Media

ACCR media comment, updates and press releases.

Staff are available to provide expert comment, opinion and analysis on a range of ongoing and breaking news stories. Media Inquiries: media@accr.org.au.

Rio Tinto responds to investor calls for better climate advocacy

16th October 2024

Active ownership delivers outcomes: BHP improves scope 3 disclosures & investors withdraw resolution

23rd September 2024

Back to the Future 2: Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel commits to coal-fired steel in USA for decades

29th August 2024

Back to the future: Japanese steelmakers Nippon Steel and JFE Steel buy into Australian coal mine

22nd August 2024

New chair opens up opportunity for step change at AGL

14th August 2024

Glencore holds on to coal: ratcheted up transition risk needs a plan

7th August 2024

New research: What’s next for Woodside?

1st August 2024

Rio Tinto climate hypocrisy: ACCR to disengage following revelation of lobbying the Prime Minister on climate trigger

30th July 2024

Woodside thumbs its nose at majority of investors, doubles down with Driftwood LNG

22nd July 2024

New research: Investors willing to go harder, faster on green steel

19th July 2024

Proposed changes to Australian mandatory disclosure liability a sensible accountability safeguard

1st July 2024

Nippon Steel: shareholders deliver Japan’s largest ever vote in support of climate lobbying resolution

25th June 2024

Shareholders vote for improved climate strategy at Nippon Steel’s AGM

21st June 2024

Investors still in the dark on Glencore’s transition risk

30th May 2024

Shell faces scrutiny for weakened climate plan

22nd May 2024

Global asset managers back shareholder proposals urging Nippon Steel to lead on steel decarbonisation and climate lobbying

21st May 2024

J-POWER responds to shareholder pressure: five coal-power units to close by 2030

15th May 2024

Equinor AGM: voting non-state shareholders revolt as 32% support climate proposal

15th May 2024

Status quo inconceivable: majority of investors reject Woodside’s climate strategy

24th April 2024

Shareholder resolution can help steer Equinor towards Paris

23rd April 2024

Shell commits to shedding light on emerging market lobbying

20th April 2024

Santos board granted another year to resuscitate share price

11th April 2024

New research: moving out of international waters sets Equinor on path towards Paris

9th April 2024

Proxy adviser calls time on Woodside Chair, Richard Goyder

4th April 2024

Coal miner Glencore defies investors - places reckless bet against the energy transition

21st March 2024

Setting a new standard: Rio Tinto commits to improved disclosure of plans to rein in emissions from iron ore processing

19th March 2024

No change at Woodside: Chair Richard Goyder rebuffs investor push for board up-skill

18th March 2024

“Short-sighted”: Shell stalls again on climate

14th March 2024

New research: Santos shareholders better off with capital return strategy

14th March 2024

New research: time for steel to shed its coal problem

6th March 2024

New research: Shell’s climate lobbying disclosures leave investors in the dark

1st March 2024

Systemic failings on climate governance: ACCR files members’ statement against re-election of Woodside Chair, Richard Goyder

29th February 2024

New tone, same climate plan: spotlight must be on Woodside chair

27th February 2024

Santos dividend no fix for share price woes

21st February 2024

Leadership hits the wall: ACCR files members’ statement against re-election of Santos’ Chair

15th February 2024

Santos Woodside merger dead: time for new vision

7th February 2024

Santos finally comes clean on Barossa guidance

25th January 2024

Federal Court ruling on Barossa pipeline gets Santos out of hot water - for now

15th January 2024

Incentives boost green steel in Japan

18th December 2023

Woodside and Santos merger discussions: Time for cool heads in the face of hurdles and complexity

8th December 2023

New research: Australia’s “golden era” of gas a dud for shareholders

27th November 2023

Santos Investor Day briefing - the rinse and repeat is becoming farcical

22nd November 2023

Woodside: all spin, no substance on climate

8th November 2023

Qantas AGM: Another shareholder rebuke for Goyder-led board

3rd November 2023

Santos Q3 2023 report raises important questions

19th October 2023

Once again, BHP plays pass the parcel on emissions

18th October 2023

New report: Australian companies lag behind their US counterparts on transparency and governance of political expenditure

