May 6, 2022
Continued shareholder resistance against Santos could result in a call to oust the board.
One-quarter of shareholders in Australian energy company Santos have voted against the company’s executive pay plans, …
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April 29, 2022
2022 proxy voting season to get underway after 2021 saw some successes for activist investors.
A record number of climate-related shareholder votes are expected to be filed with major …
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April 15, 2022
Rio Tinto is under fire from investors following a lack of clarity about climate change risks, questionable audit committee performances, and reports of sexual harassment and bullying.
Investors …
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April 8, 2022
German environment and human rights NGO Urgewald and the Russian environment NGO Ecodefense have called on foreign …
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March 4th, 2022
A shareholder advocacy group has filed a resolution with the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) regarding the bank’s use of sustainability-linked debt.
Investors for Paris Compliance (I4PC) filed the resolution…
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January 14, 2022
Nearly three-quarters of financial companies do not have a deforestation commitment for all relevant commodities in their supply chains, according to a new report from non-profit organisation Global Canopy.
The international …
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January 7, 2022
The Australian government has introduced a new regulation to reform proxy voting advice services.
The reforms extend the country’s financial services licensing regime to cover a broader range of proxy adviser …
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AstraZeneca joins the growing number of companies to have emissions targets certified
The Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) has launched a corporate standard for assessing and achieving net-zero carbon emissions.
The …
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October 22, 2021
In the next article in Minerva’s Australia peak season preview series, we look at the issue of board diversity.
The fourth edition of the Australian Stock Exchange’s Corporate Governance Principles strengthened its recommendations around board diversity.
An …
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October 22, 2021
Left unabated, the global costs of climate inaction are equivalent to losing between 5 and 20% of global gross domestic product each year, now and forever. Achieving the goals of the …
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