Update: 10 am, Saturday 17 December 2016 In news breaking this morning, ANZ's CEO Shayne Elliott told media after the AGM that ANZ's coal mining exposure was shrinking and he didn't see a reversal of that trend, effectively ruling out funding for the Adani Carmichael...
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Westpac tests the patience of ethical investors
9 December 2016 Westpac’s ‘clean and green’ image was shattered today at their Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Adelaide. It started outside the venue where a group of young people presented Westpac with a ‘climate hypocrite’ award for their bankrolling of dirty fossil...
Karoon Gas: Reducing our emissions would be a pointless gesture
1 December 2016 Karoon Gas held its AGM in Melbourne yesterday, and confirmed it’s business as usual for the oil and gas explorer, despite its stated support for the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to 2°C above pre-industrial temperatures. The...
Stanmore Coal: Failing to plan or planning to fail?
30 November 2016 Stanmore Coal owns and operates nine coal mining projects in Queensland, including open cut and underground mines, as well as a number of projects in development. Like most pure play fossil fuel companies, Stanmore is in denial about the future of...
BHP’s Minerals Council membership touches a nerve
17 November 2016 With operations in over 25 countries, BHP Billiton is one of the world’s largest mining companies. Two years ago the company was rated one of the top twenty most carbon polluting companies. The mining giant has also been involved in several...
Wesfarmers: not ‘evolving’ quickly enough
11 November 2016 Best known as the parent company of Coles, K-mart, Target, Bunnings and Officeworks, Wesfarmers also owns two open cut coal mines: Curragh in Queensland (100% owned by Wesfarmers) and Bengalla in New South Wales (40% stake). Shareholders attending the...
Beach Energy, unconventional and unsafe
10 November 2016 Beach Energy held its annual general meeting (AGM) in Adelaide today, where local campaigners for the protection of agricultural land questioned the efficacy of Beach Energy’s unconventional gas exploration in the Otway Basin. Beach Energy is...
CommBank faces backlash on fossil fuel lending
9 November 2016 In an unprecedented reaction against CommBank's refusal to phase out their lending to coal, oil and gas projects, the bank's Board was forced to endure extended questioning and a protest at their annual general meeting in Perth today. Many shareholders...
Whitehaven: A lot to hide this AGM
28 October 2016 Yesterday Whitehaven Coal held their Annual General Meeting in Sydney. They obviously had a lot to hide. While most AGMs are filmed and broadcast, Whitehaven decided to record only the audio, and cut off recording completely before question time. To...
Media Release: Australians hoodwinked by superfunds over multi-million dollar executive fossil fuel exploration bonuses
Melbourne, Thursday 29 September, 2016: A new report released today by environmental finance campaigners Market Forces reveals the multi-million dollar bonuses awarded to Australian and international fossil fuel company executives for expanding reserves which are...