ShareAction recommends Shell shareholders reject pay policy at AGM this May because it 'incentivises further extraction and burning of fossil fuels'.
… Shell shareholders urged to reject pay policy … shellpumps.jpg ShareAction recommends Shell shareholders reject pay policy at AGM this May … and the long-term interests of their shareholders, according to new analysis . …
Royal Dutch Shell group's dissident shareholders will press for a review of its tar sands project in Canada, at the oil firm's annual meeting in May
… Royal Dutch Shell group's dissident shareholders will press for a review of its … annual general meeting, after calls from shareholders that the project be put under … and 141 other institutional and individual shareholders raise 'concerns for the long-term …
As we wait to learn whether (later today) Trump will pull the US out of the Paris Agreement, Remo Bebié of Finance Dialogue shares his briefing report of the what is being seen as growing demands that oil companies incorporate the international deal in their business models
… Exxon shareholders back resolution requiring the oil … business models Yesterday (31 st May, 2017) shareholders at ExxonMobil backed a resolution … suggests that all three of Exxon's largest shareholders (Vanguard, BlackRock and State …
Moms Across America founder Zen Honeycutt took on Monsanto chief Hugh Grant at the company's Annual General Meeting - and won, winning 53% of the vote on a call for Monsanto to reform its practices and safeguard the health of millions of children exposed to its toxic products - and Roundup in particular. In her own words, this is what took place ...
… was not able to be in a hallway or near other shareholders. Several minutes later, a woman … Around 12:50, we were joined by a few other shareholders, (apparently the room really was … their profits. I planned to share with the shareholders a myriad of ways in which …
Plans to bulldoze an Indian mountain sacred to local people were controversial enough... before shareholder data revealed that a raft of UK household names, ranging from Jaguar cars to the Church of England, own shares in the company behind the mine, Vedanta Resources plc. Andrew Wasley reports
… authorities have also been revealed as being shareholders in Vedanta Resources, a … UK banks, companies and other bodies are also shareholders in the company. Halifax Pension … amongst others, are all named as beneficial shareholders in the controversial mining …
Plans to bulldoze an Indian mountain sacred to local people were controversial enough... before shareholder data revealed that a raft of UK household names, ranging from Jaguar cars to the Church of England, own shares in the company behind the mine, Vedanta Resources plc
… authorities have also been revealed as being shareholders in Vedanta Resources, a … UK banks, companies and other bodies are also shareholders in the company. Halifax Pension … amongst others, are all named as beneficial shareholders in the controversial mining …
ExxonMobil has long known that climate change is real and dangerous, write Louise Rouse & Naomi Ages, while denying it in public and supporting climate change deniers. Now they accuse their critics of 'chilling' climate science and the search for solutions. The truth is the precise opposite.
… whoever the occupant, is fast eroding . Shareholders are starting to think beyond the … of a missed opportunity. Exxon didn't want shareholders to vote on climate. It lost Let's … risk through a shareholder resolution. Shareholders are increasingly aware of the …
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has reached the target of £86,888 set by Tesco to print and distribute leaflets to its shareholders.
… TV chef raises £87,000 to pay Tesco for shareholders resolution Peter Clark Ranajo … Tesco to print and distribute leaflets to its shareholders. The television chef Hugh … of details of the bid to its 269,000 shareholders. Having been told that he had …
Vedanta Resources plc, the company behind a devastating new mine in India, is facing disruption to its London AGM over its actions
… the AGM of Vendanta Resources plc, calling on shareholders to vote against proposals to open … banks, companies and other bodies also held shareholders in the company. Halifax Pension … amongst others, are all named as beneficial shareholders in the controversial mining …
What is Exxon doing to tackle the growing greenhouse gas emissions that are already causing a climate and extinction crisis?
… can expect to face, more than 99 percent of shareholders backed a similar resolution … extremism Why is Exxon so afraid of its shareholders’ resolutions on climate, that …
Carbon pricing could totally change the way companies operate. Nick Robbins ask if the city is ready to make the leap
… News Carbon Dioxide The City Stern Review Shareholders Comments And Analysis Carbon … government now argued that the interests of shareholders and society were as one – and all … obligation of company directors to their shareholders, offering a crumb of comfort that …
Court win in world-first climate risk case puts future of Poland's Ostrołęka C coal plant in question.
