May 26, 2022 /3BL Media/ -An overwhelming 98% of Chevron investors today voted in favor of a shareholder proposal from Mercy Investment Services calling on the oil and gas major to issue an analysis on the reliability of its methane disclosures. Chevron had recommended shareholders vote in favor of the resolution, unprecedented as a statement of support for a climate resolution from an oil and gas company. The important vote was also由气候行动标记100+, the world’s largest investor initiative on climate change.

“今天对甲烷披露的投票是关于衡量和减少甲烷排放的积极行动的好处的清晰陈述，对气候以及公司和投资者的底线。”Andrew Logan, senior director of oil and gas at Ceres。“We commend Chevron for supporting this proposal but also know that this is only a first step. Even more critical will be how Chevron follows through on the proposal’s request that the company significantly improve its approach to methane measurement, given that science suggests that the industry’s current approach underestimates methane emissions by 60% or more.”

下一步将是公司加入油气甲烷合伙企业2.0。In its proxy, Chevron publicly announced an intent to improve its methane detection and direct measurement capabilities. Today, investors signaled their near-unanimous readiness to hold Chevron accountable to those commitments, which have the power to propel critical change throughout the oil and gas industry.”

“努力减少甲烷排放的公司将受益于其声誉和运营许可，因为投资者，监管机构和民间社会正在期望解决这一问题。”Mary Minette，Mercy Investment Services股东倡导总监，188bet上不了在声明中。“我们敦促该公司继续寻找工作中的新合作伙伴，以衡量和减少甲烷排放，例如石油和天然气甲烷伙伴关系。”

甲烷被释放后的头二十年，它是二氧化碳的效力超过80倍以上，这意味着迫切减少排放对于限制气候危机的最严重影响至关重要，正如最近报告中强调的那样，在最近的一份报告中强调了政府间气候变化面板。谷神星研究shows that oil and gas companies’ operational practices result in large differences in the quantity of methane emitted per unit of production, even among similarly sized operations, highlighting the importance of improved measurements and rapid action.

洛根补充说：“然而，令人失望的是，雪佛龙未能公开承认今年其他气候提案的重要性。”“雪佛龙（Chevron）到2050年将国际能源机构的净净纳入零元素驳回，但没有提供替代愿景，使投资者质疑该公司自己所说的“净零”愿望的真实性。”

A shareholder proposal at ExxonMobil also earned majority support, with 52% of votes cast ahead of the company’s annual meeting falling in favor of a resolution from Christian Brothers Investment Services, Inc. calling for detailed reports on how applying the assumptions of the International Energy Agency Net Zero by 2050 pathway would impact their financial statements and positions.

The proposal was refiled following an impressive debut last year and passed despite ExxonMobil’s assertion that it had disclosed the information requested by the 2021 proposal. In reality, ExxonMobil failed to disclose the prices it used to value assets and assess impairments, as well as how its assets and liabilities might be impacted in a net zero transition — both of which the resolution explicitly called for. A similar proposal today at Chevron, filed by As You Sow, received 39% of the vote. Both were also flagged by Climate Action 100+.

“Climate risks are also very significant financial risks — that’s no secret among investors,” saidTracey Cameron，Ceres公司气候参与总监。“尽管许多公司在某些地方披露了气候影响，但这些披露通常在财务报表中通常没有，不充分或不一致，从根本上损害了投资者有效管理和分配其资产的能力。尽管他们声称相反，但雪佛龙和埃克森美孚都没有根据这些股东要求提出，而埃克森美孚的投资者今天很明确 - 这还不够好。”

“With the majority vote on the proposal from CBIS and our 23 co-filers, shareholders have made clear to Exxon’s board it can no longer delay serious consideration of the impact on its business of global efforts to address climate change,” saidJohn W. Geissinger, Chief Investment Officer, Christian Brothers Investment Services。“该公司必须面对这样一个现实，即到2050年，全球都承诺将碳排放量减少到零，并为投资者量化其财务报表中的潜在影响。这是股东在2021年获得49％投票后的第二年。”

Also on the ballot at both companies was a resolution from Follow This, flagged by Climate Action 100+, calling on the companies to publish medium- and long-term greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets across Scopes s1, 2, and 3 that are in line with the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement, to prevent the most devastating impacts of climate change. The proposal had a strong showing, receiving 33% of votes cast ahead of the meeting at Chevron and 28.1% at Exxon.

The annual general meetings come in the wake of a historic 2021 season, in which shareholders ousted three ExxonMobil directors in favor of candidates with climate and clean energy experience.

“Time will tell how the new board continues to respond,” Logan added. “But one thing is for certain — whoever is sitting on the board, investors are showing again and again that the old model of an oil and gas company is not going to work anymore.”

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