Supermajors BP and Shell faced fresh opposition from environmental groups on Tuesday, as their respective shareholder meetings in the UK and the Netherlands were targeted by protesters.

Following their protest earlier this week outside BP’s headquarters in London, Greenpeace volunteers targeted the supermajor’s shareholders meeting in Aberdeen on Tuesday.

Protesters disrupted the gathering, shouting, “this is a crime scene”, with at least two women reported to having been carried out by security staff.

BP has been facing increasing pressure to reduce its carbon emissions and meet the 2015 Paris climate agreement.

During the meeting, BP chairman Helge Lund said the company will evaluate its lobbying, after getting three questions on whether it is in conflict with climate goals , according to reports from Bloomberg.

The company has yet to comment on the latest round of protest, or on any changes it is potentially looking to make to its policies.

Greenpeace called on BP during Monday’s protest in London to “immediately end all exploration for new oil and gas”, demanding that the company switch "to investing only in renewable energy”.

“If BP does not do that, it should wind down its operations entirely and go out of business”, the environmental group said.

During Tuesday's meeting, BP shareholders overwhelmingly approved a climate resolution backed by investors which calls for the company to meet the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement.

The resolution was co-filed by shareholder group Climate Action 100+ and won the support of 99.14% of the votes.

Stephanie Pfeifer, a member of the global Climate Action 100+ said: “The scale of support for the Climate Action 100+ resolution sends a clear message that investors expect companies to act on climate change.

“With the resolution passed, BP is now legally bound to set out a strategy to ensure it is aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement.

“Investors will pay close attention to how it (BP) addresses emissions across its full value chain and expect to see clear evidence that any future material capex investment is consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement.

“Building on positive engagement with BP to date, investors will also look for progress on addressing climate change in other areas. As was made clear at the company’s AGM, this includes a commitment to ensure BP’s lobbying activity supports the Paris goals,” Pfeifer said.

Meanwhile, another protest was organised in the Netherlands outside the annual general meeting of fellow supermajor Shell.

A group of environmental activists tried to disrupt the meeting on Tuesday, calling for this year's gathering to be the company's last.

Around 20 activists from Dutch environmental action group Code Rood (Code Red) held up banners with the slogan “shut down fossil power”.

“We call on our allies to build a strong coalition to dismantle Shell together and to disrupt, block and cancel any shareholders meeting in the future,” a statement on social media for the group read.

Activist group IndustriALL, which advocates for better working conditions and trade union rights, also joined the protest near The Hague, calling out Shell over the treatment of contract workers at its operations around the world.

A spokeswoman for Code Rood, addressed the board during the meeting, and said Shell's business cannot be reconciled with global warming.

Shell chief executive Ben van Beurden reportedly told the meeting that the company wanted to do the right thing, but the energy industry could not work alone.

“Our company wants to be on the right side of history and we are doing everything that is needed, but we cannot do it alone and as a matter of fact even the entire energy industry cannot do it on its own,” he said, as cited by Reuters.

Shell was previously targeted last month in a city-wide protest in London that saw activist group Extinction Rebellion call for more action to fight climate change.

Protesters outside Shell’s London headquarters glued themselves to the building’s entrance and spray-painted messages on its walls, including “Shell kills”.

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