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BP board suffers triple climate rebellion from shareholders | More than 50% of voters at first AGM under new leadership oppose plans to scrap climate reporting (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] silence7@slrpnk.net [S] 17 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Shareholders own other things to, and care about stuff like a planet for their grandkids to live on, not just the next quarterly profit.

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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 10 points 6 months ago

How selfish of them to put their own interests above the interests of profit for the entire corporation!

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[–] silence7@slrpnk.net [S] 5 points 6 months ago

The management doesn't care. But people do, when you take away the indirection of control through mutual funds and such.

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