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Shareholders at Royal Dutch Shell have rejected a proposal to set an emissions reduction target. Around 94% of them dismissed the idea of setting the goal at the energy giant’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) this week. Shell Chief Executive Ben van Beurden said while the company supports the Paris climate deal, the proposal is an […]

Gas exploration firm BG Group is trimming the pay of its new boss after shareholder concerns it was too high. The “revised” pay packet means former Statoil CEO Helge Lund will get £4.7 million instead of £10 million as a warm welcome to the British firm. That’s on top of a base salary of £1.5 million […]

Power provider SSE has revealed its profits and a bigger payout to its shareholders just two days before its household prices are due to rise by 8.2%. The energy supplier confirmed adjusted pre-tax profits of £354 million in the six months up to the end of September – down 11.7% in the same period last […]

British businesses need to be more sustainable if they want to be “internationally competitive”. That’s the view of James Close, a partner at Ernst & Young, who told ELN firms in the UK should look at energy sources with lower costs to be able to compete at an international level. He stressed sustainability isn’t just […]

Vince Cable has touted the role of shareholders to the energy industry in a dispute over the rise of their payouts compared with the rise in bills for consumers. His comments came as Centrica – the parent company of British Gas – brought out its quarterly profits, revealing it had upped the shareholder dividend by […]