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 commitment to...
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Fortescue avoids tough questions on climate
9 November 2017 Yesterday Fortescue Metals Group failed to give a clear time frame for implementing the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). As one of Australia's major energy users, Fortescue must demonstrate how it plans...
Big banks still nearly $30 billion exposed to coal, oil and gas extraction
All four of Australia's major retail banks have now reported their 2017 full year results and it is clear they are still heavily invested in fossil fuels. Collectively, ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, NAB and Westpac are exposed to coal mining and oil & gas extraction to...
Keep Chinese investment out of Adani Carmichael
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Public Health Association calls on Medibank to divest
3 November , 2017 The Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) has made a strong statement in favour of fossil fuel divestment, calling on health insurer Medibank to divest its shares in coal, oil and gas companies. The peak Australian public health body, which...
Downer refuses to shed any light on Chinese involvement in Adani mine
2 November 2017 The board of Downer EDI today came under intense pressure from shareholders at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) over the company’s relationship with Adani and the planned Carmichael coal mine. In an unprecedented move that suggested the board wanted...
Boral: “Climate not a significant risk”
[cs_content][cs_element_section _id="1"][cs_element_row _id="2"][cs_element_column _id="3"][cs_text _order="0"]2 November 2017Last financial year, Boral Ltd spent around $300 million on energy and emitted 2.5 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. So far this financial...
Adani List Tour
1 November 2017 Today we marched down Collins Street to confront the companies that are doing business with Adani, ending up at the International Mining Conference where the CEO of Adani Australia was set to deliver an address to a crowd of Australia's mining elite....
NIB commits to fossil fuel divestment
1 November 2017 One of Australia’s biggest health insurers, NIB, committed to completing their divestment from fossil fuels at their annual general meeting in Sydney today, further isolating their major competitor Medibank, whose AGM is coming up on 13 November. In...
Whitehaven’s expansion plans contradicts the Paris Agreement
25 October, 2017 Today at the Whitehaven Coal annual general meeting (AGM), the board and CEO made it clear that the company has no intention of operating in line with the COP21 Paris Agreement. Chairman Mark Vaile and CEO Paul Flynn spoke about the company's growth...