Brisbane, 26 September 2019 The climate crisis dominated Suncorp's annual general meeting in Brisbane today, from the Chairman and CEO reporting losses from extreme weather events, shareholders bringing personal stories of how climate impacts are destroying their...
AGL shareholders demand coal plant closure
19 September 2019 AGL shareholders today sent a strong message to Australia's biggest climate polluter, with more than 30% voting in favour of a resolution demanding the company reduce emissions in line with the Paris climate goals. Only twice before has a climate...
Macquarie’s slow progress leaves room for gas expansion
25 July 2019 Macquarie Group’s annual general meeting today saw the company face community and shareholder backlash over its advisory role on the huge Rio Grande liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in the United States. While Macquarie has made some good progress on...
QBE’s unanswered questions
11 June 2019 It’s not often that an annual general meeting (AGM) can be described as compelling. QBE’s AGM held on 9 May, however, delivered the goods with several questions from the floor resulting in extraordinary exchanges between shareholders and the chairman...
Mineral Commodities Ltd chairman accuses a South African proxy holder of abandoning his country at AGM
Community concerns about MRC's operations include a nearby cliff collapse at the Tormin mine on South Africa's West Coast in 2015. Credit: Ground Up News Mineral Commodities Limited (MRC) is a company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, which operates in...
Sydney Airport: taking climate seriously after flooding events
24 May 2019 What a difference a year (and some runway flooding) makes! Sydney Airport’s chairman Trevor Gerber has certainly changed his tune on taking climate risk seriously since last year’s annual general meeting. Back then, Gerber didn’t think the risks of...
Buru Energy’s own testing shows higher levels of chemical contaminants
Protest against fracking outside Buru Energy's AGM in Perth, May 2019 Buru Energy, a West Australian-based exploration and production company, is planning to re-inject wastewater from fracking wells into the earth said chairman Eric Streitberg at today’s annual...
QBE leaves door open to oil and gas phase out
QBE Insurance faced a barrage of questions as well as a shareholder resolution calling for the company to set targets to phase out its exposure to all fossil fuels at its annual general meeting on 9 May 2019. Although QBE took a big step forward in March when it...
AMP Chairman: “My opinions about climate change are irrelevant”
2 May 2019 Last year, AMP appointed this man as its new Chairman: With a history of climate-sceptic comments like this, it's unsurprising that Murray was challenged over his views on climate change at AMP's annual general meeting in Sydney today. He was given every...
Op-ed: Investors must reject climate denial on boards, starting with AMP
Market Forces in the media Will van de Pol, Renew Economy 30 April 2019 Climate change is already dominating the federal election campaign, as Messrs Morrison and Shorten dodge and weave protesters, aghast that either major party’s policy could still allow for massive...