Shareholder action at AGMs Archives - Page 28 of 47

Fortescue Metals Group: Andrew Forrest’s twin pursuits are incompatible

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...

Newcrest Mining confused about its own climate risks

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...

Senex passes the buck on climate change targets

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...

Climate change risks not on Central Petroleum’s radar

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...

Lakes Oil & LNG fail to consider the financial impact of climate change

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...

Carnarvon Petroleum – climate change not a financial risk

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...