MINING CORPORATIONS – ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS – AUSTRALIA

Rio backs green stimulus ahead of activist meeting

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Original article by Nick Evans
The Australian – Page: 15 : 7-May-20

Rio Tinto’s scope 3 emissions will come under scrutiny at the resources group’s Australian annual general meeting on 7 May. A motion will be put to shareholders for Rio Tinto to outline its strategy for reducing scope 1,2 and 3 emissions. Just six per cent of shareholders voted in favour of a similar motion at the 2019 AGM. Meanwhile, Rio Tinto chairman Simon Thompson has supported a push by the Energy Transitions Commission for governments to ramp up investment in green energy as part of the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

CORPORATES
TIO2 CORPORATION PTY LTD, ENERGY TRANSITIONS COMMISSION

Taxpayers funded action to block Adani

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Original article by Mark Ludlow
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 5 : 10-Aug-15

A parliamentary inquiry into the tax deductibility status of environmental groups has found that government funds are often used to finance court actions against mining companies. A recent court case involving the Mackay Conservation Group and Indian energy company Adani has attracted the inquiry’s attention to the issue of transparency at environmental groups. Mackay Conservation Group co-ordinator Ellen Roberts said in early August 2015 that only donations were used to fund the case against Adani.

CORPORATES
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA, ADANI MINING PTY LTD, MACKAY CONSERVATION GROUP INCORPORATED, LIBERAL-NATIONAL PARTY OF QUEENSLAND, ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDER’S OFFICE (NSW) LIMITED, TARKINE NATIONAL COALITION INCORPORATED, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY