by Rachel Deans | Nov 16, 2018 | Coal, Feature, Fossil Fuels, Gas, News, Shareholder action at AGMs
15 November 2018 “We’ll be doing everything we can as a company to slow down climate change” Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) chairman Andrew Forrest told shareholders today. Forrest’s proclamation at the company’s annual general meeting (AGM) was a...
by Julien Vincent | Nov 15, 2018 | News, Shareholder action at AGMs
14 November 2018 “Newcrest is not a political party so it doesn’t necessarily take a position on whether the Paris accord is a good idea or a bad idea,” said Peter Hay, chairman of Newcrest Mining, at the company’s annual general meeting yesterday. “It’s up to...
by Rachel Deans | Nov 15, 2018 | Gas, News, Oil, Shareholder action at AGMs
15 November 2018 When it comes to measuring the financial risk of climate change, not much has changed for oil and gas company Senex over the past three years. In 2016 its auditors declared they did not consider climate risk as a financial risk. In 2017 the board...
by Rachel Deans | Nov 15, 2018 | Fossil Fuels, Gas, News, Shareholder action at AGMs
14 November 2018 Globally over 500 companies with trillions of dollars’ worth of assets have started to disclose the risks posed by our climate change emergency. But Central Petroleum isn’t one of them. At its annual general meeting in Brisbane yesterday it was...
by Rachel Deans | Nov 13, 2018 | Gas, News, Shareholder action at AGMs
15 November 2018 It was a case of déjà vu this week, with two gas exploration companies almost reading from the same script as they responded to shareholder concerns about climate change resilience at separate annual general meetings (AGM). Lakes Oil and Liquified...
by Rachel Deans | Nov 9, 2018 | Fossil Fuels, Gas, News, Oil, Shareholder action at AGMs, Uncategorized
9 November 2018 Western Australia-based oil and gas exploration company Carnarvon Petroleum made clear at its annual general meeting today that it does not consider climate change as a material financial risk. Chairman P. J. Leonhardt explained he had missed a page of...