22 October 2020 - For immediate release Institutional investors will today vote on a world first shareholder resolution, calling on Whitehaven Coal to demonstrate how it will wind down coal operations in line with global climate change targets. The resolution, which...
Origin Energy shuts down Traditional Owner and climate change concerns
20 October 2020 Origin Energy took advantage of the COVID-19 situation to stifle shareholders' rights to challenge the company at its annual general meeting today. After taking questions from shareholders for less than 40 minutes, Origin Chair Gordon Cairns refused to...
Aurizon AGM: empty new climate strategy and avoiding Adani questions yet again
14 October 2020 Catastrophic climate change Aurizon’s ‘base case’ Aurizon generates around 80% of its revenue from hauling coal. Aside from coal miners themselves, there are few businesses in the country as exposed to the financial risks posed by the rapid transition...
BHP shareholders call out climate hypocrisy
14 October 2020 BHP shareholders used the mining giant’s annual general meeting today to call out the glaring inconsistency between BHP’s claimed commitment to the Paris climate goals and its plans to increase fossil fuel production. Last month, BHP set new targets to...
CommBank fails to gaslight shareholders over its gas lending at 2020 AGM
13 October 2020 Today’s annual general meeting (AGM) heard from Commonwealth Bank shareholders who clearly feel the bank isn’t living up to its climate claims and commitments, especially considering its funding for expansion of the gas industry. Gas lending...
Adani rebrands Abbot Point coal port to Nth Qld Export Terminal
9 October 2020 Yesterday Adani formalised the rebranding of its coal port from Adani Abbot Point Terminal to North Queensland Export Terminal (NQXT). In paperwork submitted to the corporate regulator ASIC, six companies through which Adani holds and finances the port...
AGL refuses to wind up coal power in line with Paris goals
7 October 2020 AGL today refused to adopt a shareholder proposal to bring forward the closure of its coal fired power stations in line with the company's own analysis of closure dates required to meet the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C warming goal. Big investors, including...
Super funds are slowly moving on climate action – are your retirement savings still invested in climate destruction?
6 October 2020 2020 has seen some significant shifts in how super funds are dealing with climate change and the risks it poses, resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars being withdrawn from some of Australia’s dirtiest companies. Millions more Australians no...
Media Release: ANZ, NAB face shareholder resolutions on climate action
ANZ and NAB called upon to reduce exposure to fossil fuels in line with the Paris Agreement’s climate change goals. Thursday 1 October 2020 Environmental finance organisation Market Forces is today lodging shareholder resolutions with ANZ and NAB. The resolutions call...
NAB to review oil & gas policy after competitors commit to tighten lending to the sector
14 September 2020 NAB has announced it will review its policy relating to finance for oil & gas within the next 6-12 months. The bank’s CEO Ross McEwan disclosed NAB’s intentions on Friday afternoon as part of a House of Representatives Economics Committee...