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Australian Ethical pressures QBE over climate risk management

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical co-filed shareholder resolutions with investment platform SIX, calling on QBE to improve disclosures around how climate change will impact its business. To be voted on at the QBE annual general meeting today, the proposals call on ...

Lobby group names and shames companies omitting shareholder resolutions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2026  |  NEWS
The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility has launched a public resource which names the companies that have declared their intention to unilaterally omit shareholder resolutions. The action is in response to the Securities and Exchange Commission's ...

Advocacy groups challenge SEC policy on shareholder proposals

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is being sued over a new policy that gives companies "an effective rubber-stamp" to omit shareholder proposals in company proxy statements. As You Sow and the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility ...

Insurer sued for omitting shareholder proposal on climate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
Global insurance giant Chubb is being sued after it opted to exclude a shareholder resolution in relation to climate change from its 2026 proxy ballot. The shareholder proposal was lodged by As You Sow, a shareholder advocacy group based in California. ...

Investors pressure BP over 'undisciplined' capex decisions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
BP is facing a shareholder resolution from several international pension funds and the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) in relation to its investment decisions. The ACCR has co-filed a shareholder resolution alongside Nest, London ...

Podcast: The winners and losers of 2025

THE GREENER WAY  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
This week on The Greener Way, host Michelle Baltazar discusses the top sustainability trends of 2025 with Adam Verwey, co-founder of ethical investment platform Six. In this episode, they dive into the surge of shareholder resolutions in Australia ...

Big banks neglect carbon emitted by financed deforestation: ACF

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
A new analysis by the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) found the big four banks are "underreporting" the carbon emissions resulting from the deforestation they finance. According to ACF's Financed emissions from deforestation: The Big Four's ...

NAB opposes resolution on nature risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
A shareholder resolution filed against NAB over inaction on deforestation will go ahead, but another launched by Market Forces has been abandoned. This comes as new research finds claims of increased forest cover in Australia are misleading. The resolution ...

NAB subject to Australia's first bank shareholder resolution on nature risk

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
Australia's largest agribusiness lender NAB will face the nation's first shareholder resolution on nature and deforestation risk. The groundbreaking resolution demands greater transparency about how much the bank lends to customers involved in deforestation ...

Palliser Capital hits out at Rio Tinto board

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
Palliser Capital has vowed to continue pressing for governance reform at Rio Tinto after its shareholder resolution calling for an independent review of the miner's dual-listed company structure fell short at the group's annual general meeting. The ...
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