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BlackRock releases proxy votes, shows 'improvement'

Shell wins climate strategy investor approval - for now

Investor failure to vote for near-term climate targets would be hypocrisy, Hohn says

Investors who do not support shareholder resolutions that aim to force major polluters to set near-term emissions reduction targets in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement have been warned that they would be guilty of "absolute greenwashing and hypocrisy".

Shell's transition strategy divides opinion

News round-up: EU ETS extension considered, API endorses carbon price, UK financial watchdog climate remit expanded... and more

BP urges shareholders to reject climate resolution

News round-up: Lyxor fund launches, S&P, private investment humanitarian aid boost urged ... and more

BP outlines oil production cuts and bolsters net-zero carbon ambition

BP has announced it will cut oil and gas production by two-fifths and increase its low-carbon investments ten-fold by 2030 in order to achieve its net-zero carbon ambition, whilst also halving its dividend.

Total becomes next oil major to feel shareholder climate pressure

French supermajor Total has become the latest oil firm to face rising pressure from shareholders at its annual general meeting (AGM) over it environmental ambitions.

Shell climate resolution support welcomed by green investor group

Support for a shareholder resolution demanding Anglo-Dutch oil supermajor Royal Dutch Shell set carbon intensity targets more than doubled compared with a similar resolution in 2018, but still failed to secure enough votes to pass.