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BP suffers heavy defeat in investor climate vote

BP lost a shareholder vote on reducing climate reporting, with just 47 per cent support. Investors also rebelled against new chair Albert Manifold.

Oil giant BP suffers shareholder revolt over climate transparency at tense AGM

BP faced a shareholder revolt at its AGM over climate transparency. Investors rejected two key motions after the board blocked a Follow This proposal on oil demand scenarios.

The Man Whom Exxon Tried To Drill

After Exxon sued Follow This in 2024, the activist group now asks BP and Shell how they plan to stay profitable as oil demand declines.

BP’s Long-Awaited Revival Is Marred by Unforced Errors

BP turned its AGM into a rancorous meeting after rejecting a Follow This climate resolution, prompting Legal & General and others to protest the chairman's re-election.

BP faces revolt by investors over climate targets

BP faces an unprecedented shareholder revolt over climate policy, after the Follow This resolution was barred from the agenda

BP’s proxy fight exposes bugs in shareholder voting machine

BP is facing a shareholder revolt after blocking a Follow This climate proposal. Major investors now plan to vote against the chair's re-election.

BP’s Exxon emulation lands it in hot water

BP recently blocked a climate proposal from Follow This, sparking a backlash from major investors like L&G who now oppose the chair's re-election.

BP chair faces re-election battle after board blocks climate resolution

Glass Lewis and Legal & General both oppose the re-election of BP chair after BP blocked a Follow This climate resolution from its AGM.

Shareholder activists accuse BP of trying to weaken climate transparency

Follow This and a group of twelve investors are urging BP shareholders to block the oil major's attempt to reduce its climate transparency.

BP shareholders advised to vote against chair over climate resolution exclusion

Proxy adviser Glass Lewis urges BP investors to oppose chair re-election after the board blocked our climate resolution.

Follow This and investors target BP push to retire climate resolutions

Follow This and twelve major investors are urging shareholders to reject BP’s plan to scrap vital climate reporting rules at this year's annual meeting.

Open letter to BP – Follow This and Co-Filers’ position on blocked resolution

Follow This and 13 investors issued an open letter, challenging BP's unprecedented decision to block a climate resolution from the AGM.

Follow This: “If BP can block a ​valid resolution without explanation, any company can”

BP has refused to put a Follow This resolution on its AGM agenda, potentially triggering a court battle.

Follow This threatens BP with legal action over shareholder proposal exclusion

Follow This considers legal action after BP removed a shareholder proposal on financial climate risks from its agenda.

Activist shareholder Follow This vows to fight BP on climate resolution

Follow This is prepared to take BP to court. The activist group demands that the oil giant put a blocked shareholder resolution on the agenda.

Green investors threaten BP with legal action over rejected resolution

BP is facing potential legal action after blocking a shareholder climate resolution, a move Follow This calls "an unprecedented attack on investor rights."

BP halts share buy-backs as annual profits slide

Incoming CEO Meg O'Neill faces immediate pressure as Follow This demands a strategy for the inevitable decline in fossil fuel demand at BP.

BP faces calls for new strategy to end period of turbulence

Shareholders are pressuring BP to clarify its strategy and move away from fossil fuels as the company prepares to report weaker annual profits this week.
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