Browsing: Interest group actions

The Climate Council today urged governments and investors to take full account of the health costs of emissions from coal mining and coal-fired power generation.

The University of Sydney has suspended any further investments in ASX-listed coal companies while it reviews it investment strategy.

A new report defending the RET focuses on the companies that stand to gain billions in extra profits from a policy shift.

More than 40% of ASX200 companies provide either no or scant information on their sustainability performance, according to a new study.

Greenpeace and WWF have written to directors of companies including BHP Billiton, GlencoreXstrata, Chevron and Conoco Philips asking whether they expect to be personally indemnified by their companies and insurers against potential lawsuits over carbon emissions and climate change.

AMP Capital says its new restrictions on investing in coal and coal-to-liquids companies will have limited practical effect, but show that investors are alert to massive adjustments taking place in the energy sector.

Investors should build on aviation industry 'greenwash' to establish a strong, global carbon price that could flow to other sectors, Goldman Sachs' former head of risk management has told a Sydney forum.

Major Australian companies are making progress in managing supply-chain water risk but still have a long way to go, according to a survey report released today.

The local division of activist group 350.org says Australian universities should follow Stanford University's lead, after it yesterday announced it would not invest in the coal industry.

Corporate sustainability managers should be aware that institutional investors are taking a close interest in sustainability risks, even if broking analysts often don't ask about them, says the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors.