Coles and Woolworths customers should pressure the two retailers to leave the Business Council of Australia over its climate change stance, a leading environment group has urged.
A resolution requiring BP to align its business strategy with the Paris Agreement – co-filed by global investors including VicSuper – has received more than 99% support at the company's annual general meeting.
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.