Use your investments to drive change
Do ethical investing a little differently
Use your investments to drive change
Making a difference made easy
ACCR Annual Review FY23
Pressure from shareholders yielded significant wins for the climate over the past year. Read our Annual Review for FY23.
What We Do:
After you register, we take care of the rest. We conduct research, engage with companies and affected communities and put forward proposals to these companies with our registered shareholders.
The Shareholder Resolution:
Once the resolution gets put on the notice of the meeting, all shareholders have the opportunity to consider the resolution and we’ll speak to it at the annual general meeting.
Impact:
We let you know what we’ve been able to achieve with the resolution and the next steps for ongoing engagement with the company.
Would you like to support our work in other ways?
If you are not in a position to hold shares, you can still become a part of our supporter community. Sign up for updates about our work and other opportunities to be involved. We are always looking for new people and pathways to create change.
ACCR relies on grants and donations to fund our work.
ACCR produces essential, award-winning research on corporate and investment sector performance across environmental, social and governance issues. If you would like to support this and our work to hold ASX listed companies to account, you may wish to make a donation.
“Participating in shareholder resolutions is one of the most powerful ways I can influence business to act on climate and justice issues. ACCR makes it easy and understandable to use my shares for good, and they amplify my impact in the media and in big investors' boardrooms. It's incredibly powerful and rewarding.”
Marie Carvolth
“It's a great way to be involved. It makes a small amount of capital that you may have, make a difference.”
Pam O'Connor
“ACCR’s expertise in strategy, communication and execution has lifted shareholder engagement to a new level, and empowered small scale investors to raise their collective voice for the greater good.”
Trevor Thomas
Managing Director, Ethinvest
“Resolutions are a proven, effective way for investors who care about changing corporate behaviour to have a positive impact on the world around us. For this reason Tas Ethical and our clients have been proud, active supporters of the ACCR’s shareholder resolutions and will continue to be in the future. If you wish to use your money to drive positive change in Australia , I strongly recommend engaging with the ACCR.”
Stuart Barry
Tas Ethical & Ethical Wealth Advice
“Shareholder action & lobbying super funds is very effective at pushing corporations on big issues like climate change & social responsibility. Get involved with ACCR to help make a difference. My ASX shares help support AGM resolutions to effect positive change.”
Sue Baker
“In a time of climate chaos and great uncertainty ACCR’s climate program is a powerful advocacy mechanism to engage with ASX listed companies to minimise risk and give investors certainty, towards just development and climate justice.”
Professor Anne Poelina
Chair, Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council (MFRC)
“The coalition was formed in January 2022 by ACCR and included Man Group, HSBC Global Asset Management and Amundi. They were the first institutional investors to file a climate resolution in Japan calling for more ambitious action by J-Power. Man Group told Environmental Finance it was delighted to receive this award on behalf of the co-filing group. This recognises the significance of these pioneering climate shareholder resolutions by institutional investors in Japan.”
“We’ve worked with ACCR for several years now and this has substantially increased our capacity to engage and escalate with key investment positions in our portfolio. ACCR's research, filing capability and focus on emissions reduction has supported our efforts to protect shareholder value as the globe shifts away from fossil fuels.”
Jason Mitchell
Head of Responsible Investment Research, Man Group
“I like the idea of shareholder activism and working to change things from the inside. My super is all invested responsibly but outside of my super I continue to hold shares in companies that I otherwise wouldn't touch with a barge pole in the hopes that I can help exert some positive influence in combination with others. To be honest, I'm not optimistic for the future of our planet, or at least many of the species that currently live on it, but I still feel it's incredibly important to keep trying.”
Sarah Francis
AGL Energy Ltd
AGL is an integrated essential service provider operating Australia’s largest electricity generation portfolio.
Santos Ltd
Santos Limited is one of the leading independent oil and gas producers in the Asia-Pacific region.
Woodside Energy Group
Woodside Energy Group Ltd is a major oil and gas company, with operations across Australia and abroad.
