Shell investors dismiss climate resolution to set carbon reduction targets

Madeleine Cuff
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Despite pressure from activist shareholders, investors in the oil giant roundly reject proposals to establish emissions targets

Shareholders in Shell rejected proposals for the oil giant to set public emission reduction targets at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in the Netherlands yesterday. The proposals were rejected by 94...

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