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NatWest faces AGM showdown over climate backtracking

Shareholders including the Church of England back call for protest votes against the bank’s chair NatWest is at risk of an embarrassing showdown at its shareholder meeting this week, as investors and leading scientists call for an urgent reversal of what they describe as “climate backtracking”.Campa...

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The Guardian
by Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent
NatWest faces AGM showdown over climate backtracking

Shareholders including the Church of England back call for protest votes against the bank’s chair

NatWest is at risk of an embarrassing showdown at its shareholder meeting this week, as investors and leading scientists call for an urgent reversal of what they describe as “climate backtracking”.

Campaigners, including ShareAction, are calling for protest votes against the bank’s chair, Rick Haythornthwaite, at its annual meeting in Edinburgh on Tuesday.

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This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent.

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