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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent

BP facing green rebellion at annual shareholder meeting

A BP oil refinery in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
A BP oil refinery in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Photograph: Martin Meissner/AP

BP faces a green rebellion at its annual shareholder meeting on Thursday as some of Britain’s biggest pension funds prepare to demand the company toughen its plans to reduce its emissions by 2030.

The National Employment Savings Trust (Nest), which represents about 11m individual workplace pensions, plans to back a resolution put forward by climate campaigners at Follow This, which calls for BP to align its emissions reduction plans with the Paris agreement.

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