Shareholders back off BP to ramp up climate pressure on Shell and Exxon
Shareholders have overwhelmingly supported BP’s board despite the oil and gas supermajor backtracking on its climate targets, focussing their pressure on Shell and Exxon instead
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Brunel to vote against Exxon’s board
Brunel Pension Partnership has announced that it will vote against all all management resolutions at the forthcoming Exxon AGM in response to the oil firm's legal threats against shareholders
No-action requests 2024: the climate resolutions companies don’t want to discuss
2024 saw a surge of corporate no-action requests to prevent resolutions from being heard, Atharva Deshmukh examines how the reasoning behind them has evolved
Shell’s lead investor to back climate resolution
MN, Climate Action 100+ lead investor for Shell has confirmed that it will back a climate resolution put forward at this year’s AGM
‘CalPERS will not be silenced’ pension fund CEO warns Exxon Mobil
CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost has issued a stark warning to US oil giant Exxon, stressing that shareholders would not be silenced on climate change
Rebellion brewing as Exxon targets shareholder dissent with No Action requests
Oil giant Exxon Mobil has successfully filed a No Action Request against a resolution put forward by As You Sow, but shareholders are now calling to vote against the board
CalPERS’ Cohen takes lead of Climate Action 100+ governing committee
Michael Cohen, chief operating investment officer of the at $462.8bn US pension fund CalPERS has been appointed as chair of the Steering Committee for the investor coalition Climate Action 100+
Should climate engagement be focused on oil companies or governments?
Jason Fletcher, former CIO at London CIV argues that while both shareholder and policy engagement have their merits, investors should not discount the potential impact of engaging with companies
Norwegian investors ramp up voting engagement with oil and gas supermajors
Last AGM season Norwegian investors supported nearly all climate activist resolutions at oil and gas supermajors but will this behaviour continue in 2024?
NZI with Mona - New stewardship challenges
NZI editor Mona Dohle sat down with Tessa Younger, stewardship lead at CCLA and Vaishnavi Ravishankar, head of stewardship at Brunel Pension Partnership to discuss how investors can make their voice heard. This podcast is sponsored by CCLA
Shell under fire from investors for banking on delayed transition
Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell has come under fire for dropping its short-term emission reduction targets, campaigners suggests the firm is anticipating a delayed energy transition.
Exxon investors warn of dilution of shareholder rights
Norges Bank Investment Management, a significant investor in US oil giant Exxon has raised concerns about the dilution of shareholder rights following Exxon’s decision to take two investors to court
Not all roads lead to Paris: PFZW on navigating climate risks and engagement strategies
Colin Tissen, advisor responsible investment at PGGM, the asset manager for Dutch pension fund PFZW explains why the fund has opted to drastically cut its investments in fossil fuels