Campaigners welcomed the result but warned against complacency after claiming the bank had left a number of questions unanswered during its annual general meeting.

"We can’t recall another time that an energy company’s shareholder has been so effective and forceful in showing how a company’s failure to take on climate change has eroded shareholder value."

"This is a turning point in history," said an attorney who noted that the ruling "may also have major consequences for other big polluters."

Standard Bank has been involved in some of the largest and most controversial fossil fuel projects on the continent.

Over 50,000 people have signed a petition calling on the museum to drop the fossil fuel company as a sponsor of the “Our Future Planet” exhibition.

Institutions from eleven countries announced their divestment from fossil fuel companies and urge others to follow their example.

Companies face shareholder votes over climate policy lobbying, emissions disclosures, and aligning their plans with the Paris Agreement.

A new report details the corporate influence behind a wave of local anti-democratic bills that are proliferating in state legislatures

A Louisiana Cancer Alley community group responded by petitioning the EPA to take emergency action to reduce carcinogenic emissions.

Activists are taking the UK government to court over its 'Maximising Economic Recovery' policy in the North Sea.