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Posted: 2020-05-28T17:45:23Z | Updated: 2020-05-28T18:43:29Z

In what may be considered a historic, if largely symbolic, first, Chevrons shareholders are sending a message to the fossil fuel giant: Make good on your climate promises were watching you.

A majority of Chevrons investors agreed Tuesday that the company must produce a report detailing how much of its lobbying efforts align with the Paris climate goals of avoiding dangerous global warming.

At the companys annual meeting on May 26, 53% of shareholders voted in favor of the lobbying resolution, in defiance of the boards recommendation to investors to vote against it. Chevron argued that the measure was unnecessary because it already disclosed its lobbying activities.

Oil companies like Exxon and Chevron have said they support the Paris agreements goal of limiting global temperature rise to 2C (3.6F) above preindustrial levels, but activists have long been pushing them to do more. This resolution was a call for greater transparency and reassurance that oil companies arent lobbying against or funding trade organizations that actively oppose action on climate change.

The company later said that shareholder resolutions are advisory votes and that it will carefully consider the results. A similar resolution was rejected by investors at ExxonMobils annual meeting.