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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent

NatWest faces AGM showdown over ‘climate backtracking’

Rick Haythornthwaite
Rick Haythornthwaite, the chair of NatWest. Protesters want the bank to ‘show leadership and reverse the backtracking on climate commitments’. Photograph: Ben Tritton

NatWest is at risk of an embarrassing showdown at its shareholder meeting this week as investors and scientists call for an urgent reversal of what they describe as “climate backtracking”.

Campaigners including ShareAction are calling for protest votes against the bank’s chair, Rick Haythornthwaite, at its annual meeting in Edinburgh on Tuesday.

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