12th October 2023

Government and investors face decommissioning ticking time bomb

13th September 2023

APPEA rebrand confirms spin is all fossil fuels have left

13th September 2023

Trion approval more a millstone than a milestone

30th August 2023

Woodside’s sugar hit over, time to face reality

22nd August 2023

Woodside’s next “wave of growth” creates barely a ripple for shareholders

21st August 2023

J-POWER faces second consecutive year of shareholder dissent on climate at AGM

28th June 2023

Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility updates case against Santos in Federal Court

26th June 2023

Woodside board approves Mexican oil project despite constellation of risks

20th June 2023

“Impossible for Glencore to ignore”: Coal-mining giant hit with large shareholder vote on thermal coal risk at AGM

27th May 2023

Investors applaud Nippon Steel, as world’s fourth largest steel company takes strides towards green steel

16th May 2023

Global asset managers with close to US$3 trillion AUM support climate shareholder resolution filed with J-Power - flag voting ‘no’ on director

9th May 2023

“Missed opportunity”: Glencore ignores major investors’ calls for transparency on thermal coal as crucial climate-vote looms

5th May 2023

Woodside pays for climate failings with record-breaking vote against director Ian Macfarlane

28th April 2023

Surge in investors demanding greater transparency from Glencore on thermal coal production

19th April 2023

Woodside scrambles at 11th hour to save directors’ jobs

18th April 2023

“The tide is turning”: Significant vote against directors at Santos AGM

6th April 2023

“Extremely welcome”: Rio Tinto commits to enhancing its advocacy for effective climate policy

5th April 2023

“Time’s up”: Institutional investors call for Woodside directors to be held to account on climate strategy

15th March 2023

Woodside board appointments reinforce investor concerns on climate strategy

8th March 2023

New analysis: risky rate of return for Woodside Mexican oil project

3rd March 2023

“Poor corporate governance”: Woodside ignores investor concerns on its climate strategy

27th February 2023

Santos’ CEO growth bonus remains in place as board faces potential second strike

22nd February 2023

New research raises doubts about Paris-alignment of mining giant Glencore - increasing pressure as the company faces a shareholder resolution on thermal coal.

22nd February 2023

“Culture of avoiding accountability”: Whistleblower debunks Santos’ claim oil spill didn’t kill dolphins

17th February 2023

Santos progresses marginal fossil fuel project under guise of energy security, CEO’s pay packet the only clear winner

14th February 2023

Government ignores the billion tonne elephant in the room with its Safeguard Mechanism updates

10th January 2023

Global investors unite on first ever shareholder resolution targeting Glencore’s coal production

5th January 2023

APPEA and members need to read the room

14th December 2022

Glencore acknowledges folly of coal expansion - cancels massive proposed greenfield coal mine in Australia

8th December 2022

Groundhog Day: Woodside stuck in denial of the energy transition

1st December 2022

BHP and Rio Tinto-funded advocacy continues to subvert democracy

18th November 2022

AGL shareholders make history by renewing board with climate competence and ambition

15th November 2022

BHP no longer leading and not even following on climate

10th November 2022

Proxy advisers reinforce AGL chair concerns

2nd November 2022

IEA destroys energy security argument for new fossil fuels

28th October 2022

Heritage preserved: Glencore’s coal mine refused

28th October 2022

AGL climate plan falls short of Paris, McKenzie not the Chair to deliver

21st October 2022

Origin’s shift away from gas expansion celebrated by investors with 94% support for climate plan

19th October 2022

BHP ‘delusional’, seeks coal mine extension to 2116

7th October 2022

AGL finally reads the room, brings forward Loy Yang closure by 10 years

29th September 2022

Origin concedes to investor pressure, will include climate sensitivity in financial statements

