by Munira Chowdhury | Dec 15, 2017 | Blog, Feature, Fossil Fuels, News, Shareholder action at AGMs
15 December 2017 The Annual General Meeting of Orica, one of the world’s largest providers of commercial explosives and blasting systems for mining, was held this morning in Melbourne. The ASX50 company, which is heavily reliant on the coal, oil and gas industries,...
by Munira Chowdhury | Nov 23, 2017 | Feature, News, Shareholder action at AGMs
23 November 2017 When asked by shareholders, at today’s annual general meeting, if IOOF would implement recommendations from the the Task Force for Climate related Financial Disclosures, chairman George Venardos claimed “there’s really not much we can do.”...
by Munira Chowdhury | Nov 17, 2017 | Blog, Coal, Feature, News, Shareholder action at AGMs
17 November 2017 Yesterday afternoon, consumer staples giant Wesfarmers held their annual general meeting (AGM) in Perth. The AGM saw a big turn-out of more than 2000 shareholders who questioned the board on issues ranging from accountability, risk disclosure, human...
by Munira Chowdhury | Nov 16, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, News, Oil, Shareholder action at AGMs
16 November 2017 This morning at Seven Group Holdings (SGH) annual general meeting in Sydney, Chairman Kerry Matthew Stokes reaffirmed that the company does not consider ‘climate risk’ as a material business risk. This is despite the company’s massive exposure...
by Munira Chowdhury | Nov 9, 2017 | Blog, Feature, News, Shareholder action at AGMs
9 November 2017 This morning at the Annual General Meeting of Karoon Gas in Melbourne, Chairman David Klingner expressed that setting targets in terms of Karoon’s GHG emissions will be meaningless. This is completely contradictory to the company’s...
