BP climate change resolution gets 98% backing

Stephanie Baxter
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Almost all of BP's shareholders have voted to force the company to disclose the risks it faces from climate change.

The shareholder resolution voted on today at BP's annual general meeting was supported by 98% of investors, exceeding the 75% vote required to make it binding. The group of shareholders that bro...

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