Big Oil has enjoyed an easier ride at shareholder meetings so far this year compared with last year's punishing run of hostile investor votes tied to climate concerns, as those issues have been eclipsed by tight oil supplies.
· Investors at energy company Equinor rejected proposals from campaigners to strengthen climate ambitions.
· Fearing climate protests, insurance market Lloyd’s of London told its 100-odd syndicates to attend its AGM online.
· Shareholders at ConocoPhillips voted against a proposal to include its customers' emissions to its greenhouse gas reduction targets.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc has doubled its diversity recruiting team and increased its budget by $10 million to help meet its goals to add more women, Blacks and Latinos to its workforce, Chief Diversity Officer Megan Hogan told Reuters on Friday.
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