FAR, an Australian oil and gas exploration company that operates mainly in Senegal, finally accepted the importance of climate change as a business risk at their annual general meeting (AGM) today. This was in sharp contrast to last year’s AGM where the topic was not mentioned until question time, and … Read More
Sydney Airport – ‘still above water so we’re in good shape’
‘According to Coastal Risk Australia, sea level rise is expected to flood parts of the Sydney Airport runway. This flooding occurs even in the low scenario, where the expectation is that there would be a worldwide reduction in global emissions. What current modelling is our company using for this, and … Read More
Oil Search assets – eroded under 2 degrees
11/5/2018 At the Oil Search annual general meeting today chairman Richard Lee assured shareholders that Oil Search’s assets were safe under 2 degrees of global warming. Speaking about the company’s 2017 Climate Change Resilience Report he explained ‘the analysis concluded the PNG assets, the proposed expansion in PNG and the … Read More
Caltex proves fossil fuels are incompatible with 2 degrees
Caltex CEO Julian Segal made a perfect case for ditching the company’s fossil fuel-reliant business model yesterday at the company’s Annual General Meeting when he said “If we were to put a target to reduce emissions by 50%, that would mean closing the refinery at Lytton”. See the clip here: … Read More
QBE faces massive shareholder pressure at AGM
Australia’s biggest insurer and fossil fuel underwriter QBE Insurance admits it needs to manage climate change risks much better but rejects shareholder vote for action. 3 May 2018 Today a shareholder resolution calling on QBE to disclose the risks to its business from climate change was backed by 18.6% of … Read More
Fierce opposition to Narrabri gas project
3 May 2018 Gomeroi traditional owners and farmers from Narrabri made it very clear today at Santos’ annual general meeting (AGM) that they do not want Santos to go ahead with its unconventional gas project in the Pilliga Forest (known by traditional owners as the Billiga). Farmer Adam Macrae explained … Read More
Did your super fund vote for climate action?
You may have seen our recent research revealing that the vast majority of Australia’s biggest super funds are regularly voting against climate action at the companies they invest in. Well, super funds were given the opportunity to turn this trend around at three recent annual general meetings. Use the form … Read More
Big institutions back Rio Tinto resolution
2 May 2018 A resolution calling on Rio Tinto to publish the payments that it makes to groups lobbying on energy and climate policy, and to review whether such memberships are consistent with Rio’s stated support for emissions reductions, featured prominently at the company’s annual general meeting today. The resolution … Read More
Woodside say they have ‘no stranded assets’
19 April 2018 ‘We don’t believe that we have stranded assets’, said Woodside chairman Michael Chaney when asked about the oil and gas company’s new Scarborough gas field at today’s AGM. Watch the response here: This directly contradicts the findings of UK think tank Carbon Tracker which warned last year … Read More
