Operations & Finance

Shareholders drop climate proposal, but ExxonMobil forges ahead with lawsuit

ExxonMobil is looking to set a precedent that would limit the power of activist shareholders in pressuring management on climate issues.

Melodie Michel

05 February 2024

Oil & Gas

ExxonMobil sues activist shareholders to block climate resolution

The outcome of the lawsuit could set a powerful precedent in the world of corporate climate action.

Melodie Michel

22 January 2024

Operations & Finance

US$13.5 trillion investment needed to decarbonise heavy industry

Another US$11 trillion will also have to be spent by companies to retrofit existing assets with clean technologies.

Melodie Michel

28 November 2023

COP28

The three F’s of COP28 - Part 1: Fossil fuels

For companies and CSOs, a COP28 agreement to phase out fossil fuels would lead to Scope 2 emissions reduction and strengthen the business case for investment in alternatives.

Melodie Michel

22 November 2023

Policy & Standards

Companies found to be lobbying against their own climate goals

Firms whose policy engagement most contradict their stated climate goals are large producers or users of fossil fuels.

Melodie Michel

20 November 2023

Data and Technology

Climate action ‘woefully off track’, says new report ahead of COP28

"Meeting our climate goals means closing down coal power seven times faster and gas power more than ten times faster than today."

Melodie Michel

14 November 2023

CSO Futures Weekly

CSO Futures Weekly

CSO share their views on EVs and green buildings, recycled materials take centre stage and a study questions the legitimacy of sustainability bonuses in this week's newsletter.

Melodie Michel

26 October 2023

Policy & Standards

Companies worth US$1 trillion call for fossil fuels phase-out as oil and gas firms scale back climate ambition

Pressure to phase out fossil fuels is mounting ahead of COP28.

Melodie Michel

24 October 2023

Operations & Finance

What the backtracking of oil and gas climate ambitions means for corporate decarbonisation

Oil and gas companies are scaling back their climate commitments: what impact will these decisions have on broader net zero goals?

Melodie Michel

03 October 2023