30 October 2018 It’s hard to know where to begin with Boral, one of the world’s 160 most polluting companies. You could look at the fact that it’s been shying away from renewables, despite losing $15 million USD from climate-driven weather events in the last financial period. Or that its absolute emissions are … Read More
Bendigo & Adelaide customers in drought, bank still won’t spell it out
30 October 2016 Bendigo and Adelaide Bank is the fifth largest retail bank in Australia and among the top 100 ASX-listed companies. They have a fairly clean record when it comes to fossil fuel investments as they don’t lend to projects in the coal and coal seam gas sectors. But … Read More
Qantas refuses to commit to UN guiding principles on human rights
26 October 2018 It was a circus at the Qantas annual general meeting (AGM) in Brisbane today. Following protests outside the meeting, Australia’s flagship airline faced a shareholder resolution lodged by the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility. It called on Qantas to stop assisting in the deportation of asylum seekers and … Read More
Stanmore Coal continues to dodge climate change concerns
26 October 2018 Stanmore Coal are a pure play coal company with several thermal and coking coal mining operations across Queensland. They made headlines in 2015 when they picked up a mothballed mine from Vale and Sumitomo for just $1. In 2016, we published that Stanmore Coal were in denial … Read More
IAG still won’t commit to divest from coal
26 October 2018 “We are feeling the effects of climate change already: we see it in our own industry’s data, which tells us an inescapable truth.” That was CEO Peter Harmer today at Insurance Australia Group (IAG’s) annual general meeting (AGM). His company used the meeting to launch a ‘climate … Read More
South32 ‘getting out of coal’ by investing millions into it
25 October 2018 For a global mining group, South32 has been ahead of its peers not only in their willingness to accept climate science, but also in publicly disclosing the risks the business faces. The company even set an emissions reduction target of net zero by 2050 – not bad … Read More
APA’s pipeline is “head of the snake that is the Pilliga project”
25 October 2018 “We’re just the truck to get the eggs to market after they’ve been laid,” APA chairman Michael Fraser told a concerned landowner at the gas infrastructure company’s annual general meeting today. Western Plains farmer David Chadwick replied: “We don’t see APA’s pipeline as a chicken-carrier but as … Read More
Investors want Whitehaven Coal to disclose climate risk – but not avoid it
25 October 2018 Shareholder demands for climate risk disclosure reached a record high in Australia today, as 40% of Whitehaven Coal’s investors supported a resolution demanding the company reveal the financial risks it faces as a result of climate change. Around AUD$2 billion worth of investor support backed the climate … Read More
WorleyParsons won’t rule out Adani
23 October 2018 “Can the board confirm that it has completely ruled out working with Adani on the Carmichael coal mine and its supportive infrastructure like the North Galilee Basin Rail Line and the Abbot Point coal terminal that will transport coal from the mine?” asked a shareholder at the WorleyParsons … Read More
Aurizon doesn’t want to become ‘public enemy number one’
18 October 2018 Aurizon’s relationship with Indian coal mining giant Adani dominated question time at its annual general meeting in Brisbane today. Last month, Adani proposed a shorter rail line that would link its proposed Carmichael mega mine in the Galilee Basin to Aurizon’s existing Central Queensland Coal Network. “Would … Read More
