BP facing green rebellion at annual shareholder meeting
The Guardian|April 24, 2023
BP faces a green rebellion at its annual shareholder meeting on Thursday as some of Britain's biggest pension funds prepare to demand that the company toughen its plans to reduce its emissions by 2030.
Jillian Ambrose
BP facing green rebellion at annual shareholder meeting

The National Employment Savings Trust (Nest), which represents about 11m individual workplace pensions, plans to back a resolution put forward by climate campaigners at Follow This, which calls for BP to align its emissions reduction plans with the Paris agreement.

The campaign group has also won support from the Universities Superannuation Scheme and the council pensions fund Border to Coast, which have both also agreed to vote for the Follow This resolution.

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