MEDIA UPDATE “As long as these fossil companies are not making large-scale investments in renewable energy, CCS is no more than an excuse for business as usual.” Today the...
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Big Oil Reality Check
October 2 2020
Despite green promises, not a single oil major has targets that are aligned with the Paris Climate Agreement. This is the conclusion of a report from Oil Change...
Global investors’ alliance adopts Follow This climate targets
September 14 2020
PRESS RELEASE ClimateAction100+, a global investors’ alliance whose members include BlackRock, has embraced the principles set by green shareholders’ group Follow This in...
BP to cut production by 40% by 2030
August 4 2020
PRESS RELEASE BP is first oil major to truly change course BP’s oil and gas production will decline by 40% by 2030 [compared to 2019], the company announced today. Follow...
Investors urge Total to set Paris-aligned targets
May 29 2020
PRESS RELEASE AGM season closes with a third shareholders’ rebellion over non-committal “climate ambitions”, following Shell and Equinor Total has failed to deter...
BP also can’t confirm its emissions will be down by 2030
May 27 2020
PRESS RELEASE This AGM season Follow This is asking every oil major whether its climate ambition for 2050 will lead to a (net) absolute emissions reduction by 2030 and a...
Total’s AGM will reveal a schism in French investor community between “act on climate” and “a good relationship”
May 27 2020
Media briefing about climate resolution at Total (for French journalists) In France, like in every country where an oil major faces a climate resolution, a schism will be...
Support for Follow This climate resolution Shell more than doubles to 14.4%
May 19 2020
Shell retreats with non-committal “new ambition” for 2050 A substantial body of investors has urged Shell to take concrete action by setting concrete targets to reduce...
27% for Follow This climate resolution at Equinor
May 15 2020
PRESS RELEASE Votes for Follow This climate resolution at Equinor double to 27%, despite company’s new climate ambitions Follow This climate targets resolution received 27%...
For the first time, ISS advises shareholder to vote FOR Follow This climate targets resolutions (at Equinor and Shell)
May 13 2020
MEDIA BRIEFING At Shell, ISS’s sustainable advice if FOR, ISS’s standard advice is AGAINST At Equinor, both ISS’s sustainable and standard advices are FOR Shell will answer...
Shell won’t guarantee shareholders that new climate ambition leads to emissions reductions by 2030
May 13 2020
Press release Despite its new ambition, Shell couldn’t guarantee that its new climate ambition will lead to the necessary actions to achieve the Paris Climate Agreement, in...
Total and CA100+ respond to climate targets resolution
May 5 2020
PRESS RELEASE Total and CA100+ announced a new climate ambition today. No Paris-aligned targets, no shift in investments to renewables “At first sight, Total’s new ambition...
Press release – Equinor cuts dividend and rejects shareholder support on climate targets
April 23 2020
PRESS RELEASE Board advises shareholders to vote against Follow This climate resolution Resolution requests targets for the reduction of product emissions (Scope 3)...
New ambition Shell falls short of Paris goal
April 16 2020
PRESS RELEASE Board rejects opportunity for shareholder support on climate targets Shell’s directors advise shareholders to vote against the Follow This climate resolution...
Climate targets resolution at Total
April 15 2020
PRESS RELEASE Paris-aligned targets for all emissions (Scope 1,2, and 3) become mainstreamA coalition of institutional investors announced today that they have filed a...
BP and Follow This agree to work towards a climate resolution for 2021
March 27 2020
PRESS RELEASE Follow This withdraws climate resolution for 2020 AGM BP and Follow This have agreed to collaborate in drafting a climate resolution for 2021, they announced...
Shell will make plan for the energy transition
June 29 2017
June 29th 2017 – Shell announced today that the oil- and gas company will make a plan for the energy transition towards a net-zero emission energy system. “I agree...