Investor power for a fairer South Africa
10 June 2021
27 May 2021
This morning at Standard Bank’s virtual AGM, the board and executives faced a barrage of questions from activist shareholders about the bank’s approach to financing fossil fuels, and the climate and human rights impacts of oil and gas projects in Uganda, Tanzania and Mozambique.
In addition, 32% of Standard Bank shareholders voted against the... continued
21 May 2021
On 20 May 2021, representatives from Aeon Investment Management, Abax Investments, Visio Fund Management (Pty) Limited, Just Share NPC (the “Shareholders”) and Standard Bank Group (“Standard Bank” and together the “Parties”) met to discuss the non-binding advisory... continued
14 May 2021
This article was first published in the Financial Mail on 13 May 2021.
Two articles in last weekend’s Business Times aptly reveal the absurd nature of SA’s energy narrative. In the first, Thungela Resources CEO July Ndlovu opines: “Coal doesn’t have to be always dirty: it can be made cleaner depending on [your] technology choices.”
The second, headlined “SA must go green or lose investors”,... continued
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Summary: Just Share’s submissions to 4 recent public consultation processes