Shareholders pressure Barclays to roll back fossil fuel financing
Shareholders worth more than £100bn are calling on Barclays to phase out the provision of financial services to energy firms that remain unaligned with the Paris Agreement
A group of powerful investors are planning a major challenge to Barclays' lending policy at the bank's annual general meeting (AGM) in May, they revealed today. The investors, which are shareholders...
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