Woodside Energy’s climate plan rejected by shareholders in ‘globally unprecedented’ rebuke
by Jonathan Barrett from World news | The Guardian on (#6MA3J)
Investors lodge 58% protest vote against emissions report but defiant chair Richard Goyder maintains company is part of solution to climate change
Woodside Energy has suffered an embarrassing rebuke of its climate credentials after its emissions plan was overwhelmingly rejected by shareholders at its annual general meeting on Wednesday.
Investors lodged a 58% vote against Woodside's climate report, representing the strongest protest recorded against any of the dozens of listed companies around the world that regularly put climate-related resolutions to shareholders.
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