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  • What Burnham could learn from BP’s pragmatism

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    In 2020, BP unveiled a “major, necessary step in support of our purpose to reimagine energy for people and our planet.” The new strategy – “performing while transforming” – would see the firm “significantly scale-up our low carbon energy business” as part of a commitment “to become a net zero company by 2050 or sooner [...]

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  • After a ‘stunning’ update, what does the future hold for long-suffering BP?

    Energy

    BP wowed shareholders with its first quarter results – doubling profit and bolstering its balance sheet. But with an activist breathing down its neck, its new boss Meg O’Neill isn’t out of the woods yet, writes Ali Lyon As she sat down to pen her first email to BP’s 100,000 staff, Meg O’Neill opted against [...]

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  • BP reveals boss Auchincloss recovering after procedure as it signals weaker trading

    Energy

    Oil giant BP has delayed an investor event due to be held in New York to allow boss Murray Auchincloss to recover after a medical procedure as it signalled weaker end-of-year trading. Its scheduled capital markets event that was due on February 11 in New York will now be delayed until February 26 and will [...]

  • Disgraced former BP boss Bernard Looney plans Abu Dhabi comeback

    July 8, 2024

    Former BP chief executive Bernard Looney is reportedly plotting a comeback in Abu Dhabi after he was dismissed last year over past relationships with colleagues.

  • BP tightens workplace romance rules after Looney scandal: Legal experts weigh in

    June 11, 2024

    BP has tightened its workplace relationship policy, months after the CEO was ousted for failing to disclose his affairs with colleagues. Employment lawyers weigh in

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