TITLE

Council vexed by BP's ethics

PUB. DATE

May 2002

SOURCE

Employee Benefits;May2002, p10

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Deals with the resolution backed by the Derbyshire County Council Pension Fund that calls for BP to disclose the process by which it decides to drill in environmentally sensitive areas such as the Arctic. Comments from Chris Hartley, a representative of the scheme; Reaction of John Rogers of the National Association of Pension Funds Voting Issue Service on the council's move.

ACCESSION #

6836179

Tags: LEGISLATIVE resolutions;  CITY councils;  DISCLOSURE of information;  BP PLC

 

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