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Institutional investors step up engagement as part of Climate Action 100+ initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... companies beyond the initial 100 to add an additional 61. Australian companies on the existing list include BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, and Wesfarmers. Included on the new list of 61 are 10 Australian companies - Adelaide Brighton, AGL, BlueScope Steel ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
In watershed votes on climate-related issues, more than 18% of shareholders at Rio Tinto and QBE backed resolutions related to climate change-related risk. Bill Hartnett, head of sustainability, Local Government Super On May 2, Rio Tinto held its Australian ...

BHP Billiton to maintain membership in US Chamber of Commerce

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... 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 (LGS) have ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... 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 of Australia. Brynn O'Brien ...

ACCR seeking shareholders for resolution at Rio Tinto AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) is seeking Rio Tinto shareholders to support a resolution on lobby group spending at Rio's forthcoming AGM. Brynn O'Brien, executive director, ACCR ACCR is seeking 100 or more shareholders ...

IGCC annual conference discusses managing climate change risk, solutions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... thermal coal" exposure. Where the fund has exposures to fossil fuels through investments in BHP Billiton, Wesfarmers and Rio Tinto, they are "highly engaged in companies regarding climate risk management on both a transition and a resilience perspective." ...

Westpac, Mirvac named as global leaders in Dow Jones Sustainability Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... American Tobacco, and ASML Holding, whilst the three largest deletions are Enbridge Inc., Reckitt Benckiser Group plc, Rio Tinto. DJSI notes that Rio Tinto are still part of the DJSI Europe index. The DJSI is a global index that tracks the world's largest ...

Mining sector showing "signs of progress" on emissions management, face continued risk: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... thermal coal." Australian listed companies feature heavily in the report - BHP is ranked third for its performance, Rio Tinto is ranked fourth, and South32 is ranked 6 th. Other participants include Vale, Boliden, Glencore, Antofagasta, Teck, Anglo American ...

Challenges to Carbon Capture and Storage adaptation in Australia: Credit Suisse

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... of energy." Credit Suisse has used this research as a starting point for engagement with companies, McCullagh said. "Rio Tinto held a call on their climate related report for 2016, and we did ask them questions about their assumptions on CCS," she said. ...

Bribery and corruption cited as sustainability engagement theme for 2017

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... deputy managing director at Regnan - Governance Research & Engagement cited recent news stories about allegations that Rio Tinto allowed payments of $US10.5 million to be made to a consultant providing advisory services on the Simandou iron ore project ...