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17th April 2025
BP’s AGM – Chair faces major shareholder backlash
ACCR is commenting on the results of BP’s Annual General Meeting, where a record-breaking vote was recorded against Chair Helge Lund.
Read More27th March 2025
New research: Glencore’s risky appetite for coal
Coal mining giant Glencore Plc is expanding its already large coal exposure into the headwinds of the global energy transition, yet has not demonstrated to investors how it plans to manage this risk.
Read More25th March 2025
Shell Capital Markets Day 2025
The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) is commenting on the Shell Capital Markets Day.
Read More13th March 2025
ACCR recommends vote against Woodside directors: significant underperformance
ACCR has filed members' statements with Woodside Energy Group (ASX:WDS) dissenting against the election of all directors standing at the upcoming annual general meeting.
Read More5th March 2025
Engagement with Rio Tinto on risk to water and communities
Investors have an interest in ensuring Rio Tinto’s approach to critical business risk management and governance is as robust as possible.
Read More26th February 2025
More retrograde than re-set: BP Capital Markets Day 2025
ACCR is commenting on BP’s announcement to the London Stock Exchange ahead of its Capital Markets Day.
Read More25th February 2025
Woodside’s Annual Report fails to turn the page
ACCR is commenting on the release of Woodside’s 2024 Annual Report and Climate Update.
Read More5th February 2025
Equinor Capital Markets Update: Doubling down on a loss-making segment
ACCR is responding to Equinor’s annual results and Capital Markets Update.
Read More3rd February 2025
New research: Equinor’s international oil & gas production a costly choice for Norway
Equinor’s ongoing pursuit of oil and gas production outside the Norwegian Continental Shelf has made Norwegians poorer, not richer, new ACCR research finds.
Read More30th January 2025
Dwindling options: Shell Q4 results
The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) is commenting on Shell’s release of its Q4 2024 results.
Read More16th January 2025
New research: BP’s fossil fuel spending beyond the boundaries of Paris
ACCR has published research that shows that BP’s capital allocation towards new oil and gas projects is not consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Read More7th January 2025
Shell’s LNG strategy under scrutiny as institutional investors file shareholder resolution
ACCR has co-filed a shareholder resolution to Shell to justify the assumptions behind its LNG growth strategy and explain how it is consistent with its climate commitments.
Read More12th November 2024
New research: "Shell’s LNG strategy: Overcooked?”
ACCR has published research that suggests Shell plc’s ambitious LNG growth strategy risks eroding shareholder value.
Read More24th October 2024
Greenwashing Proceedings in Federal Court
ACCR's greenwashing claims against Santos Ltd is due to begin in the Federal Court of Australia, on Monday 28 October.
Read More16th October 2024
Rio Tinto responds to investor calls for better climate advocacy
In light of Rio Tinto’s updated position, ACCR will recommence engagement with Rio Tinto on its climate and decarbonisation opportunities.
Read More23rd September 2024
Active ownership delivers outcomes: BHP improves scope 3 disclosures & investors withdraw resolution
Major institutional investors representing nearly US$110 billion assets under management have withdrawn a shareholder resolution filed with BHP Group Limited (BHP), following improved disclosures in the company’s 2024 Climate Transition Action Plan (CTAP).
Read More29th August 2024
Back to the Future 2: Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel commits to coal-fired steel in USA for decades
Nippon Steel Corporation (NSC) will invest in extending the production life of a coal-dependent, carbon-intensive blast furnace currently operated by U.S. Steel.
Read More22nd August 2024
Back to the future: Japanese steelmakers Nippon Steel and JFE Steel buy into Australian coal mine
Nippon Steel Corporation (NSC) and JFE Steel (JFE) have collectively bought 30% of Whitehaven Coal’s Blackwater metallurgical coal mine in Queensland, Australia.
Read More14th August 2024
New chair opens up opportunity for step change at AGL
ACCR is commenting on the announcement that AGL Energy Limited Chair, Patricia McKenzie, will retire in February 2025 and will be replaced by Miles George as Chair-elect.
Read More7th August 2024
Glencore holds on to coal: ratcheted up transition risk needs a plan
ACCR is commenting on today’s widely anticipated announcement from Glencore plc that it will not demerge its coal business, including the newly acquired Elk Valley Resources (EVR).
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