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  • Oil and gas giants' climate opacity keeps investors in the dark, CA100+ assessments show

    27 March 2024

    The poor quality of climate disclosures by the 10 largest oil and gas companies globally is keeping investors in the dark and hindering their engagement efforts, analysis for the Climate Action 100+ initiative suggests.

  • ExxonMobil, Chevron investor support for shareholder climate resolutions fall

    01 June 2023

    Investor support for shareholder climate resolutions urging Chevron and ExxonMobil to set greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets has fallen since last year, following limited progress at their European counterparts.

  • US fossil fuel firms 'most obstructive' to climate engagement

    03 November 2022

    US fossil fuel companies dominate a list of the firms with the worst engagement on climate policy, think tank InfluenceMap said,...

  • Oil majors to pilot net zero model that pits winding-down as 'legitimate' strategy

    15 September 2021

    BP, Eni, Repsol, Shell and Total are the first oil companies to agree to pilot an investor-led standard that is designed to improve comparability of transition plans, and "acknowledges winding-down as a legitimate strategy".

  • Green bond comment, June 2021: Are oil and gas firms still locked out of the sustainable bond market?

    02 June 2021

    The labelled bond market needs to start helping dirty issuers finance the transition, argues Peter Cripps

  • News round-up: BlackRock, The IA, Nasdaq and more...

    01 June 2021

  • BlackRock releases proxy votes, shows 'improvement'

    01 June 2021

  • Oil firms face significant credit risk amid rising climate action, says Moody's

    28 May 2021

  • Investors give ExxonMobil, Chevron bloody nose over climate policies

    27 May 2021

    US oil supermajors ExxonMobil and Chevron faced a significant investor revolt over their climate policies after a number of shareholder resolutions received majority support at their annual general meetings.

  • S&P warns of oil & gas downgrades amid 'transition risks'

    27 January 2021

    Ratings agency S&P has warned 13 oil and gas companies that they face a credit downgrade within weeks, citing risks associated with the transition to a low-carbon economy and competition from renewables.