4 May 2017 Rio Tinto has been taken to task over its slow response to investors' climate concerns. At the company's London annual general meeting last year, shareholders passed a resolution calling on the company to disclose their strategy for dealing with the risks...
Media release: Santos admit to ‘four degree’ climate policy, backed by institutional investors
Adelaide, 4 May 2017 In a remarkable admission at the AGM of Australian oil and gas firm Santos today, Chairman Peter Coates revealed its business model is based on a ‘four degree’ climate pathway, completely at odds with international efforts to meet the Paris...
Santos shows contempt for investors, climate change, at its AGM
Adelaide, Thursday, 4 May 2017 A resolution that would have directed Santos to disclose the risks climate change poses to its business has been defeated at today's annual general meeting of the company, which reiterated its intent to explore for more unconventional...
QBE supporting Adani!
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CommBank – Last bank standing on Adani?
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Analysis: Westpac’s new climate change policy
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Westpac’s new climate policy rules out most new coal mines – including Carmichael!
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Media Release: Westpac’s coal exclusion means no funding to Adani coal mine
Brisbane, 28 April 2017 Environmental finance campaigning organisation Market Forces has welcomed the climate change policy update released by Westpac today, which makes the bank the latest to rule out funding Adani's Carmichael coal mine. The policy tightens the...
Will your super fund vote for or against climate action?
Oil Search and Santos are two of Australia’s largest oil and gas companies – and neither is addressing the risks of climate change. Oil Search is one of the biggest companies operating in Papua New Guinea, a country already feeling the effects of climate change. Sea...
Media Release: Santos rejects climate shareholder resolution
Santos rejects climate shareholder resolution Tuesday 4 April, 2017: Environmental finance organisation Market Forces has expressed disappointment that Santos’ management has advised shareholders to reject a resolution calling on the company to acknowledge and assess...