Mark RuffaloJul 17, 2023

When your home burns, floods, or is destroyed in an extreme climate weather event, when someone in your family dies from heat waves, or when crops fail and people starve—come for these three people: Wael Sawan (Shell CEO), Darren Woods (Exxon CEO), and Patrick Pouyanne (TotalEnergies CEO). They knew what was coming and did it to you anyway. Sue them, shame them, heckle them, despise them. These are choices. They are to blame, not society.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/16/big-oil-climate-pledges-extreme-heat-fossil-fuel

Big oil quietly walks back on climate pledges as global heat records tumble

Energy firms have made record profits by increasing production of oil and gas, far from their promises of rolling back emissions

The Guardian
Show threadWendy LadyJul 17, 2023
@MarkRuffalo what bothers me the most about CEOs is that they're obligated to shareholders to make the most amount of money legally possible. So CEOs and their teams test those holes to continually push past ethical behavior to increase profits. But when shareholders (who don't have to think of business ethics) beholden CEOs to this behavior, what can we expect?
Show threadCaz Brennan
@NerdRage42 @MarkRuffalo I haven’t worked for many companies but the absolute worst were always the ones with shareholders. They had no ethics and no long term plans. The only driver was to hit this year’s targets so the share price stayed high and dividends were good.
Jul 17, 2023 at 5:41pmWeb
Show threadWendy LadyJul 17, 2023
@Cbrennan @MarkRuffalo yup. I worked for a big toy company and it was the same. The moment they moved towards big money and investor backing it no longer became this small toy company and they were quick to fire anyone who didn't want to accept the increasingly poor employee treatment and cracked down on anyone actually enjoying work. Oh, and low yearly wage increases for a company that brought in $14 million in one month was embarassing.