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Activist platform launches full share trading

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... enlisting investors to team up to pressure companies at general meetings. Australia's Corporations Act grants the shareholders of listed companies the ability to influence a board, but only with more than 100 investors. Campaigns range from issues like ...

Green Moves: NorthStar Impact, Aboriginal Investment NT, Care Super

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... a claim which principal science expert Evert van der Heide said has been "repeatedly communicated and promised to shareholders and stakeholders." He said he does not believe the claim to be aligned with relaxed or eliminated intermediate targets. "I ...

HESTA red flags MinRes for governance failures

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... Ellison told the board he fully accepts its decisions and will continue to work in the best interests of MinRes and its shareholders through the transition. "I'm deeply sorry for the events that have occurred and the impact they've had on MinRes' ...

Executives urge Canberra to move faster

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... Australia, with 67% of respondents identifying this as the main source of pressure, ahead of customers, competitors, and shareholders. However, investment is flowing and organisations are becoming more resilient, with increased revenue and higher asset ...

Exec pay lands listed firms in hot water

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... to vote in favour of a board spill resolution, where directors stand to be re-elected, even after a second strike. Shareholders would rather engage with the companies to resolve disputes than to see them fail, he said.

Natural gas buyout bulldozes investors: Analysts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... Global Investors, Anima, CalPERS, Florida State Board of Administration, KLP and LGIM. At this year's AGM 58% of shareholders voted down Woodside's Climate Transition Action Plan. Market Forces analyst Brett Morgan said Woodside "disregarded ...

Australian Ethical profit up 57% to $18.5m

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... maintaining our focus on sustainable growth and improving our offer to customers, is delivering positive outcomes for our shareholders." The firm recorded a fair value write-down of $2.2m in FY24 from the sell-off of Sentient Impact Group, which it acquired ...

Shareholders to pressure supermarkets over seafood sourcing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
A group of 130 shareholders will attempt to force the major supermarkets to change their seafood suppliers to prevent the extinction of a rare species. 130 investors are targeting Woolworths and Coles to drop industrial salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour ...

Shareholders to say 'no' to gambling ads

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... a complete ban, the latest survey by the Australia Institute found. SIX and AGR want the support of at least 100 shareholders from each media group by the end of the month. Hitting this target is critical to the campaign's success. It is the minimum ...

Woodside's US$2.35bn gamble raises doubts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
The energy giant's US$2.35 billion ammonia buyout may placate many shareholders, but the high price paid has raised alarms given the yet-to-be-operational plant hinges on possibly impermanent carbon capture. Last week, Australian oil and gas company ...