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Woodside AGM climate resolution receives majority support

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... climate-related shareholder resolution put to the Woodside AGM has received a majority of shareholders' support. Dan Gocher, ACCR director of climate and environment The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) lodged four shareholder ...

Coronavirus forcing companies to virtual AGMs, full proxy voting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... to need to be the voice at the forefront at this situation of AGMs." The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) has lodged resolutions at both Santos and Woodside's AGMs. The first resolution calls on both companies' to suspend membership ...

Analysis: climate change, Australia and the fierce urgency of now

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... corporate action are gearing up for new levels of intensity as well. The Australian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) will continue its campaigns in designing and organising support for resolutions at AGMs with demands for companies to address ...

Market Forces lodges shareholder resolutions with Westpac, NAB, ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... for environmental and social issue-related shareholder 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 ...

RIAA launches refreshed Certification Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has refreshed its Certification Program, to reflect the maturing market for responsible investment and a focus on best practice. Cassandra Williams, certification and ratings manager, RIAA. The ...

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. ...

Future Super invests in loans via peer to peer lending platform RateSetter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
Future Super has invested in renewable energy loans through RateSetter, the peer-to-peer lending marketplace. Louis Edwards, head of renewable at RateSetter Future Super will invest in RateSetter's National Clean Energy lending market, which funds loans ...

AIIB, Aberdeen Standard Investments form strategic partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) have formed a strategic partnership to develop debt capital markets for infrastructure and drive responsible investing in fixed income as well as "build a sustainable ...

ACCR planning to lodge resolutions at Santos, Woodside Petroleum AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) is planning to lodge resolutions at the upcoming May 2019 AGMs of Santos and Woodside Petroleum, asking the companies to set targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in line with the Paris ...

ACCR files resolution to Qantas AGM over deportations and removals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
The Australasian Centre 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 ...