Challenging BP, ConocoPhillips, Shell to Accelerate Climate Action at their Annual Meetings Ben van Beurden, CEO, Royal Dutch Shell in 2018 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal Challenging BP, ConocoPhillips, Shell to Accelerate Climate Action at their Annual Meetings Kathy Mulvey, climate accountability campaign director | May 11, 2021, 10:34 am EDT Annual general meetings (AGMs, also known as annual shareholders’ meetings) of major oil and gas companies targeted by UCS’s campaign begin with ConocoPhillips and BP this week and Royal Dutch Shell next week. ExxonMobil and Chevron follow at the end of the month. After the last year of Big Oil companies grabbing pandemic bailouts, publicizing dubious “net-zero” pledges, and getting hit with even more climate lawsuits, we’ve got some questions about how they’re conducting their business.