28th September 2022

Safeguard mechanism with teeth needed

21st September 2022

Beetaloo divestment will not reduce emissions

19th September 2022

AGL: Botton, Smith-Gander and Hunt exit brings scope for fresh strategy

19th September 2022

Woodside blindly progresses Browse despite all advice to the contrary

15th September 2022

It’s showtime: HESTA not giving up on 1.5°C, holding fossil fuels to account

6th September 2022

Woodside uses war profits to double down on gas over transition

30th August 2022

ACCR calls on BHP to lead on climate advocacy, reflect climate risk in financial statements

30th August 2022

Origin’s climate cognitive dissonance: failure to factor in emissions from much hyped new gas basins

26th August 2022

Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility expands landmark Federal Court case against Santos

25th August 2022

Welcome news: South32 walks away from Dendrobium expansion

23rd August 2022

Questions must be asked about delayed AGL board renewal and CEO appointment

19th August 2022

Safeguard Mechanism consultation will be feeding frenzy for industry lobby

18th August 2022

Climate in Origin’s financial statements: Closer but no cigar

18th August 2022

Origin’s industry association review ignores glaring misalignment with Paris Agreement by fossil fuel pushers

16th August 2022

BHP’s coal business cashes in despite its climate claims

16th August 2022

Origin’s climate risk is material, must be in financial statements

12th August 2022

Divestment a cop out - no evidence that divestment decreases emissions

4th August 2022

Origin a winner and loser in energy crisis

29th July 2022

ACCR appeals Woodside’s carbon bomb

22nd July 2022

Woodside’s BHP merger drives further war profiteering

21st July 2022

Glencore knew of coal’s “gaseous nature” - action required on methane pollution

15th July 2022

Strong call by J-Power shareholders to strengthen decarbonisation strategy

28th June 2022

BHP finally listens to investors and commits to wind down Australia’s biggest thermal coal mine

16th June 2022

Glencore must step up after shareholder dissent to Climate Progress Report

14th June 2022

ACCR Supports Calls for National Cultural Heritage Protection Standards

14th June 2022

AGL Energy bloodbath was years in the making

30th May 2022

JFE Holdings Shareholders Welcome Company’s New Climate Commitments

23rd May 2022

Woodside walloped on climate as it doubles down on fossil fuels with approved merger

19th May 2022

First institutional investor group-led climate shareholder proposals filed in Japan

11th May 2022

AGL ignores majority of shareholders, fails to set Paris-aligned targets

6th May 2022

Rio Tinto under pressure over QMM debacle and climate

5th May 2022

Santos shareholders revolt on climate, rubber-stamp lobbying

3rd May 2022

Glencore shareholders deliver rebuke to board over coal plans

29th April 2022

New ACCR analysis: investors rubber stamping weak climate plans

27th April 2022

New research: ‘Damning’ - Glencore’s emissions baseline understated by at least 24%

20th April 2022

Finally, Rio Tinto exits the Queensland Resources Council

14th April 2022

Rio Tinto’s decision on Queensland Alumina welcome; Origin Energy still to act

8th April 2022

IPCC: lobbying by vested interests is the problem

5th April 2022

Climate Action 100 benchmark: too much carrot, not enough stick for the biggest polluters

31st March 2022

Cognitive dissonance: Glencore’s coal expansion plans are not ‘responsible’

29th March 2022

AEMO confirms need to get off gas

29th March 2022

Santos confirms gas-fired recovery is all about exports

25th March 2022

Origin Energy & Rio Tinto must act on sanctions

21st March 2022

Origin Energy & Rio Tinto must take immediate action on Deripaska and Vekselberg interests

18th March 2022

Origin Energy must act on Vekselberg before sanctions

17th March 2022

Rio finally breaks ranks with WA Chamber of Minerals and Energy

15th March 2022

Rio Tinto and Worley’s exits from Russia welcomed

10th March 2022

Origin Energy’s Science Based Target to be revoked over climate wrecking gas basins

9th March 2022

AGL Energy board gambling with other people’s money

8th March 2022

AGL Energy directors lack skin in the game

4th March 2022

Window dressing: Origin must suspend JV with Falcon

2nd March 2022

IPCC report: fossil fuels are “choking humanity”

