A rally for British energy company Shell in London yesterday was disrupted by climate activists, shouting slogans and carrying protest banners. Organizers have to interrupt the event, during which the company plans to choose its climate strategy. British media informed about it. The police also came.

“Stop lying that you didn’t do anything harm. Think of your children and your family, they will not be spared the effects of climate change,” chanted protesters. notes from the meeting published by the British left-wing daily The Guardian. “There’s no profit from pollution,” they shouted too.

Police arrive at the General Assembly in central London. However, he allowed the protesters to chant the slogans an hour after the rally started.

“We are here to humiliate them and hold them accountable as best we can. They know what happened. We’re not here to educate them,” Aidan Knox of the activist group Money Rebellion, which has ties to the Extinction protest movement, told the Reuters Rebellion. According to the group, more than 70 protesters took part in the event.

According to Andrew Mackenzie, chairman of Shell’s board of directors, police asked all Shell employees, including board members, to leave after nearly two hours. After their departure, the protesters began to leave the room voluntarily, keeping an eye on the police. A Shell spokesperson later announced that the rally would continue in another room after the break.

“We respect everyone’s right to express their views and welcome any constructive involvement in our strategy and energy transformation. This kind of disruption … is the opposite of constructive action,” the company said in a statement.

Shell increased adjusted net profit to a record $9.13 billion (CZK 210.4 billion) in the first quarter, up from $3.23 billion a year earlier. High oil and gas prices on world markets, as well as solid results from the company’s sales division, contributed to the significant increase. The company announced it would increase its dividend by about four percent.

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