La lotta contro il riscaldamento globale viene portata al cuore delle corporation: nelle assemblee degli azionisti. A dare battaglia sono rispettabili mutual funds, along with managers of pension funds and other investors impression religion, all share a strong focus on corporate social responsibility.
Their demand is that large multinational energy to communicate the amount of their emissions of greenhouse gases, and suggest targets for reducing them. Among the first companies to sell was the Ford Motor that this year should publish a comprehensive report on the business implications of the reduction of emissions. But now came the turn of Exxonmobil . As reported
fact 's Independent , the largest oil company in the world will be forced to a showdown with difficult environmental issues right in its next general meeting of shareholders, scheduled for May. Here, a coalition of religious organizations, along with Trilium Asset Management and the state of Maine are ready to put forward three resolutions on the issue of global warming.
The first asks the multinational to publish a report every six months on "how ExxonMobil will meet the objectives of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in those countries where it operates and which adopted the Kyoto Protocol." The second says that the company makes available the information it has on climate change. Finally, la terza punta a inserire un esperto di questioni ambientali tra i non-executive director. La Exxonmobile è ormai rimasta sola, tra le major del petrolio, a mettere in discussione pubblicamente i risultati scientifici che indicano un riscaldamento globale del Pianeta. Allo stesso modo la corporation si è sempre opposta al protocollo di Kyoto.
Vedi anche l'International Herald Tribune.
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