Britain’s biggest asset manager will vote to remove Richard Goyder as chair of Australian energy giant Woodside amid a backlash over the board’s climate stance.
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Woodside shareholders are about to decide if the company is doing enough to diversify revenue away from fossil fuels as warnings intensify about emissions heating the planet.
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The ruling is expected to resonate in court decisions across Europe and beyond,and to embolden more communities to bring climate cases against governments.
The company’s credibility will be put to the test this month when backers have their say on its emissions plan and the future of chairman Richard Goyder.
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Woodside and Norway’s Yara are targeting injecting more than one million tonnes of carbon emissions a year under the seabed off the Pilbara coast.
Former NSW energy minister Matt Kean is among supporters who have jumped ship from the green group since it began to back federal Peter Dutton’s nuclear policy.
The Australian Conservation Foundation and Mackay Conservation Group seek to convince the Queensland Land Court that Whitehaven Coal’s proposed mine would be a reckless contributor to climate change.