Narrabri gas plans undermine APA’s net zero claims

Narrabri residents say no to coal seam gas. Credit - Lock the Gate Alliance / Joseph McGrath

21 October 2021 Australia’s biggest gas pipeline company, APA, has recently adopted an ambition to reach net zero operational emissions by 2050. It also regularly refers to driving the energy transition to support the Paris climate goals, and a net zero by 2050 outcome. However, at its annual general meeting … Read More

Tell GIP: don’t enable Woodside’s climate-wrecking Scarborough gas project

18 October 2021 After thousands of community members took action, infrastructure investor Brookfield has reportedly decided not to partner with Woodside on its climate-wrecking Scarborough-Pluto gas project. This is great news, and a reward for the efforts of community members who have made a stand against this project. But Brookfield’s … Read More

Australian record: 55% of AGL shareholders demand emission reductions

22 September 2021 55% of shareholders in Australia’s biggest climate polluter, AGL, today demanded the company set targets to reduce its gargantuan emissions in line with the climate goals of the Paris Agreement. This is the highest ever vote in favour of a climate-related shareholder resolution, against the board’s recommendation, … Read More

99% of Rio Tinto shareholders vote for Paris-aligned emission targets

6 May 2021 99% of Rio Tinto’s investors today voted in favour of a Market Forces-coordinated resolution calling for Paris-aligned emission reduction targets, on the back of a supporting statement which tears the company’s current targets to shreds. The vote came after Rio waved the white flag in the arguments … Read More

QBE’s do-nothing oil and gas policy critiqued at AGM

05 MAY 2021 Today’s QBE annual general meeting (AGM) saw a significant increase in the shareholder vote on a resolution calling for the insurer to set Paris-aligned oil and gas exposure targets, despite the company having attempted to placate investors with a lacklustre policy update in the interim. 21.4% of … Read More