Activist shareholders
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Coal
Coal is cash, but not even activists wanted Glencore to exit its dirty business
Glencore has scrapped plans to spin off its coal business, with an unlikely coalition of investors and activists all opposed to the plan.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Oil
Exxon’s battle against climate activism comes to a head tonight
The future of climate-related shareholder activism may be at stake when Exxon shareholders meet for the company’s annual general meeting overnight.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
For subscribers
Why this property giant’s shareholders staged a strategy coup
The hulking-out of Lendlease shareholders not only demonstrates just how aggrieved they were, but it is also a reminder that investors are the owners and in theory the board works for them.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Lendlease investors to demand answers at Monday showdown
Embattled chief executive Tony Lombardo will outline the global property giant’s direction, with investors bracing for a barrage of changes.
- by Carolyn Cummins and Simon Johanson
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Opinion
Why Goyder survived even though his climate plan was panned
For large investors such as pension and superannuation funds, a vote against what climate activists and experts and some shareholders believe is a vague and feeble plan to reduce emissions in line with the Paris Agreement is a no-brainer.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Biggest climate revolt rocks Woodside as investors turn up heat on emissions
Australia’s largest oil and gas company has been hit with an unprecedented investor uprising demanding greater action on climate change.
- by Nick Toscano and Peter Milne
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Qantas baggage haunts under-pressure Goyder at Woodside
After chairing Qantas during a period when it fell from grace, Richard Goyder is under intense pressure for the second time in less than a year.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Push to remove Goyder as Woodside faces investor climate heat
Australia’s largest oil and gas company is at risk of facing an investor backlash over its response to climate change at an upcoming shareholder vote.
- by Nick Toscano
Opinion
Lendlease
Why investors want to tear down this corporate giant
Lendlease, the company that built Barangaroo in Sydney and the Melbourne Quarter, “is a plaything”, says activist shareholder John Wylie.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Opinion
Executive pay
Warning: Big super wants changes boards won’t like
It is not exactly open warfare, but the country’s biggest industry super funds are flexing the muscles that are constantly pumped up by growth in funds under management.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Murdoch under pressure from US hedge fund to break up his media empire
Starboard Value, which is run by “the most feared man in corporate America”, has built a stake in News Corp and calls for a spin-off of REA Group, its Australian real estate division.
- by James Warrington
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