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Activist group files climate resolution to AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
Shareholder activist group Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) has filed a shareholder resolution with AGL Energy requesting targets that are aligned with the Paris Agreement for both of the proposed demerged companies. The resolution ...

Royal Adelaide Hospital locks in $2bn social, green loans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
The Royal Adelaide Hospital has secured $2.2 billion in social and green loan refinance. Commonwealth Bank served as joint sustainability coordinator on a $2.2 billion loan for Celsus, the consortium responsible for designing, financing, constructing ...

APPEA conference kicks up controversy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... 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 genuine climate action which argued ...

Powerful signal on climate with votes, court decisions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... Extension Project. Dan Gocher, director of climate and environment at the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) noted that Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell are three of Australia's largest oil and gas producers, and that they will ...

$515 million sustainability loan anchors seaport refinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
An Australian seaport has secured more than a half a billion dollars in sustainability-linked and green loans as part of a broader refinancing transaction. National Australia Bank (NAB) has led the development of a landmark loan for Port of Newcastle ...

Say on climate a "milestone moment" for ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... organisations calling for greater climate-related disclosure and set targets. The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) have spearheaded a number of those resolutions across the ASX, including Santos, Woodside and Rio Tinto. A say on ...

Rio Tinto commits to climate vote at AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... and a significant challenge for Australian companies and investors. The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) also welcomes Rio Tinto's "leadership and commitment" in putting the climate strategy to a vote and urges the company to commit ...

Scentre Group to increase disclosure for cleaning contracts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... Slavery Statement which will be released on 31 March, Scentre Group said. The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) has been engaging with Scentre Group on the issue, and was preparing to file a shareholder resolution for the upcoming ...

Divestment should be tool of last resort on climate: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... be compared across the industry, according to recommendations from the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR). ACCR has published Cutting Carbon : what the rush to divest fossil fuels means for emissions reduction and engagement, a report ...

Stakeholders mull impact of Rio Tinto report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... promulgated in 2007," said James Fitzgerald, strategy lead and counsel at the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR). "In the years since, it's turned from something that looks like a positive benefit for Indigenous people, to something ...