Influential investor joins shareholder rebellion over Shell’s climate plan

Legal & General Investment Management, Britain's biggest fund manager, piles pressure on oil firm

Britain's biggest fund manager has piled pressure on Shell after joining a shareholder rebellion over the oil company's carbon-cutting plans, saying that they lack credibility and the ambition required to combat global heating.

It has emerged that Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM), one of the oldest fund managers in the City of London, was among investors behind a significant shareholder vote against Shell's climate transition targets at the company's annual meeting on Tuesday.