8 November 2018 Cooper Energy – an Australian gas and oil exploration and production company – was questioned at its annual general meeting (AGM) today about how climate change would affect its business. Oil and gas companies are clearly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, including global policy decisions … Read More
Downer board can’t face up to climate questions
1 November 2018 Downer’s board of directors faced questions at today’s annual general meeting about their climate change views and the company’s stance on Australia’s emissions targets. Downer Holdings Company Ltd, as it is listed on the Australian stock exchange, has a diverse business portfolio that includes power, oil and … Read More
Another year, another $1m in political donations from fossil fuel companies
1 February 2018 Malcolm Turnbull’s personal donation of $1.75 million around the time of the 2016 Federal election may have grabbed all the headlines, but the ongoing contributions to political parties by Australia’s largest fossil fuel companies may explain why our climate policies are so appallingly weak. Fossil fuel companies … Read More
Beach Energy: leaking mercury
23 November 2017 In response to shareholder questioning at today’s Beach Energy AGM in Adelaide, the company’s board confirmed it would consider adopting the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations by the end of 2018, noting that much more work needed to be done. Shareholders also asked if … Read More
BHP stands by climate-wrecking MCA
Melbourne, 16 November 2017 Yesterday’s BHP Billiton Annual General Meeting in Melbourne was notable for protests outside, and unhappy shareholders inside, who questioned the company’s record on climate change, its relationship with indigenous peoples and its response to the Samarco dam disaster in 2015. BHP is Australia’s largest diversified mining … Read More
Seven Group Holdings assert they have no significant environmental liabilities
16 November 2017 This morning at Seven Group Holdings (SGH) annual general meeting in Sydney, Chairman Kerry Matthew Stokes reaffirmed that the company does not consider ‘climate risk’ as a material business risk. This is despite the company’s massive exposure to the energy and sector through its subsidiary SGH Energy … Read More
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 drastic change in the company’s asset portfolio from 100% crude oil reserves … Read More
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 disclose information in accordance to the final recommendations made by the … Read More
Big banks still nearly $30 billion exposed to coal, oil and gas extraction
All four of Australia’s major retail banks have now reported their 2017 full year results and it is clear they are still heavily invested in fossil fuels. Collectively, ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, NAB and Westpac are exposed to coal mining and oil & gas extraction to the tune of $28.9 billion. … Read More
Media release: Origin Energy faces three shareholder resolutions
23 August 2017 Coordinated by environmental finance group Market Forces, shareholders in Origin Energy have filed a series of resolutions with the oil and gas major. View ASX announcement. The three resolutions, to be heard at Origin’s October AGM, call for greater disclosure of climate risks, the development of a … Read More