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APPEA conference kicks up controversy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... featured several sessions on climate change and renewable energy - but APPEA was still roundly accused by the Australian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR). ACCR released a report titled Gaslighting: How APPEA and its members continue to oppose ...

Powerful signal on climate with votes, court decisions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... ruling by a Dutch court against Royal Dutch Shell intensifies the focus on the oil and gas industry, but experts say all Australian company directors should heed advice when it comes to managing the risks of climate change. In less than 24 hours, three ...

Rio Tinto commits to climate vote at AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... decision by Rio Tinto to put its climate reporting to an advisory vote at this year's AGMs. Rio Tinto is the first Australian-listed company to commit to a vote on its Taskforce for Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) reporting, joining Glencore ...

Scentre Group to increase disclosure for cleaning contracts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... information that property companies can use when developing their Modern Slavery statements in accordance with the Australian Modern Slavery Act. The platform could be adapted to capture the sort of information that Scentre Group will need under this ...

Rio leadership overhaul aimed at restoring trust, license to operate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Northern Australia report, Never Again, found missteps by Rio Tinto, the Australian federal government, the Western Australian government, the PKKP's legal representatives and were let down by native title ...

Stakeholders mull impact of Rio Tinto report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... this week, the Joint Standing Committee on Northern Australia report, Never Again, found missteps by Rio Tinto, the Australian federal government, the Western Australian government, the PKKP's legal representatives and were let down by native title law. ...

Increase in linking environmental, social metrics to remuneration: ISS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... reductions to incentives. "AGL have clearly made a statement of this," said Vas Kolesnikoff, executive director, head of Australian and New Zealand Research at Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). "It's not just reducing emissions, but they want ...

Poor disclosure around labour hire workforce in listed companies: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... companies and found that 37% report the total number and/or percentage of contractors and/or labour hire workers in their Australian operations. Meanwhile, while 86% of companies in the mining, construction and commercial cleaning sector report some ...

Identifying potential risks of COVID-19 and modern slavery in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... Earlier this week, Assistant Minister for Customs, Community Safety and Multicultural Affairs Jason Wood MP announced the Australian government will extend the deadline for entities due to lodge statements in 2020 under the Modern Slavery Act 2018 by ...

Woodside AGM climate resolution receives majority support

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... to the company's constitution to facilitate these actions. That resolution is a special resolution, required under Australian law to facilitate the filing of advisory resolutions on environmental and social issues. To change a company's constitution ...