Folluw this (ƙungiya)

Bi Wannan wata ƙungiya ce mai zaman kanta da ke fafutukar kare haƙƙin masu hannun jari a ƙasar Holland wadda ke jan hankalin masu zuba jari su gabatar da ƙudurorin masu hannun jari da suka shafi yanayi a taron shekara-shekara na kamfanonin mai da iskar gas. Ƙungiyar tana kira ga kamfanoni da su daidaita manufofinsu na yanayi da manufofin Yarjejeniyar Paris .

 Tarihi 
An kafa wannan a shekarar 2015 ta hannun Mark van Baal, tsohon ɗan jaridar makamashi kuma mai fafutukar kare haƙƙin masu hannun jari.  Ƙungiyar ta fito ne daga damuwa game da rawar da kamfanonin mai da ɓangaren kuɗi ke takawa a rikicin yanayi . Ta amfani da haƙƙinta a matsayin mai hannun jari na tsiraru, Bi Wannan ya fara gabatar da kudurori masu alaƙa da yanayi a tarurrukan gama gari na shekara-shekara (AGMs) na manyan kamfanonin mai da iskar gas, tare da manufar da aka ayyana ta yin tasiri ga manufofin yanayi .

Tallafin ya karu lokacin da masu zuba jari na cibiyoyi na duniya suka fara goyon bayan waɗannan kudurorin, kamar a shekarar 2021 lokacin da kusan kashi 60% na masu hannun jari na Chevron suka goyi bayan wani kuduri da Follow This ya gabatar. Wannan ya bukaci kamfanin da ya daidaita manufofin rage hayakin da ya ke da su da Yarjejeniyar Paris .  Wannan tallafin wani bangare ne na wani yanayi mai fadi wanda matsin lamba daga masu hannun jari ya sa kamfanonin mai da iskar gas su kara himma wajen cimma burinsu na sauyin yanayi.

A shekarar 2025, Follow This ta sanar da dakatar da yakin neman zabenta na sasanta masu hannun jari, inda ta yi nuni da rashin goyon bayan masu zuba jari da kuma karuwar kalubalen shari'a da siyasa, musamman a Amurka .  Duk da wannan dakatarwar, kungiyar ta ci gaba da jajircewa wajen fafutukar ganin an dauki matakan da suka dace kan sauyin yanayi a masana'antar mai da iskar gas. 

 Ayyuka 
Bi Wannan yana da hedikwata a Netherlands, tare da dubban mambobi.  Tun daga shekarar 2021, Hukumar Haraji da Kwastam ta Netherlands ta amince da shi a matsayin wata ƙungiya ta agaji ta hukuma ( ANBI ).  Tallafin kuɗi galibi yana fitowa ne daga gudummawar agaji kuma ana ƙara shi da kuɗin membobinsu da gudummawar da magoya baya ke bayarwa. 

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 Rage fitar da hayakin da kamfanonin mai ke fitarwa 
A shekarar 2018, Follow This ta gabatar da jerin shawarwari ga Shell, wanda idan kashi 75% na masu hannun jari suka goyi bayansa, zai buƙaci kamfanin ya ɗauki matakan gaggawa na yanayi. Duk da cewa shawarwarin ba su cimma nasara ba, Shell daga baya ta sanar da alƙawarin rage hayaki mai gurbata muhalli. 

Bayan haka, Follow This ya sayi ƙananan hannun jari don tilasta wa kamfanin ya kafa ƙa'idodin rage fitar da hayaki mai gurbata muhalli, ExxonMobil ya kai ƙara, kuma Follow This ya yi watsi da ƙudurin.   Wasu masu zuba jari na cibiyoyi sun haɗa kai da Follow This, suna shigar da ƙudurori tare a Shell a 2024. 

 Ra'ayin Exxon game da ESG 
Bi Wannan ya fuskanci babban rikici na shari'a a farkon 2024, lokacin da ExxonMobil ta shigar da ƙara a kotun tarayya ta Texas a kan Follow This da Arjuna Capital, da nufin toshe shawarar masu hannun jari kan hayakin hayaki mai gurbata muhalli.  A tsakiyar martanin da aka mayar kan shawarwarin ESG, Exxon ta ci gaba da wannan shari'ar bayan ƙungiyoyin sun janye shawararsu, suna jayayya cewa lamarin na iya sake faruwa kuma suna neman takaita shigar da ƙara nan gaba ta hanyar umarnin kotu. 

Wannan matakin ya haifar da fushi mai yawa ga masu zuba jari. Manyan masu hannun jari na cibiyoyi, ciki har da CalPERS da Norges Bank Investment Management sun yi Allah wadai da Exxon saboda lalata haƙƙin masu hannun jari. CalPERS ta sanar da shirin kaɗa ƙuri'a a kan dukkan kwamitin gudanarwa na Exxon don nuna rashin amincewa, inda ta kira ƙarar "marar hankali" kuma "an tsara ta ne don hukunta ƙananan ƙungiyoyi biyu waɗanda suka yi ƙarfin halin faɗin gaskiya ga iko".  Bankin Norges ya yi adawa da sake zaɓen daraktan Exxon Joseph Hooley a bainar jama'a, yana mai nuna damuwa game da "dabarun kamfanin na musamman da na tashin hankali".  Mutane da yawa daga cikin masu kadarori sun fitar da sanarwa suna kare dimokuraɗiyya ga masu hannun jari da kuma yin kira da a dogara ga tsarin SEC a matsayin hanyar da ta dace don warware takaddamar wakilci . 

A watan Yunin 2024, kotu ta yi watsi da karar da aka shigar a kan Follow This bisa dalilan shari'a, kuma an janye karar da aka shigar a kan Arjuna Capital bayan kamfanin ya kuduri aniyar kin sake shigar da bukatar. Follow This ya yi maraba da hukuncin, yana mai gargadin cewa karar za ta iya zama misali mai hatsari ga masu fafutukar neman masu hannun jari a nan gaba wadanda suka mayar da hankali kan sauyin yanayi. 

A shekarar 2025, Follow This bai gabatar da kudurin sauyin yanayi ba a karon farko tun shekarar 2016.  An danganta wannan shawarar da matsin lamba na doka da siyasa a Amurka, ciki har da matakan da jihohi suka dauka kan manufofin ESG da masu zuba jari na Amurka suka dauka.  Duk da rashin gabatar da kuduri, Follow This ya tara kashi 24% na masu hannun jari na BP don kada kuri'a kan sake zaben shugaban BP bayan an sauya dabarun sauyin yanayi na kamfanin mai. 

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