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10th September 2020
BHP: not good enough; try harder
“Despite promising the world, BHP fails to deliver any meaningful outcomes in terms of actual emissions reduction. It needs to try harder. BHP should be aiming for a 40-60% reduction in all of its emissions by 2030.”
Read More2nd September 2020
Renewable energy good for BHP, but not for everyone else
“BHP’s commitment to renewable energy is welcome. However, while BHP continues to expand fossil fuel production and its own lobby groups remain critical of renewable energy, this announcement is simply more greenwashing from the best in the business.”
Read More28th August 2020
BHP, Origin Energy, Santos & Woodside aiming to destroy the Clean Energy Finance Corporation
BHP, Origin Energy, Santos and Woodside are behind efforts to dirty up the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) by allowing it to invest in gas projects.
Read More27th August 2020
Woolworths: Wage debt now a third of company's profits
“The figure raises significant questions about internal governance at Woolworths, which continues to refer to the breach as an ‘inadvertent underpayment’.”
Read More25th August 2020
Ansell rakes in cash but no assurances against modern slavery
While the COVID-19 pandemic has buoyed Australian manufacturing company Ansell, which announced a jump in profits today, it has apparently also halted the company's third-party auditing processes, which flag instances of modern slavery.
Read More24th August 2020
Rio board review: financial penalties completely off the mark of damage caused; CEO must go
“Rio Tinto’s board review is highly disappointing. It amounts to little more than a public relations exercise that still attempts to blame the PKKP; previous Rio Tinto administrations; and anyone else, rather than the company’s current senior management.”
Read More24th August 2020
Hotel Quarantine Inquiry: Appalling testimony - profits ahead of safety yet again
Evidence heard at Victoria's COVID-19 Hotel Quarantine Inquiry today has further underscored the risks involved in the contracting of private security services. The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) is calling on investors and companies to urgently review the use of subcontractors in high risk, front line sectors during the pandemic.
Read More24th August 2020
David Murray’s rejection of ESG risk finally catches up with him—and AMP
“It’s abundantly clear that Murray and those who share his views have no place as Directors, much less Chairs, of any listed companies.”
Read More14th August 2020
BHP backs away from Kyoto credits, issues new guidelines for lobby groups
Now that Australia’s two largest miners, BHP and Rio Tinto, no longer support Kyoto carryover credits, the Business Council of Australia and the Minerals Council of Australia must withdraw their support too.
Read More14th August 2020
AGL’s battery investment: excellent step; now repeat
AGL’s planned investment in batteries is welcome, but the strongest signal it could possibly send to the rest of the market right now, is to bring forward the closure dates of Bayswater and Loy Yang A.
Read More13th August 2020
BHP resolution: moratorium on desecration of Indigenous sites and cease gag orders on traditional owners
“Investors simply can’t stand by and allow another Juukan Gorge disaster to take place.”
Read More13th August 2020
BHP Resolution: cease lobbying efforts on COVID-19 recovery which are inconsistent with Paris targets
“The advocacy by key BHP industry associations throughout the COVID-19 pandemic has been fundamentally at odds with the Paris Agreement’s goals”
Read More23rd July 2020
Inghams’ COVID cases unsurprising
ACCR is calling on investors of Australian meat processing companies to actively and urgently engage with them over the issue of workplace health and safety, following more Covid-19 clusters at meat processing facilities in Victoria.
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