Stockholder activism changes companies from inside
In may 2015, the founder of Follow-this, former financial journalist Mark van Baal (see interview), spoke at the annual meeting of shareholders for the first time. 300 people had bought a stock and nominated Van Baal to speak on their behalf. Van Baal didn’t accomplish […]
Aandeelhoudersvergaderingen bij beursgenoteerde bedrijven zijn geen applausmachines meer voor de directie. Vooral als het om beloningen van bestuurders gaat, laten de aandeelhouders hun tanden zien.
Dat blijkt uit het evaluatierapport van Eumedion, de belangenorganisatie van grote institutionele beleggers zoals pensioenfondsen en vermogensbeheerders. In totaal werd er afgelopen jaar zeven keer een […]
INVESTOR UPDATE on the crucial question for BP: ‘Scope 3 or not Scope 3?’
May 21st, 2019: Scope 3 are “emissions that BP does not control”
June 27th, 2019: thinking about Scope 3 is “likely to evolve”
BP’s chairman Helge Lund anticipates reacting to investors’ support for the Follow This climate resolution. Asked […]
Interview about the crucial role of investors, Shell’s change, and BP’s suggestion to change.
Panel ‘The rise of shareholder activism’ at the Financial Times Energy Summit, with Natasha Landell-Mills, CFA and Adam Matthews, led by Anjli Raval.
Hope the fossil fuel executives in the audience got the message: their large shareholders want the goal of the Paris Climate Agreement to actually be achieved and therefore […]
Green Leaders podcast: Paul Van Liempt interviewt Mark van Baal voor DuurzaamBedrijfsleven Media – For Better Business.
‘Je wil niet alleen Shell, maar de complete olie-industrie in lijn brengen met het Klimaatakkoord van Parijs. Dat klinkt heel ambitieus. Hoe haalbaar is die missie op dit moment, want je hebt een waanzinnig […]
INVESTORS BRIEFING
We thank all the investors who supported the Follow This climate resolutions at BP and Equinor, in particular the majority of the biggest Dutch investors (table above).
All emissions
Thanks to these investors, the boards of BP and Equinor received a strong signal to assume responsibility for all their emissions, including […]
NRC | 4 juni 2019
Het is een nieuw geluid. De afgelopen meimaand, de periode waarin de oliesector zijn jaarvergaderingen voor aandeelhouders houdt, stond klimaatverandering bijna overal hoog op de agenda.
Bij Exxon Mobil en Chevron in de VS, twee van de grootste onafhankelijke oliebedrijven ter wereld, dienden beleggers woensdag resoluties in […]
Bloomberg | 21 mei 2019
BP Plc lined the road leading to its annual shareholder gathering in Scotland’s oil capital with hoardings touting investments in renewable energy. Inside the meeting, there was a fierce debate on whether the energy major was telling the truth.
About 99% of BP’s shareholders passed a resolution […]
The elephant in the room of every oil major.
Speech at Equinor’s AGM in Stavanger about the elephant in the room of every oil major: the emissions caused by the burning of your fossil fuels, 80-90% of its emissions. There’s one key question today: Scope 3 […]
