Environmental Finance | 19 July 2019
One of the main criticisms is that the commitments to the Paris Agreement are too vague, and fail to set targets, particularly for emissions stemming from the use of a company’s products or its value chain (so-called Scope 3 emissions). Scope 3 emissions make up, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Deutsche Welle | 15 May 2019
Investing in a major oil company might not chime with change-the-world promise, but it’s the approach advocated by a Netherlands-based group of activist shareholders. And it’s an approach that has put a resolution calling for ambitious emissions targets on the table at BP’s annual general […]
The Guardian | 14 mei 2019
A coalition of major City investors have emerged as key players in forcing BP to be more transparent in how it fights climate change.
Investors holding just under a tenth of all BP shares, equivalent to more than £10bn in value at Monday’s prices, put their […]
