A global coalition of institutional investors has told oil and gas companies it expects them to 'stress test' how their operations would fare if dangerous climate change is prevented.
Traditional owners have complained to the ACCC that Glencore has made false and misleading claims about the findings of an independent report on its McArthur River zinc and lead mine.
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.
Institutional investors with more than one trillion dollars in funds have published an open letter to Prime Minister Tony Abbott urging him not to wind back the RET target.
Businesses including GDF Suez, Unilever, Ernst & Young, China Steel and Swiss Re will be among those calling for a price on carbon at this month's UN climate summit, which will coincide with the launch of a new investor-business climate coalition.
The big four banks are under new pressure from activists to cease financing coal projects that could harm the Great Barrier Reef, while 'Lock the Gate' today sought a NSW Ombudsman's investigation into approval processes for mines.