Sunday, February 22, 2015

Tired of villain stamp – Dagens Næringsliv

He has had enough of the “soap opera-like” climate debate where the oil industry is always the villain. Shell top Ben van Beurden believes oil bosses have to get on the pitch and appear more charismatic.

The article is added to your reading list.

– The discussions which increasingly taking place in social media, get a baseline and soap opera-like character. You have heroes, and you have crooks, but in reality it is not like that. It is much more complex. Therefore we must go vote and be a part of this.

Shell CEO Ben van Beurden sitting at Holmenkollen Park Hotel and talking about climate and energy debate. Everything from CO 2 -kvotehandel renewable subsidies affecting industry fundamentally. This year the world attempt to agree on a binding international climate agreement at COP 21 meeting in Paris.

Like many in the industry, he is concerned about the level of knowledge in the outside world. The difference is that van Beurden goes high on the track.

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