1st March 2022

Australian companies must urgently review ties with Russian oligarchs

28th February 2022

Rio Tinto board fails to deliver on 2021 lobbying commitment

24th February 2022

AGL takeover bid unlikely to be the last

21st February 2022

Woodside’s Scope 3 plan is a joke

17th February 2022

Origin shows AGL how it’s done, must now address gas

17th February 2022

Solution to shortfall is getting off gas

16th February 2022

Not cheaper, not clean and not displacing coal: new ACCR report debunks gas industry spin

15th February 2022

ACCR demands more transparency on decommissioning, calls for an end to pro-oil & gas lobbying

11th February 2022

ACCR demands more transparency on decommissioning, calls for an end to pro-oil & gas lobbying

11th February 2022

AGL ignoring shareholders, still failing on climate

10th February 2022

Rio harassment report: disturbing findings, transparency welcome

1st February 2022

ACCR welcomes Woodside withdrawal from Myanmar

27th January 2022

Incitec Pivot shareholders revolt on climate

17th December 2021

Dendrobium decision reeks of state capture

6th December 2021

Woodside’s debt dressed up as equity in climate-wrecking project

22nd November 2021

Woodside ignores COP26, accelerates emissions growth

15th November 2021

BHP climate plan a greenwash

11th November 2021

FMG AGM: Support WA Aboriginals’ calls to pause current ACH Bill

9th November 2021

BHP offloads coal assets to a climate laggard

8th November 2021

Investors must rein in APPEA’s tobacco-inspired ad campaign

25th October 2021

Rio Tinto shows BHP how it’s done

20th October 2021

Origin Energy cops shareholder heat on gas

20th October 2021

Juukan Gorge Caves Inquiry - time for best practice cultural heritage laws

18th October 2021

BHP shareholders support coal mining beyond 2050

15th October 2021

Incitec Pivot must set Paris-aligned targets

14th October 2021

Fortescue embarrasses BHP and Rio Tinto on steelmaking targets

5th October 2021

ACCR launches Global Climate Insights

28th September 2021

South32 puts industry associations on notice over climate

23rd September 2021

Majority of AGL shareholders demand alignment with the Paris Agreement

22nd September 2021

APPEA apology to ACCR

20th September 2021

BHP must end support for fossil fuel expansion

14th September 2021

Santos and Oil Search merger compounds stranded asset risk

10th September 2021

Carbon lobby continues to dominate Australia’s climate debate

9th September 2021

Big super funds missing in action on ESG votes

7th September 2021

FMG resolution: support WA Aboriginals’ calls to pause current ACH Bill

1st September 2021

ASX 100: Labour falling through the cracks

27th August 2021

Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility files landmark case against Santos in Federal Court

26th August 2021

South32 must end pro-coal lobbying to align with its own targets

24th August 2021

Origin must align lobbying and capex with Paris Agreement

18th August 2021

BHP-Woodside merger a disaster for shareholders and climate

17th August 2021

AGL says it won’t adhere to Paris Agreement

12th August 2021

Tomago going green is the nail in the coffin for AGL’s Bayswater

11th August 2021

IPCC report: wrong way, go back

9th August 2021

Origin must abandon gas exploration to be 1.5°C aligned

6th August 2021

BHP must cease lobbying efforts which are inconsistent with Paris targets

6th August 2021

Santos and Oil Search merger climate vandalism of the highest order

2nd August 2021

Qantas: Unlawful Outsourcing of Ground Handling Crew

30th July 2021

AGL’s Say on Climate commitment welcome, Paris-aligned targets still needed

22nd July 2021

Progress welcome in resolving Bougainville mine grievances

21st July 2021

AGL must set Paris-aligned targets for demerged companies

21st July 2021

Santos’ bid for Oil Search proves net zero target is just greenwashing

20th July 2021

Australian mines: Two-tier workforce threat to safety

14th July 2021

Fair Work Ombudsman focus on contract cleaning spot on

9th July 2021

AGL demerger plans underwhelm, ignore climate concerns

30th June 2021

Fossil industries stuck in the fossil age

25th June 2021

Rejection of renewable energy hub another sign of a government lost on climate

21st June 2021

Cosmetic Compliance Not Enough for Commercial Cleaning

15th June 2021

APPEA and its members continue to block meaningful climate action

15th June 2021

Woodside claims to be reducing emissions by increasing emissions

8th June 2021

Woodside and BHP Scarborough project conflicts with a net zero future

3rd June 2021

Extraordinary 24 hours has massive implications for Australian oil and gas industry

