12 November 2020 Cooper Energy, a rapidly-growing gas and oil producer focused on the south east Australian market, today faced a shareholder resolution calling on the company to wind up its fossil fuel production in a manner consistent with the Paris climate goals....
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Fortescue talks up renewable energy shift, but ignores many climate questions
11 November 2020 Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) founder and chair Andrew Forrest used today's annual general meeting to announce the company's plans to move heavily into renewable energy and green industry opportunities, but appeared to systematically ignore shareholder...
Central Petroleum fails to back up climate risk claims
10 November 2020 With major investment decisions on new gas projects expected in the next two years, shareholders attending Central's annual general meeting today wanted to know if the company is manging the risk that its gas projects will be left stranded by the...
Mark’s historic super fund legal win
5 November 2020 You may have seen the news this week about 25-year-old Brisbane ecologist Mark McVeigh, who won a historic legal battle against his $57 billion super fund, Rest, over climate change. What you may not know is that Mark used Market Forces’ research and...
South32’s new climate plan won’t include scope 3 targets
29 October 2020 Diversified mining company South32 told shareholders today it would have "something to say" about its huge scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions (those generated from the use of its products) when the company updates its climate policy next year. However,...
Boral too slow to address climate risk
27 October 2020 Climate change risk was once again on the agenda at Boral's annual general meeting today, as it has been since 2017. Despite the clear expectations set by shareholders over these past years, Boral progress on addressing both the physical and...
Worley stops short of 1.5°C assessment
26 October 2020 At its annual general meeting last Friday, Worley was a pains to stress the company's support for a low-carbon energy transition. This is consistent with recent developments at the company, which has historically provided integral engineering services...
Whitehaven Coal stifles debate on world-first proposal to wind down coal production
22 October 2020 Thanks to the efforts of over 100 shareholders, all of Whitehaven Coal's investors were today forced to consider the case for the company to demonstrate how it will wind down coal operations in line with the climate goals of the Paris Agreement....
Media release: Whitehaven faces world-first resolution to wind down its coal operations
22 October 2020 - For immediate release Institutional investors will today vote on a world first shareholder resolution, calling on Whitehaven Coal to demonstrate how it will wind down coal operations in line with global climate change targets. The resolution, which...
Origin Energy shuts down Traditional Owner and climate change concerns
20 October 2020 Origin Energy took advantage of the COVID-19 situation to stifle shareholders' rights to challenge the company at its annual general meeting today. After taking questions from shareholders for less than 40 minutes, Origin Chair Gordon Cairns refused to...