Caught in the activists: oil majors’ shake-ups

The Economist Podcasts

• Episode: Caught in the activists: oil majors’ shake-ups
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• Duration: 00:19:36
• Published: 2021-05-28 11:51

Activist investors installed green-minded board members at ExxonMobil; Chevron’s shareholders pushed a carbon-cutting plan; a Dutch court ruled Shell must cut emissions. We examine a tumultuous week for the supermajors. After years of scant attention, Scotland’s drug-death problem is at last being acknowledged and tackled. And the Peruvian pop star boosting the fortunes of a long-derided indigenous language.

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