31 October 2018 Beleaguered salmon farming company Tassal, infamous for the ABC Four Corners ‘big fish’ report, was today questioned at its AGM on the business risks of global warming and whether it would join the 240 companies worldwide that have signed up to the Task Force for Climate Related … Read More
Magellan can’t see risks to its own business
Magellan Financial Group’s (MFG) deputy investment officer Dominico Giuliano recently made statements in the media about the need for accurate climate risk disclosure. At its annual general meeting (AGM) today, however, the company seemed to think that climate change risks didn’t apply to them Serious oversight Earlier this year, Giulano publicly scolded some … Read More
CommBank getting out of coal
15 November 2017Commonwealth Bank’s Chair Catherine Livingstone has used today’s annual general meeting in Sydney to indicate the bank intends to get out of the coal industry. Under pressure after Commonwealth Bank has continued its role as Australia’s biggest fossil fuel lender, and having failed to produce a policy that contains … Read More