Shell investors back weaker emissions targets at meeting

Shell shareholders have approved the company's new energy transition plan, which features weaker carbon-emissions targets, while rejecting a Follow This climate resolution.
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Bloomberg | Shell shareholders approved the company’s new energy transition plan with weaker carbon-emissions targets, while rejecting a resolution asking the oil and gas giant to align itself with the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement.

Shell’s updated energy transition strategy got the backing of 78% of shareholders at the company’s annual general meeting on Tuesday. Only 19% voted for the climate resolution, filed by activist shareholder Follow This and 27 investors — including Amundi, Europe’s largest asset manager — that jointly manage funds worth more than $4 trillion.

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