… “This is an excellent result for Enea’s shareholders and for the climate. The plant is … any further costs to the companies and their shareholders.” ClientEarth brought the legal … that it poses unjustifiable financial risk to shareholders. Polish energy market experts had …
No more financial meltdown, poor communication and substandard food – if we ditch the middlemen and get co-operative, what couldn’t we achieve?
… necessarily going to put the interests of its shareholders – which coincidentally, happen to … because they are generally the biggest shareholders – before quality of product, …
One of the world's biggest energy companies has been caught out in what may be the biggest ever climate scandal, writes Bill McKibben. Way back in the 1980s ExxonMobil knew of the 'potentially catastrophic' and 'irreversible' effects of increasing fossil fuel consumption, but chose to cover up the findings, spread misinformation on climate change, and go for high carbon energy sources.
… climate change, boosted denialism, misled shareholders, went carbon heavy Bill McKibben … of carbon that it has told regulators, shareholders, and banks it plans to extract. … more fossil fuels certainly benefited its shareholders for a time, even if it cost the …
After bailing out RBS to the tune of £45 billion following the 2008 financial crash, the government plans to relaunch the privatisation process in March 2019. This is ill-conceived argues ROB MACQUARIE and would be a wasted opportunity for meaningful change in the banking sector.
… is implausible that a hasty return to private shareholders’ hands will align with Osborne’s …
Everyone loves a good bonus. None more so than the thousands of financiers across the globe who enjoyed ‘stonking’ payments in 2006.
… levels of executive pay. But while shareholders have won a number of battles and … more than $120 billion was diverted from shareholders and customers to well-placed … lawsuits now underway. In all, damages to shareholders – including the pension plans of …
Global corporations and their lofty princes have outgrown the control of regulators, politicians and society, writes George Feiger. Such is their power that they can extract an ever-growing share of global income, block any moves to limit their freedoms, and loot our future wealth for immediate profit. The first step to regaining control is to keep private money firmly out of politics.
… and their managers take massive gambles with shareholders' money because these are … by boards of directors who represent the shareholders and determine management … compensation schemes. But shouldn't the shareholders throw out all the rascals on the …
Shell's senior management are treading an impossible path, writes Steffen Böhm. On the one hand they accept that climate change is real and serious, and that many of their fossil fuel assets may prove unburnable. On the other, they insist that business as usual will continue for decades to come. It's high time they smelt the coffee!
… coffee! Shell's recent AGM was tumultuous . Shareholders voted overwhelmingly for the … approach to the environment. The key question shareholders are asking is this: what if the … from banks and attracts investments from shareholders. Most of the oil and gas majors …
With the Wall Street Journal warning that the GMO crop boom may be over in the face of superweeds, higher seed prices, falling yields and farmer antipathy, writes Pat Thomas, the Monsanto-Bayer merger is a sign of weakness as both companies struggle to deliver growth and profits to match shareholder expectations. We had better be ready to press home our advantage!
… world's biggest seed and pesticide company. Shareholders and lobbyists are rubbing their … to pass through several hoops including: The shareholders in both companies must approve … smoothly for the proposed Dow-DuPont merger. Shareholders in both companies were quick to …
Oil giant Total to be sentenced following trial of companies implicated in largest peacetime explosion in Europe and significant environmental contamination
… Total UK shareholders 'must feel some pain' over … for corporate manslaughter suggest that shareholders should feel some level of pain if …
All you need to know to start putting your money where your mouth is
… have been success stories, however: ethical shareholders in BP - including Co-operative … ‘They have influence with the companies as shareholders. We also encourage pension fund …
Global mining giant Rio Tinto markets itself as a 'sustainable company', writes Kemal Özkan. But serious failures in its reporting, and its attempt to hold an Australian indigenous group to ransom, reveal a very different truth: the company is driven by a reckless pursuit of profit at any cost.
… for ERA, not Rio Tinto: "We are clearly shareholders [of ERA], but it's a matter for all shareholders and a matter for the ERA board." …
Fossil fuel companies are feeling the heat from investors concerned that many of their assets may prove worthless.
… other initiatives, with increasing numbers of shareholders around the world demanding more … carbon energy sources or returning capital to shareholders." Radical cutbacks required The …