23 November 2018 “Our targets are based on the... Australian [emissions] requirement” chairman John Bevan told shareholders at Bluescope Steel’s annual general meeting (AGM) today in Sydney, where climate change was a hot topic. Whilst acknowledging support for the...
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“If we’re not reducing emissions then we should be castigated publicly” – Woolworths chairman tells shareholders
21 November 2018 With a slew of climate-related questions and a grilling over labour exploitation practices as well as its gambling operations, the board of retail and consumer staples giant Woolworths clearly felt the pressure at its annual general meeting in Sydney...
Medibank confirms shift out of fossil fuel investments
[cs_content][cs_element_section _id="1" ][cs_element_row _id="2" ][cs_element_column _id="3" ][cs_text]14 November 2018 Health insurer Medibank reaffirmed its commitment to dumping its coal, oil and gas company shares before the end of this financial year at its...
Perpetual has no overarching climate risk strategy
1 November 2018 Financial services giant Perpetual Ltd today failed to inspire any confidence from shareholders concerned about the world's ever growing climate emergency. Grilled over how it plans to manage the risks associated with global warming at its annual...
Boral still won’t rule out working with Adani
30 October 2018 It’s hard to know where to begin with Boral, one of the world's 160 most polluting companies. You could look at the fact that it's been shying away from renewables, despite losing $15 million USD from climate-driven weather events in the last financial...
Bendigo & Adelaide customers in drought, bank still won’t spell it out
30 October 2018 Bendigo and Adelaide Bank is the fifth largest retail bank in Australia and among the top 100 ASX-listed companies. They have a fairly clean record when it comes to fossil fuel investments as they don’t lend to projects in the coal and coal seam gas...
APA’s pipeline is “head of the snake that is the Pilliga project”
25 October 2018 "We’re just the truck to get the eggs to market after they've been laid," APA chairman Michael Fraser told a concerned landowner at the gas infrastructure company's annual general meeting today. Western Plains farmer David Chadwick replied: "We don’t...
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...
AGL reaffirms closing Liddell coal-fired power station by 2022
26 September 2018 Today energy giant AGL faced angry community representatives and shareholders at its annual general meeting (AGM) in Melbourne. Most of question time was taken up by the Western Port community voicing their concerns over Crib Point, with the board...
Medibank, NIB & HCF divestment job half-done
[cs_content][cs_element_section _id="1" ][cs_element_row _id="2" ][cs_element_column _id="3" ][cs_text _order="0"]Update 27 September 2018: Medibank has confirmed that it will have completed its shift to low-carbon investments for their Australian share portfolio by...