05 MAY 2021 Today’s QBE annual general meeting (AGM) saw a significant increase in the shareholder vote on a resolution calling for the insurer to set Paris-aligned oil and gas exposure targets, despite the company having attempted to placate investors with a lacklustre policy update in the interim. 21.4% of … Read More
10% of Oil Search shareholders call for fossil fuel wind up plan
30 April 2021 Almost a tenth of Oil Search’s investors today told the Australian stock exchange’s third largest undiversified oil and gas producer to wind up fossil fuel production and return capital to shareholders. The vote for the Market Forces-coordinated shareholder proposal follows votes of 19% and 13% for similar … Read More
Woodside faces shareholder and community opposition to gas expansion
15 April 2021 Woodside’s AGM in Perth today saw almost a fifth of the gas giant’s shareholders tell the company to wind up gas and oil production in line with the Paris climate goals. This was the second time in less than 12 hours that a significant proportion of investors … Read More
13% of Santos shareholders demand oil and gas wind up plan
15 April 2021 At today’s Santos annual general meeting, 13% of the company’s shareholders voted against the company’s management and for a Market Forces-coordinated shareholder resolution calling on the company to wind up oil and gas production in line with the climate goals of the Paris Agreement. Speaking after the … Read More
Japan’s Largest Bank Targeted by Climate Resolution: Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group told to align with Paris
TOKYO, Japan, March 29 2021: Japanese NGO Kiko Network, along with three individual investors, have just filed Japan’s second ever climate resolution on a Japanese financial institution, this time on Japanese megabank Mitsubishi UFJ Financial group (hereafter “MUFG”). The resolution calls on the company to adopt and disclose a plan … Read More
Investors rebuke NAB over fossil fuel funding at AGM, despite government threats
18 December 2020 As members of the Australian government seek to launch a probe into the legality of banks divesting from fossil fuels, NAB’s annual shareholder meeting saw its investors push for the bank to further limit funding in line with the Paris Agreement. In addition to a shareholder resolution … Read More
ANZ held to account for climate inaction at AGM
16 December 2020 Following the release of a lacklustre update to its climate policy in October, today’s ANZ annual general meeting (AGM) saw the bank’s board held to account for the gap between rhetoric and action on climate change. However, perhaps the bank wasn’t as prepared to bear the weight … Read More
Westpac 2020 AGM: funding climate failure is the ‘sweet spot’
11 December 2020 Westpac’s board knew they would be facing tough questions from shareholders at today’s annual general meeting (AGM) given the banks’ continued funding for Australia’s most climate-destructive companies, including Whitehaven Coal and Santos. The bank’s updated climate policy, released in May, was a step forward as it pledged … Read More
7.4% of shareholders call on Cooper Energy to wind up gas and oil production
12 November 2020 Cooper Energy, a rapidly-growing gas and oil producer focused on the south east Australian market, today faced a shareholder resolution calling on the company to wind up its fossil fuel production in a manner consistent with the Paris climate goals. This ground-breaking proposal, the first of its … Read More
Whitehaven Coal stifles debate on world-first proposal to wind down coal production
22 October 2020 Thanks to the efforts of over 100 shareholders, all of Whitehaven Coal’s investors were today forced to consider the case for the company to demonstrate how it will wind down coal operations in line with the climate goals of the Paris Agreement. However, breaking from norms around … Read More