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5th October 2021
BHP Climate Transition Action Plan Analysis
ACCR believes there is sufficient reason to vote against the approval of BHP’s Climate Transition Action Plan.
Read More9th September 2021
Investor briefing: Shareholder Resolutions to Origin Energy Ltd on climate-related lobbying and Paris-aligned capital expenditure.
Supporting brief to our shareholder resolutions to Origin Energy Ltd (ASX: ORG) on climate-related lobbying and Paris-aligned capital expenditure.
Read More9th September 2021
Investor briefing: Shareholder Resolution to BHP Group Ltd/Plc on climate-related lobbying
Supporting brief to our Shareholder Resolution to BHP Group Ltd/Plc on lobbying related to climate and energy policy.
Read More2nd September 2021
Super Votes: How Australia's largest superannuation funds voted on ESG resolutions in 2020
ACCR analysis of the disclosures and voting behaviour of Australia’s 50 largest superannuation funds on ESG shareholder resolutions.
Read More27th August 2021
Falling through the Cracks? Labour hire, Contracting and Outsourcing Risks across the ASX100
ACCR analysis shows that company reporting across the ASX is insufficient to allow investors to engage with companies about their employment models and overall workforce strategy.
Read More23rd August 2021
Investor briefing: Shareholder Resolution to AGL Energy Ltd on Paris-aligned goals and targets.
Supporting investor brief to our Shareholder Resolution to AGL Energy Ltd (ASX:AGL) on Paris-aligned goals and targets.
Read More5th August 2021
Submission: Clean Energy Regulator
A submission by ACCR in response to the proposed new carbon capture and storage method under the Emissions Reduction Fund.
Read More16th July 2021
Submission: Senate Standing Committees on Economics
A submission by ACCR to the Coronavirus Economic Response Package Amendment (Ending Jobkeeper Profiteering) Bill 2021 Inquiry.
Read More15th June 2021
Cleaning up their Act?: Modern Slavery Due Diligence in the Australian Property Sector
ACCR analysis shows that property owners continued to rely on reporting mechanisms that decades of evidence show will fail to pick up instances of modern slavery and labour abuse in their supply chains.
Read More14th June 2021
Gaslighting: How APPEA and its members continue to oppose genuine climate action
Climate-aware investors in APPEA’s member companies must now assertively seek to curtail lobbying that is inconsistent with limiting global warming to well below 2°C.
Read More4th May 2021
Submission: Joint Standing Committee on Trade and Investment Growth
A submission by ACCR and Ethical Partners Funds Management to the inquiry into the prudential regulation of investment in Australia’s export industries.
Read More30th April 2021
In-depth: Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell) climate vote
Shell released its climate transition plan, which sets out its emission reduction targets and decarbonisation strategy—read ACCR's in-depth analysis.
Read More16th April 2021
First read: Royal Dutch Shell Energy Transition report
Shell released its Energy Transition report, which sets out its emission reduction targets and decarbonisation strategy. This is ACCR's initial reading of the report.
Read More13th April 2021
Case study: Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell)
How does Shell's current climate transition plan compares to our recently released ACCR climate plan guidelines and the CA100+ Net Zero Company Benchmark?
Read More31st March 2021
Submission: Senate Select Committee on Job Security
ACCR's submission to the Senate Select Committee on Job Security analyses the dynamics, trends and impacts associated with this “fissuring” of the Australian workplace, highlighting the risks for workers, companies and investors.
Read More31st January 2021
Cutting Carbon: What the rush to divest fossil fuels means for emissions reduction and engagement
The Australian share market is one of the most carbon intensive markets in the developed world. Portfolio decarbonisation must be transparent.
Read More10th August 2020
Submission: Independent Planning Commission of NSW consideration of Narrabri Gas Project
The Narrabri project will imperil Australia’s commitments to the Paris Agreement and will also likely see the high cost of production create a stranded asset before the reserves are exhausted.
Read More31st July 2020
Submission: Parliamentary Inquiry into the destruction of 46,000 year old caves at the Juukan Gorge
Submission by the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) to the Joint Standing Committee on Northern Australia, Parliamentary Inquiry into the destruction of 46,000 year old caves at the Juukan Gorge in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Read More27th July 2020
Submission: Review of Victoria’s Private Security Industry
ACCR's submission to the Victorian government's inquiry into the private security industry focuses on how the dominant employment model in the security industry - namely complex labour hire and subcontracting arrangements - has led to a culture of non-compliance and endemic failure to properly apply workplace laws and instruments.
Read More8th June 2020
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: How Australia’s largest super funds voted on shareholder proposals 2017-2019
All funds should disclose their entire proxy voting record, forevery proposal at every company meeting, across all jurisdictions.
Read More12th May 2020
Labour Hire & Contracting Across the ASX100
New analysis shows that ASX100 companies are only reporting to shareholders and the public about their direct employees, while information about their 'indirect' workforces remains unknown. This report received the RIAA ESG Research (non-broker) Award in 2021.
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