Investor power for a fairer South Africa
20 September 2021
On 14 September 2021, Just Share and Aeon Investment Management co-filed a non-binding, advisory shareholder resolution at Sasol Limited, for tabling at its 19 November AGM.
The resolution asks Sasol to improve and expand its disclosure of its direct and indirect climate lobbying, including disclosing the annual membership fees paid to industry... continued
17 September 2021
On 15 September, FirstRand published an updated Policy on Energy and Fossil Fuels Financing (“the energy policy”) and, for the first time, a Climate Change Policy.
The energy policy represents a significant improvement on the bank’s previous energy-related policies – including confirmation that it will “no longer finance new coal-fired power stations with... continued
13 September 2021
This article was first published in the Financial Mail on 9 September 2021.
As a former public interest environmental lawyer, I have been astonished by recent public attacks on “environmentalists”, attributing to them incredible levels of political power and influence.
In an opinion piece in the Business Day on 23 August, coal executive Vuslat Bayoglu writes that there is “a new... continued
9 September 2021
Just Share has attended the following virtual annual general meetings (AGMs) since 28 June 2021 (and since our AGM Roundup 1):
We asked a total of 18 questions relating to inequality (wage gaps and income inequality),... continued
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