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Big super's plan on fossil fuel return

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) recently accused Santos of not maximising returns for shareholders in its current capex heavy production growth strategy. "Santos shareholders have been increasingly frustrated with the chronic ...

Dramatic spike in votes against ASX remuneration: Georgeson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... board's remuneration report. Under legislation, if a listed company gets two strike votes in consecutive years at AGM, shareholders can then vote to spill the board, requiring directors to present themselves for re-election. That has not yet happened ...

SIX launches share platform for investors, activists

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... first two campaigns SIX is collaborating with groups whose supporter base together represent over 2 million potential shareholders. "The importance in what we're building is that it allows people to play to their strength," Verwey said. "NGOs have ...

Origin CFO retires

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... the tumultuous $10.6 billion takeover bid by a consortium led by Brookfield last year, a deal that was rejected by shareholders, including its largest shareholder, AustralianSuper. AustralianSuper based its opposition to the takeover, which underwent ...

Shell shareholders worth €4tr to vote for Paris

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... the multinational oil and gas company align its medium-term emissions reduction targets with the Paris Agreement. Shareholders will take an advisory vote to update the company's energy transition strategy before the annual general meeting in May. In ...

BlackRock admits stakeholder pressure on ESG a risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... 'ESG', after publicly announcing his decision to integrate ESG risk factors into decision-making in his 2018 letter to shareholders. BlackRock is currently embroiled in an ESG-related lawsuit by the US state of Tennessee, which claimed the firm's ...

Carbon markets heat up

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... the company and consultants BDO to assess whether the offer is fair and reasonable. The board has requested that shareholders take no action as it assesses the offer.

ACSI updates voting guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... approach, ACSI noted. "The record number of strikes against remuneration reports this year is a clear reminder that shareholders are watching outcomes closely, and there is a need to better link incentives to the delivery of value to shareholders over ...

How to spot a credible transition plan: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... now focusing on how companies will get from here to 2050 and how robust their transition plans are. Recently, Boral shareholders questioned the construction giant for walking back its 2025 commitment to reducing emissions from 18% to 12-14% on the way ...

La Trobe University inks sustainability-linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... to drive action towards a resilient and sustainable future to grow the prosperity of our customers, communities, shareholders and our people."