Responding to the news that Siemens has decided to continue working on the Adani Carmichael coal export project, Market Forces Executive Director Julien Vincent said: “Siemens’ appalling decision to keep working on Adani’s climate-wrecking coal mine shows...
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Senex: company statements on the Paris Agreement are hollow
18 November 2019 Senex, an Australian oil and gas company, states in its annual report that the company “recognises and accepts the science of climate change and fully supports the objectives of limiting global temperate rise as agreed by governments in the 2015 Paris...
Cooper Energy following 4°C global warming path
7 November 2019 In response to questioning at the company's annual general meeting today, Cooper Energy confirmed it has "set its future operations against" a 4°C global warming scenario. Cooper's 2019 Sustainability Report stated the company is developing scenarios...
Choked by Coal: the Carbon Catastrophe in Bangladesh
Choked by Coal: the Carbon Catastrophe in Bangladesh New analysis shows China, UK and Japan driving 63-fold coal power expansion in Bangladesh Media Release: 6 November 2019 Massive coal-based power expansion in Bangladesh is set to propel it into the ranks of the...
Suncorp faces heat at its AGM as losses mount on climate impacts
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...
Suncorp: The last major Australian insurer supporting new coal
11 April, 2019 One of Australia’s biggest insurance companies has ended up being the last major insurer still open to providing insurance to (underwriting) new thermal coal projects. Suncorp, which owns brands AAMI, GIO, APIA and Just Car, was put into this...
Incitec Pivot: 4°C warming = selling more fertiliser
Incitec Pivot's lobbying association memberships include the Mining Council of Australia and Queensland Resources Council December 2018 Incitec Pivot is an Australian multinational corporation that manufactures fertiliser, explosives, chemicals, and delivers mining...
Washington H. Soul Pattinson flies the coal flag and tells concerned shareholders to “sell their shares”
7 December 2018 "We continue to believe in the long term need and demand for coal" the CEO of Washington H. Soul Pattinson (WHSP), Todd Barlow told shareholders at the company’s annual general meeting (AGM) in Sydney today. It quickly became clear that climate change...
Karoon Gas: not quite the environmentalist it claims to be
30 November 2018 "We are at heart environmentalists," CEO Robert Hosking of oil explorer and soon-to-be producer, Karoon Gas told shareholders at today's annual general meeting in Melbourne. The company, which is about to drill an offshore oil well in Peru that has a...
Resource Generation – “dead” without Noble Group’s backing
30 November 2018 Resource Generation (Resgen) has only one asset — a coal mine they want to build in South Africa. They haven’t yet been able to reach financial close for this mine but that was not the only issue raised at their annual general meeting in Brisbane...