27th May 2021

IEA signs death knell for new fossil fuel projects

19th May 2021

South32 sets new target, but has more to do

18th May 2021

Deliveroo must provide investor certainty

18th May 2021

Fresh thinking needed at AGL

22nd April 2021

Santos’ CEO bonus at odds with Paris Agreement

14th April 2021

New Woodside CEO must be allowed to determine new growth strategy

14th April 2021

Equinor first oil major to exit APPEA

12th April 2021

Climate Change Authority stacked with gas lobbyists

9th April 2021

ACCR welcomes additional reporting by Scentre Group

1st April 2021

Fissured workplaces has Australians falling through the cracks

31st March 2021

Santos’ Barossa project is a carbon bomb

30th March 2021

AGL abandons responsibility on coal closure

30th March 2021

AGL must lead the energy transition

29th March 2021

Oil Search adopts ‘Say on Climate’

25th March 2021

Largest Australian companies failing on climate

23rd March 2021

Emissions are down with Coles’ new targets

22nd March 2021

Woodside adopts ‘Say on Climate’

19th March 2021

Rio Tinto board delivers final warning to climate blockers

19th March 2021

Oil Search urged to adopt ‘Say on Climate’ as momentum builds

18th March 2021

Santos adopts ‘Say on Climate’

16th March 2021

FMG leads on climate, Twiggy must abandon gas projects

15th March 2021

Yallourn early closure a sign of the times

10th March 2021

Rio Tinto must stop funding climate blockers

9th March 2021

The clean out continues at Rio Tinto

3rd March 2021

Rio Tinto becomes first Australian company to commit to climate vote

17th February 2021

Glencore leads the way with commitment to climate vote

17th February 2021

APPEA calls for the end of Australia’s oil and gas industry

12th February 2021

Say on Climate launches with resolutions to Santos and Woodside

11th February 2021

AGL and Origin writedowns: stranded assets in real time

5th February 2021

‘An afterthought’: Investors must hold Rio Chair to account

4th February 2021

Scentre Group agrees to boost pandemic reporting

2nd February 2021

Super funds divesting from fossil fuels before exhausting all engagement options to deliver for climate

31st January 2021

Juukan Gorge Caves Inquiry—serial and cumulative failings

9th December 2020

G8 wage theft a failure of governance - what else is failing in this childcare system?

8th December 2020

Santos targets ignore the elephant in the room

1st December 2020

Woodside climate targets: uninspiring business as usual

11th November 2020

Origin AGM: transparency on Indigenous consent and climate lobbying must improve

20th October 2020

BHP investors remain focused on lobby groups

14th October 2020

BHP resolution withdrawn: First Nations Alliance reaches outcome with BHP

13th October 2020

BHP dumps QRC; Origin and Santos should do the same

7th October 2020

AGL AGM: Blackrock support demonstrates Australian investors lag foreign peers

7th October 2020

Narrabri gas project: investors now last line of defence

30th September 2020

FMG rejects ACCR shareholder resolution: courier delayed by COVID related issues

16th September 2020

Gas lobby secures taxpayer funding from Federal government for a failing industry

15th September 2020

Rio Tinto takes the first step to recovery

11th September 2020

FMG resolution calls for moratorium on desecration of Indigenous sites and cease gag orders on traditional owners

10th September 2020

BHP: not good enough; try harder

10th September 2020

BHP must commit to cutting fossil fuel production

9th September 2020

Renewable energy good for BHP, but not for everyone else

2nd September 2020

BHP, Origin Energy, Santos & Woodside aiming to destroy the Clean Energy Finance Corporation

