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- May.16.2018: How Shareholder Activism is Forcing Corporate Change over Climate Crisis. The annual round of big corporate AGMs is upon us, with mining giant Rio Tinto and big oil companies BP, Shell, Exxon, Statoil and Total all having their meetings around this time of year. That creates an opportunity for shareholder activists that want the companies to clean up their act. The NGO CDP offers a snapshot of how prepared the Fossil Fuel Industry is for a major low carbon transition. The answer is: not very. Here’s how shareholder activism works: activists buy a few shares in a company, which gives them access to the AGMs as shareholders. Sometimes it even gives them voting rights. ... Chevron, Exxon, Rio Tinto Zinc, BP, Shell. Mike Small, DeSmog UK.
- Sept.02.2015: Leading investors call on FTSE 100 companies to leave regressive climate lobbying groups. A global coalition of 25 institutional investors with over £45bn in assets under management is calling on 9 major publicly listed companies to review their membership of lobbying groups that seek to undermine EU climate policy. The investors have written to BHP Billiton, BP, EDF, Glencore, Johnson Matthey plc, Proctor & Gamble, Rio Tinto, Statoil and Total. ShareAction.
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- As We Sow, America’s leading shareholder activism group
- Campaign group People & Planet stormed the stage at Barclays AGM