By Julien Vincent, Executive director, Market Forces Sydney Morning Herald/Age, 2 August 2018. 2 August 2018 Transparency has never been superannuation industry’s strong suit. Despite super being one of the biggest investments Australians make over their lifetimes,...
Artwork contributes to supporting Narrabri locals
In May this year, hundreds of people contributed to a crowdfunder to allow locals, including five farmers and a Gomeroi Traditional Owner, to attend the Santos annual general meeting to show the overwhelming community opposition to Santos’ coal seam gas project. One...
Macquarie to produce climate risk scenario analysis
26 July 2018 “Risk has always been at the heart of Macquarie”, said Nicholas Moore, managing director and chief executive officer at today’s annual general meeting in Sydney. As part of its risk framework, Macquarie Group will now begin producing a scenario analysis...
Support Mark’s super legal battle over climate change
Meet Mark, an ordinary 23 year old from Brisbane who is taking an extraordinary action that could have a big climate impact... Mark won’t be able to access his super for nearly 40 years. That’s a long time for the impacts of climate change to hit hard. So Mark needs...
AusNet: no commitment on the Task Force
AusNet own and operate the Victorian electricity transmission network, which is mainly powered by brown coal in the Latrobe Valley. Since Australia needs to keep 95% of its coal in the ground to meet the Paris Agreement’s goal of holding global warming well below two...
Adani: No customers, no finance, but still a threat
[cs_element_section _id="1" ][cs_element_row _id="2" ][cs_element_column _id="3" ] UPDATE: 18 July 2018 In a television interview overnight, the son of Gautam Adani, Karan, claimed that financial close had been reached for the Carmichael coal...
Adani scrapes the bottom of the barrel to refinance Abbot Point
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CSR: no appetite for renewables despite unreliability of coal power
27 June 2018 There was plenty of praise for the Federal government’s fossil fuel-loving policies at the CSR annual general meeting this morning. CSR Limited is a major Australian ASX100 company, supplying building and construction materials across the nation. It owns...
CommBank and NAB fund massive new LNG terminal despite 2°C commitments
8 June 2018 Last week we released our Banks 2° Scorecard 2018, an updated account of how the actions of Australia’s big four banks are tracking (or not) to their stated support of the Paris Agreement goal to limit global warming to well below 2°C, compared with...
Sundance Energy: still ignoring climate risks
04 June 2018 Sundance Energy Australia’s chairman was decidedly upbeat at the fracking firm’s annual general meeting (AGM) held last week in Adelaide on 31 May 2018. ‘This is exciting time for our shareholders,’ proclaimed Mike Hannell. “Strong economic growth and...