BP board suffers triple climate rebellion from shareholders

More than 50% of shareholders also opposed a resolution to replace in-person annual shareholder meetings, while 18% voted against the re-election of BP’s chair. Photograph: Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuters

BP’s board has suffered a triple climate rebellion in its first shareholder meeting since appointing new leadership to steer the embattled oil company.

More than 50% of shareholders voting at the company’s annual general meeting (AGM) came out against its plans to scrap its existing climate reporting, and its resolution to replace in-person annual shareholder meetings – a lightning rod for climate protest in recent years – with online-only events.