28th August 2020

Woolworths: Wage debt now a third of company's profits

27th August 2020

Ansell rakes in cash but no assurances against modern slavery

25th August 2020

Rio board review: financial penalties completely off the mark of damage caused; CEO must go

24th August 2020

Hotel Quarantine Inquiry: Appalling testimony - profits ahead of safety yet again

24th August 2020

David Murray’s rejection of ESG risk finally catches up with him—and AMP

24th August 2020

BHP backs away from Kyoto credits, issues new guidelines for lobby groups

14th August 2020

AGL’s battery investment: excellent step; now repeat

14th August 2020

BHP resolution: moratorium on desecration of Indigenous sites and cease gag orders on traditional owners

13th August 2020

BHP Resolution: cease lobbying efforts on COVID-19 recovery which are inconsistent with Paris targets

13th August 2020

AGL on a collision course with Paris targets and investors

5th August 2020

Plans for fossil fuel-led recovery are outright dangerous

29th July 2020

Inghams’ COVID cases unsurprising

23rd July 2020

Woodside, Origin writedowns: harbinger of oil and gas industry woes

16th July 2020

Profits ahead of safety yet again - subcontractors with minimal training guarding Melbourne quarantine hotels

2nd July 2020

Nothing new: AGL’s latest climate statement is same old, same old

30th June 2020

MCA Climate Action Plan a delay tactic with no detail or tangible actions

22nd June 2020

Glencore making a mockery of its coal commitment

12th June 2020

Gas industry has its claws in the recovery commission

20th May 2020

Investment giant excludes AGL over coal, puts BHP ‘under observation’

13th May 2020

Woodside shareholders slam climate inaction

30th April 2020

Big tech involvement in Covidsafe app warrants further scrutiny

27th April 2020

Santos shareholders repudiate board’s climate direction in world first vote

3rd April 2020

Rio Tinto rebukes MCA on thermal coal, does not support use of Kyoto carryover credits, but keeps funding climate wreckers

26th March 2020

Airline workers must share in industry stimulus package to Qantas, Virgin, Regional Airlines

19th March 2020

Corporate complicity in immigration detention heightens risk during public health crisis

16th March 2020

Covid-19 exacerbates Aged Care crisis

5th March 2020

Woodside to face investor pressure on expansion plans, lobbying and propaganda

27th February 2020

Coles, Wesfarmers underpayments point to widespread governance failure

20th February 2020

Vote Like You Mean It Preliminary Report 2020

12th February 2020

Super Funds Failing To Step Up On Climate

12th February 2020

Investors should ratchet up pressure on Siemens over Adani deal

13th January 2020

ACCR response to BHP lobbying review

13th December 2019

Mike Henry’s proximity to climate wreckers should concern investors

15th November 2019

Coles AGM: Company urged to address Modern Slavery

14th November 2019

BHP AGM: Australian investors take a stand on anti-climate lobbying

8th November 2019

Woolworths underpayments a warning for governance of broader supply chains

31st October 2019

Qantas asylum seekers resolution — largest ever vote against a board on human rights issues

29th October 2019

Qantas board to face shareholders and experts on deportations and transfers to danger

24th October 2019

Big banks must stop funding lobbying against climate policy

21st October 2019

BHP investors declare time’s up on anti-climate lobbying

17th October 2019

AGL Energy AGM: Australian investors lagging on pollution

20th September 2019

BHP under pressure on climate lobbying

16th September 2019

ACCR files worker exploitation resolution with Coles

11th September 2019

Biloela family deportation facilitated by commercial entities profiting from human rights abuses

31st August 2019

International investor backs Qantas human rights resolution

28th August 2019

ACCR files five shareholder resolutions with Origin

15th August 2019

Aust PR company snubs international law in response to refugee abuse

2nd August 2019

QLD legislation recognises the importance of Aged Care workforce in providing quality care

24th July 2019

ACCR: NUW report shows supermarkets must do more to manage exploitation in farm supply chains

