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Brynn O'Brien

David Murray lacks 2020 board vision

The former AMP chair did not accept the ESG demands that are now essential to shareholder value.

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In 2011, David Murray, the now former chairman of AMP, sat down with Colleen Ryan for an interview for this paper’s “Lunch with the AFR” series. It was revealing, to say the least.

“Well, carbon dioxide is not a pollutant, it is colourless and odourless. It is not a pollutant," he said. “There is no correlation between warming and carbon dioxide.” And more: “The amount of ice in the world is slightly increasing. It is not decreasing. It is just staggering, staggering."

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Brynn O'Brien is executive director of the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility.

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