[cs_element_section _id="1"][cs_element_row _id="2"][cs_element_column _id="3"]13 November 2017Australia's biggest health insurer today announced it will divest from fossil fuels due to the negative health impacts of climate change.This...
Cooper Energy: receiving funding from ANZ
At the Cooper Energy annual general meeting board members asserted they were conscious of environmental impacts, however they were unable to give specific details about their plans as they weren't yet formulated. Managing Director, David Maxwell, also announced a...
Karoon Gas: “Targets in terms of our GHG emissions will be meaningless”
9 November 2017 This morning at the Annual General Meeting of Karoon Gas in Melbourne, Chairman David Klingner expressed that setting targets in terms of Karoon's GHG emissions will be meaningless. This is completely contradictory to the company's commitment to...
Fortescue avoids tough questions on climate
9 November 2017 Yesterday Fortescue Metals Group failed to give a clear time frame for implementing the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). As one of Australia's major energy users, Fortescue must demonstrate how it plans...
Downer refuses to shed any light on Chinese involvement in Adani mine
2 November 2017 The board of Downer EDI today came under intense pressure from shareholders at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) over the company’s relationship with Adani and the planned Carmichael coal mine. In an unprecedented move that suggested the board wanted...
Boral: “Climate not a significant risk”
[cs_element_section _id="1"][cs_element_row _id="2"][cs_element_column _id="3"]2 November 2017Last financial year, Boral Ltd spent around $300 million on energy and emitted 2.5 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. So far this financial...
NIB commits to fossil fuel divestment
1 November 2017 One of Australia’s biggest health insurers, NIB, committed to completing their divestment from fossil fuels at their annual general meeting in Sydney today, further isolating their major competitor Medibank, whose AGM is coming up on 13 November. In...
APA’s partnership with Santos faces shareholder criticism
27 October 2017 At the annual general meeting of APA held today in Sydney, company executives faced several questions from shareholders regarding their Western Slopes Pipeline project in Northern NSW. The $450 million pipeline project is a partnership with Santos to...
Whitehaven’s expansion plans contradicts the Paris Agreement
25 October, 2017 Today at the Whitehaven Coal annual general meeting (AGM), the board and CEO made it clear that the company has no intention of operating in line with the COP21 Paris Agreement. Chairman Mark Vaile and CEO Paul Flynn spoke about the company's growth...
IAG: Federal Government is deaf on climate change
20 October 2017 In a week dominated by the Federal Government’s capitulation to the coal lobby in its latest instalment of energy policy failure, it was an opportune time for Australia’s largest general insurer – IAG – to call out the need for tougher action on...