A shareholder who lost her home in a bushfire questioned the QBE board at Friday's annual general meeting, and Rio Tinto has told its AGM that a climate resolution is unacceptable.
South32 has set a net-zero emissions target, but that hasn't stopped climate activists today naming it as one of 22 companies that investors should avoid.
The Boral AGM held yesterday confirms the need for environmental executives to fully prepare board members for increasingly sophisticated questions from shareholders on carbon emissions and sustainability.
An alliance of energy generators and consumers today warned that the NEG faces a now-or-never moment, and investors cautioned that serious flaws in the scheme must be fixed.
Macquarie chairman Peter Warne told today's annual general meeting the company was fully committed to TCFD carbon risk disclosure recommendations, after last year stating he wasn't aware of them.
WWF says other companies should follow Origin Energy's lead and adopt science-based targets to cut carbon emissions, but activist group Market Forces won't rule out further shareholder action against the company.
A new Australian Conservation Foundation report says the nation's big four banks can't finance Galilee Basin coal projects while meeting their obligations under the Equator Principles.
Businessman-activist Geoff Cousins and ACF chief executive Kelly O'Shannassy say securing public support is the key to rapidly steering new projects through approval processes, not a one-stop-shop.