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Shell is due to ask its shareholders to vote on a resolution
supporting its climate strategy and rebuff a climate resolution
from activists, another iteration of which garnered 30% of votes
at last year's AGM.
"Can I assume that you do not want me to speak?" Mackenzie asked
over chants such as "we will stop you" and "Shell must fall"
delayed the start of proceedings.
Police arrived at the venue in central London but allowed
protesters to continue chanting for over an hour after the
meeting was supposed to start.
"We’re here to embarrass them and hold them account for as much
as we can. They know what’s going on. We’re not here to educate
them," said Aidan Knox of activists Money Rebellion, which is
linked to climate protest group Extinction Rebellion.
Both Mackenzie and Shell Chief Executive Ben van Beurden stayed
on the podium, watching the protests stone-faced, even as a
screen behind them said the meeting was "temporarily paused" and
non-protesting shareholders were asked to leave.
After almost two hours, Mackenzie said the police had asked all
Shell employees, including board members, to leave the venue.
Once they had left, the protesters left voluntarily with police
watching on. A Shell spokesperson said the shareholder meeting
would resume in a different room after a break.
(Editing by David Goodman and Mark Potter)
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