BlackRock's climate paradox: the largest asset manager says climate risk is investment risk. Yet, it votes against climate resolutions, harming clients' financial future.
The Independent reports BP faces shareholder protest at its AGM over a shift from renewables. Follow This urges voting against the chair to signal discontent.
The New York Times reports that Follow This has paused filing climate resolutions with oil companies this year, partly due to Trump administration actions.
Follow This has paused its decade-long campaign for stronger oil and gas emission cuts due to a lack of investor support, despite past shareholder successes.
Follow This will call for a vote against BP Chair Helge Lund's reappointment. The group demands a shareholder vote on BP's revised energy transition strategy.
In a powerfull address, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged an end to the fossil fuel age, calling companies the “godfathers of climate chaos."
Some of the UK’s largest asset managers, including Legal & General Investment Management, voted against a resolution asking Shell to align with the Paris agreement.
California’s largest pension fund, CalPERS, will vote against ExxonMobil's entire board, citing concerns over the company’s lawsuit against climate investors.
At Shell's latest annual meeting, shareholders largely backed the company's decision to weaken its climate targets and rejected a resolution from activist investors.
Shell shareholders have approved the company's new energy transition plan, which features weaker carbon-emissions targets, while rejecting a Follow This climate resolution.
Shell shareholders have rejected a climate resolution from activist group Follow This, urging the company to align its carbon emissions targets with the Paris Agreement.
Proxy adviser Glass Lewis is recommending a vote against Exxon director Joseph Hooley, citing the company's aggressive lawsuit against climate activists.
Swedish pension fund AP4 publicly disagreed with proxy advisers Glass Lewis and ISS, urging shareholders to support the Follow This climate resolution at Shell’s AGM.
Some investors, including Amundi and Axa,are urging shareholders to support a Follow This resolution that demands Shell aligns its climate targets with the Paris Agreement.
At the Financial Times Climate Capital Live summit, Follow This founder Mark van Baal asserts that shareholder resolutions are a key tool to force oil majors to reduce emissions.
Shell's board urged investors to vote against a Follow This climate resolution co-filed by 27 shareholders, arguing that it would have a negative financial and climate impact.
ExxonMobil's lawsuit against climate activists, challenging shareholder proposals, has sparked global concern over investor rights and corporate governance.
A group of religious investors urged ExxonMobil to drop its lawsuit against climate activists, calling it a threat to shareholder rights and the company's reputation.
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund has sharply criticized ExxonMobil’s aggressive lawsuit against climate activist shareholders, including Follow This, calling it a worrying threat to investor rights.
ExxonMobil told a federal judge in Texas that its lawsuit against two shareholder activists should continue despite a skeptical comment from the court.
The legal battle between ExxonMobil and shareholder group Follow This is front and center on BBC Radio's World Business Report, as green investors are on trial.
In a move with a potential chilling effect on shareholder activism, ExxonMobil has sued the climate group Follow This. As a result, the group has withdrawn its climate resolution.
ExxonMobil’s unprecedented legal action prompted Follow This to withdraw its climate resolution, fearing the oil giant's lawsuit could set a dangerous precedent.
According to Follow This, responsible shareholders will not let a conservative investor slow down the energy transition. "Votes, not letters, change companies."
ExxonMobil has sued activist investors Follow This and Arjuna Capital, to prevent a shareholder proposal on accelerating emissions cuts from being put to a vote.
ExxonMobil is suing Follow This to block a shareholder vote on accelerating climate change commitments. The oil giant’s move bypasses the usual regulatory process and is being closely watched globally.
ExxonMobil is suing activist investors Follow This and Arjuna Capital to prevent a shareholder climate resolution from reaching a vote, marking an escalation in corporate-activist battles.
Exxon Mobil filed a lawsuit against climate-focused investors Arjuna Capital and Follow This, aiming to block a shareholder proposal regarding emissions reduction targets.
A coalition of 27 investors is backing a resolution by climate activist group Follow This for Shell to align emissions targets with the Paris Agreement.
A record 27 global investors, led by Follow This, have co-filed a shareholder resolution urging Shell to align its climate targets with the Paris Agreement.
Follow This has rallied 27 investors, including Europe's largest asset manager Amundi, to co-file a climate resolution for Shell's upcoming annual general meeting.
Following an interruption at Sasol’s AGM, Follow This questions the effectiveness of protests versus shareholder activism to hold companies accountable.
Asset managers Amundi, UBS, and Allianz supported a Follow This resolution for fossil fuel giants to align their 2030 emissions targets with the Paris Agreement.
Climate activists from Follow This believe Big Finance, not Big Oil, is the problem after asset managers rejected most climate-focused shareholder resolutions this year.
Writing in The Financial Times, Follow This founder Mark van Baal argues that shareholders hold the key to forcing Big Oil to change its failing business model.
Despite a global push for emissions cuts, TotalEnergies plans to grow its gas business, forecasting minimal reductions by 2030, according to its climate strategy update.
While Shell opposed the proposal, Follow This said the 20% vote was a significant shareholder rebellion, highlighting the need for business model changes.
Shell shareholders voted to support the company’s climate strategy, while a Follow This proposal to shift investments to renewables received less support.
Amid windfall profits, investors at three major oil and gas companies rejected proposals for stronger climate targets, but Follow This vowed to continue their fight.
In response to reports that Shell is reconsidering its Cambo oilfield development, Follow This founder Mark van Baal said this would contradict climate science and the IEA.
For decades, environmentalists have demonstrated outside oil and gas offices. Now, a new kind of climate activist, the shareholder, is fighting for change from within.
A Dutch court ordered Shell to cut emissions, while Follow This influenced Chevron, ConocoPhillips, and Phillips 66 shareholders to vote for Paris climate accord alignment.
Oil giants ExxonMobil and Chevron face a crucial shareholder confrontation with climate activists over their failure to create a low-carbon future strategy.
Follow This, a climate activist shareholder group, is leading a new investor rebellion at Chevron, demanding the US oil major reduce its carbon emissions.
In a significant shift, nearly a third of Shell shareholders voted for a climate resolution from activist group Follow This, a sharp increase from last year.
In a sign of a looming showdown at Shell's annual general meeting next week, shareholder advisory group PIRC has recommended voting against the company's energy transition strategy.
At BP's annual general meeting, a resolution from the climate group Follow This, demanding tougher emission targets, received 20.6% of shareholder votes.
An influential investor group demanded the world's largest emitters set 2050 net-zero strategies and 2030 medium-term targets, a step forward welcomed by Follow This.
Activist shareholder group Follow This has withdrawn its high-profile climate resolution against Royal Dutch Shell, citing the company's progress on emissions targets.
