by Rachel Deans | May 30, 2019 | Carbon Bubble, Gas, News, Oil, Shareholder action at AGMs
Market Forces has named FAR as one of the 21 companies that investors should immediately divest from. Why? Because the company has had more than three years to show it can transition to be in line with the Paris Agreement. It has not only failed at this but is also...
by Rachel Deans | May 16, 2019 | Fossil Fuels, Gas, News, Shareholder action at AGMs
Protest against fracking outside Buru Energy’s AGM in Perth, May 2019 Buru Energy, a West Australian-based exploration and production company, is planning to re-inject wastewater from fracking wells into the earth said chairman Eric Streitberg at today’s annual...
by Rachel Deans | May 6, 2019 | Carbon Bubble, Gas, News, Oil, Shareholder action at AGMs
In a week where climate change dominated global headlines with the UK Parliament’s declaration of a climate emergency and school strikers taking to the streets in over 500 locations worldwide, corporate Australia was also facing increasing scrutiny on climate...
by Jack Bertolus | Jan 16, 2019 | Banks, Coal, Feature, Fossil Fuels, Gas, Research
January 2019 Australia’s major banks have been getting back into fossil fuels over the last year, casting doubt on their seriousness in tackling climate change through their investments. This study compares the banks’ reported exposures to fossil fuels and...
by Rachel Deans | Dec 20, 2018 | Carbon Bubble, Coal, Gas, News, Oil, Shareholder action at AGMs
Orica provide explosives, blasting and tunnelling services to the mining, oil and gas, and construction industries. Unlike some of its industry peers, Orica’s published reports do give shareholders some sense of reality: the company accepts the science of climate...
by Rachel Deans | Dec 19, 2018 | Banks, Coal, Feature, Fossil Fuels, Gas, News, Shareholder action at AGMs
19 December 2018 The chair of National Australia Bank (NAB), Dr Ken Henry, told shareholders today that while NAB fully supports the Paris Agreement goal to limit global warming to 2ºC, the bank still plans to “support fossil fuel projects” in the coming...