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BP and Follow This agree to work towards a climate resolution for 2021
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 in a joint press release today. The 2021 climate resolution will offer shareholders the...
BP and Equinor under pressure to set emission targets
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...
Scope 3 or Not Scope 3?
Investors Face Crucial Question at Oil Majors’ AGMs: Scope 3 or Not Scope 3? A year ago, sixty of...
Follow This files fifth climate resolution at Equinor
Five oil majors face same climate resolutions at AGMs in 2019 Follow This has filed a climate...
Key Note Mark van Baal in Pakhuis de Zwijger
Key Note Mark van Baal in Pakhuis de Zwijger, 2018
None of the nine biggest Dutch investors support Shell’s climate ambition
Advice from Shell’s Board: “Shareholders should show their support for our net carbon footprint ambition by voting against this resolution,” the directors of Shell unanimously urged in their response to the Follow This climate resolution. Outcome: The nine biggest...
Ben van Beurden and Mark van Baal debate Shell’s climate ambitions during the AGM
Follow This speech Shell AGM 2018
Mr. Chairman, Mr. Van Beurden, directors, and shareholders, Good to see you again. Today is an important day, not just for Shell, not even for the entire oil industry, but for the world at large. Today investors will show if they mean business about climate change....
Think Different and Just Do It!
Samen met A'DAM&Co. organiseren we voor de tweede keer een symposium met borrel in de A'DAM Toren, het voormalige Shell kantoor: Zondag 11 maart, 16:00 uur: “Think Different and Just Do It!” Locatie: A'DAM Toren (Overhoeksplein 1,1031 KS Amsterdam, inloop vanaf...
How can investors support oil majors to commit to Paris?
Saker Nusseibeh (CEO Hermes Investment Management), Narina Mnatsakanian (Kempen Capital Management), Jeremy Leggett (SolarAid), Catherine Howarth (ShareAction), Ben Pimcombe (PRI), Mark Lewis (TCFD), Adam Matthews (Church of England), and Mark van Baal (Follow...
Shareholder Resolution 2018
Resolution at 2018 AGM of Royal Dutch Shell plc (“Shell”) SPECIAL RESOLUTION Coordinated by Follow This Shareholder Resolution Shareholders support Shell to take leadership in the energy transition to a net-zero-emission energy system. Therefore, shareholders request...
Investors see strong second quarter for Shell, but no future perspective
Shell has made a profit of $ 3.6 billion dollars in the second quarter, the company announced today. "Investors now know what Shell's second quarter looked like, but they still have no idea what Shell's future will look like," says Mark van Baal of Follow This. Energy...
"Biofuels, energy storage, and hydrogen fit with Shell's core competences," Shell managers say in UU-study.
Shell could use its core competences to play a leading role in the energy transition, concludes a study including 11 (former) Shell managers and 11 energy experts, and academic literature. The development and exploitation of biofuel technology, energy storage and...
Shell will make plan for the energy transition
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 that companies should be clear about how they plan to be resilient in the energy transition ,” says...
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