Chevron Corp. suffered a backlash on Wednesday during the annual meeting as a shareholder proposal was overwhelmingly approved for the energy major to reduce the emissions of its customers, aka Scope 3.

According to a preliminary tally of the vote, 61% were in favor of the nonbinding proposal to reduce Scope 3 emissions, which Chevron does not directly control. 

Approval of the proposal does not mandate Chevron to set targets on how much or when it needs to reduce customer emissions. However, the strong support may send a signal to management that investors want more action to combat climate change.

CEO Michael Wirth ensured stockholders that the company is listening to their concerns.

“Chevron has navigated through the challenges of the last year better than most in...