its decision to abandon development of the Cambo oilfield, warning...
Occidental loses bid to throw out green Follow This resolution
Financial Times | SEC will force oil and gas producer group to hold vote on tighter emissions targets. “It’s telling that the SEC basically states that even Occidental —...
Shareholders at four U.S. oil companies to vote on climate proposals
Reuters – Shareholders at four U.S. oil companies will vote in the coming quarter on proposals for the firms to meet emissions targets set out in Paris in 2015, said...
Shareholders asked oil giant Chevron to cut emissions. Now some want the chairman ousted
The Washington Post – A shareholder advocacy group filed papers Tuesday asking investors in the energy giant Chevron to oust the chairman and another board member...
Shell’s exit from Russia: decisive near-term action or long-term intention?
PRESS RELEASE – RESPONSE BY FOLLOW THIS Today, Shell announced [its] intent to withdraw from Russian oil and gas in a press release. “We commend Shell’s ability to...
New IPCC report shows the time for delay has come to an end; Big Oil needs to reduce emissions now
PRESS RELEASE – Follow This response to new IPCC report “The new IPCC report stresses the need for immediate, significant emission cuts; a step which Big Oil has so...
A l’image de TotalEnergies, les votes sur les résolutions climatiques se généralisent
Les Echos – FollowThis, l’ONG néerlandaise connue pour avoir déposé des résolutions climatiques chez BP et Shell, a indiqué discuter avec des investisseurs pour...
VS doet onderzoek naar misleiding door oliereuzen, Nederlander Mark van Baal getuigt
In de Verenigde Staten loopt een onderzoek naar de rol van oliebedrijven in de misleiding over de klimaatcrisis. Nederlander Mark van Baal van activistische aandeelhouder...
Follow This testifies in US Congress Hearing about Big Oil’s climate pledges
Follow This founder Mark van Baal testified in a US Congress Hearing on February 8 to answer questions about the climate plans of oil majors. “It was quite an experience to...
BP has ambitious plans to move beyond fossil fuels – but are they enough?
The Guardian | The oil giant revealed its four-fold increase in profits alongside pledges on investment in cleaner energy. Investors and climate activists have raised...
Shell still not reporting investments in renewable energy; around 90% in fossil fuels
– PRESS RELEASE – More than four years after Shell announced its intention to join the energy transition, Shell is still not reporting how much the company is...
Chevron boasts about its growing fossil fuel production like there was no shareholder majority vote for emissions reductions
PRESS RELEASE Chevron “grew [production] to a record 3.10 million barrels per day” and “added proved reserves” the company boasts in a press release about its Fourth Quarter...
“Absolute emissions have to go down strongly, 45%, that’s what Paris means”
During the last week of May 2021, significant gains were made in the battle against climate change. In this episode, Becky Annison talks to Mark van Baal, the founder of the...
ExxonMobil’s new net zero goal ignores the elephant in the room
On January 18th, ExxonMobil announced its ambition for net zero emissions for operations (Scope 1 and 2) by 2050. In May, the Follow This climate resolution –...
Can activist investors really make a difference?
If you care about saving the planet, one campaigner argues it’s time to buy a stake in big oil firms. Activist group Follow This is encouraging investors to buy shares...
Want To Stop Climate Change? Buy Big Oil Stock
Forbes | In an age in which stock trading is no longer reserved to Wall-Street and a climate crisis is becoming a reality, sustainability-driven shareholder activism was...
Shell verdient fors aan gas, steekt miljarden in aankoop eigen aandelen
Telegraaf – Shell profiteert fors van de gestegen prijzen in de gashandel. Volgens zijn laatste cijfers neemt omzet daarin toe, maar zakken verdiensten uit olie. Het...
The climate victories of 2021 that put fossil fuels in check
From local activism to shareholder rebellions, here’s what climate advocates accomplished over the last year. The shareholder rebellions Activist investors leveraged their...
Oil majors under pressure as activists circle
Financial Times | For decades campaigners have picketed oil and gas offices, blockaded refineries and disrupted operations. Now the energy sector is facing a new kind of...
Will Shell’s total emissions be down by 45% in 2030?
Will Shell’s total emissions be down by 45% in 2030? No – to the contrary: according to research by Global Climate Insights, Shell’s absolute emissions will increase...
Follow This dient klimaatresoluties in bij Amerikaanse oliebedrijven
Exxon Mobil is één van de acht grote gas- en oliebedrijven die in 2022 een klimaatresolutie van Follow This op de aandeelhoudersvergadering kan verwachten. Exxon Mobil is...
Follow This targets Exxon with shareholder climate resolution
Reuters | Climate activist group Follow This targeted Exxon Mobil Corp with a shareholder resolution urging it to deepen its carbon emissions reduction targets, ramping up...
Investor briefing
2021 was a watershed year for climate votes at Big Oil; investors must escalate pressure in 2022 to reach the Paris Accord What a year. In May, an unprecedented number of...
Big Oil ‘can make or break the Paris Climate Accords,’ Follow This Founder says
Yahoo Finance | Mark van Baal, Follow This Founder, joins Yahoo Finance’s Zack Guzman and Akiko Fujita to discuss the latest initiative to pressure Big Oil to do more...
Shell investors back moving HQ from Netherlands to UK
Financial Times | Royal Dutch Shell shareholders have overwhelmingly backed sweeping changes to the company’s share structure and tax residence, paving the way for the board...
Shell walks ‘tightrope’ of demands amid climate pressures
Associated Press | Royal Dutch Shell on Friday received approval from shareholders to simplify its archaic corporate structure, which grew out of the merger more than a...
Follow This gaat ook bij Exxonmobil klimaatresoluties indienen
Telegraaf | De milieu-activistische aandeelhouder Follow This wil voor het eerst ook klimaatresoluties gaan indienen bij het grote Amerikaanse olie- en gasconcern...
BP and Shell ignore UK corporate governance code
PRESS RELEASE BP and Shell fail to report “actions taken” after shareholder rebellion on product emissions (Scope 3) Code requires companies to report on “actions taken”...