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Market Forces lodges shareholder resolutions with Westpac, NAB, ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... resolutions. The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) and institutional investors have filed a shareholder resolution with BHP, calling on the company to suspend its memberships in industry associations which obstruct climate policy ...

ACCR files shareholder resolution with BHP over industry associations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) and institutional investors have filed a shareholder resolution with BHP, calling on the company to suspend its memberships in industry associations which obstruct climate policy in Australia. ...

Human rights, trust, climate risk top sustainability agenda for 2019

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... losses for FY2017 due to claims resulting from natural catastrophes, was confronted at its 2018 AGM with a shareholder resolution on climate risk disclosure and was criticized for underwriting and investing in coal." There is new urgency to the task ...

ACCR files resolution to Qantas AGM over deportations and removals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) and the Refugee Advice and Casework Service (RACS) have co-filed a shareholder resolution calling on Qantas to stop deportations and removals to danger of asylum seekers and refugees. Brynn O'Brien, executive director ...

Climate-related shareholder resolutions put to Rio Tinto, QBE AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... head of sustainability, Local Government Super On May 2, Rio Tinto held its Australian AGM and voted on a shareholder resolution calling on Rio Tinto to review and fully disclose its relationships with industry bodies including the Minerals Council of ...

BHP Billiton to maintain membership in US Chamber of Commerce

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... on the US Chamber of Commerce, and the Minerals Council on activities." ACCR is pushing ahead with its shareholder resolution on the same topic for the Rio Tinto AGM. More than a hundred individual shareholders and three global asset owners including ...

Local Government Super co-files ACCR-organised Rio Tinto shareholder resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... individual shareholders and three global asset owners including Local Government Super (LGS) have co-filed a shareholder resolution calling on Rio Tinto to review and fully disclose its relationships with industry bodies including the Minerals Council ...

ACCR seeking shareholders for resolution at Rio Tinto AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... Woolworths committed to providing more disclosure on human rights impacts. ACCR would consider pulling its shareholder resolution to Rio if the company made commitments to following through on what the resolution proposes, O'Brien said. "Resolutions ...

Vision Super publishes Corporate Responsibility report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
Vision Super has highlighted its increased active shareholding activity in 2017, including votes pushing companies towards greater disclosure of climate change related risk. Michael Wyrsch, CIO, Vision Super Vision Super has released its latest Corporate ...

ACSI publishes revised Governance Guidelines, includes new ESG themes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) has updated its revised Governance Guidelines, including practical examples of oversight on key themes of climate change, labour and human rights, corporate culture and tax disclosure. Louise ...