23rd July 2019

Mercer PR ruling a warning to companies linked to refugee policy

11th July 2019

ASX 100 failing to disclose workforce

1st July 2019

New ACCR report finds growing support for shareholder proposals

22nd May 2019

Unanswered questions over supply safety risks in Sigma’s supply chain

17th May 2019

Santos challenged on climate at AGM

2nd May 2019

Telstra to scrutinise Business Council's 'Climate Policy Obstruction'

30th April 2019

Equinor poised to pressure lobbyists undermining climate action

25th April 2019

Labor ‘captured’ by gas industry

23rd April 2019

Rio Tinto Industry Association commitment

11th April 2019

Media comment: Shell’s industry association review fails Australia

3rd April 2019

New ACCR report finds decent work crucial to security of prescription drug supply

21st March 2019

Franchising report: investors must hold franchising companies accountable for widespread wage theft

14th March 2019

Climate villains victorious in WA

14th March 2019

Santos Climate Change Report 2019: reduce emissions by burning more gas

21st February 2019

Glencore declares ‘peak coal’

20th February 2019

On the landmark Rocky Hill mine decision

8th February 2019

Banking Royal Commission: regulators must overcome ‘catastrophic impotence’

4th February 2019

Ken Henry calls out Business Council on climate; refuses to rule out Bight oil and gas projects

19th December 2018

Investors call for Australia to close coal power by 2030

10th December 2018

Has BHP Chosen Coal Over Coral?

25th October 2018

NAB commits to reviewing lobby's role in climate and energy

18th October 2018

Origin Energy AGM: record 46% vote slams anti-climate lobby

17th October 2018

Westpac to scrutinise Business Council of Australia’s climate lobbying

15th October 2018

ACCR to increase shareholder activism after IPCC report

10th October 2018

ASIC report proves investors must step up on climate risk

20th September 2018

Shareholders challenge Origin consent under UN principles

19th September 2018

Airlines at risk of engaging in human rights abuses as more asylum seekers and refugees await removal to Sri Lanka

11th September 2018

Qantas responds to deportations to danger - out of step with investors and international law

2nd September 2018

Qantas to face shareholders at AGM - deportations to danger

28th August 2018

ACCR to file shareholder resolution calling on Qantas to end deportations to danger

10th August 2018

Shareholder action under consideration over Qantas’ position on asylum and refugee deportation

9th August 2018

Gender pay equity: ASX 100 companies rated

2nd August 2018

Minerals Council’s coal projections at odds with Paris Agreement

19th July 2018

Investors have a key role to play in the energy debate

20th June 2018

Rio Tinto: 18% vote against coal lobby

2nd May 2018

Shareholder revolt at Rio Tinto’s London AGM over “outright climate hypocrisy”

12th April 2018

BHP to remain in the US Chamber of Commerce

5th April 2018

BHP risks investor blowback through association with Canavan’s fossil fuels-friendly taskforce

29th March 2018

Response to MCA’s updated energy policy

15th March 2018

Rio Tinto decision not to allow the resolution to be heard at the UK AGM

8th March 2018

Global investors worth AU$84 billion line up against coal lobbying: Rio resolution

1st March 2018

BHP and MCA at loggerheads on coal, again

26th January 2018

ACCR's lines on BHP review

20th December 2017

The Minerals Council of Australia strikes again – kills off Clean Energy Target in Australia

18th November 2017

Minerals Council membership on the chopping block at BHP AGM tomorrow

16th November 2017

BHP’s millions for Minerals Council speak louder than words

9th November 2017

BHP AGM: UK investors face-to-face with Australia’s ‘decade of climate and energy policy chaos’

21st October 2017

$430 billion CalPERS to support BHP shareholder resolution at UK AGM

16th October 2017

Brendan Pearson's resignation as CEO of the Minerals Council of Australia

23rd September 2017

BHP shareholder resolution requests end to relationship with Minerals Council of Australia

19th September 2017

BHP responds to shareholder concerns about the Minerals Council of Australia

13th September 2017