ACCR Company Engagement Fortescue Metals Group Ltd

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd is an iron ore production and exploration company with assets located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

Fortescue owns and operates integrated operations spanning two iron ore mine hubs, the five-berth Herb Elliott Port and Judith Street Harbour towage facility in Port Hedland and the fastest heavy haul railway in the world. Fortescue was first publicly listed in 1987, and is now ranked as one of the largest companies on the ASX. It is the fourth largest iron ore producer in the world after BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, and Vale.

ACCR is engaging with Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (ASX:FMG) on Indigenous rights and cultural heritage protections.

Updates

  1. Media release

    FMG AGM: Support WA Aboriginals’ calls to pause current ACH Bill

    FMG appears to support better heritage protection standards in theory, but not in practice.

  2. Media release

    Juukan Gorge Caves Inquiry - time for best practice cultural heritage laws

    ACCR welcomes the final report of the Parliamentary Inquiry into the Destruction of the Juukan Gorge Caves by Rio Tinto Ltd in May 2020.

  3. Media release

    Fortescue embarrasses BHP and Rio Tinto on steelmaking targets

    ACCR welcomes Fortescue Metals Group’s (ASX:FMG) announcement that it has set a target to reach net zero Scope 3 emissions by 2040, which incorporates emissions from steelmaking.

  4. Media release

    FMG resolution: support WA Aboriginals’ calls to pause current ACH Bill

    FMG investors simply can’t stand by and watch another Juukan Gorge disaster unfold. The moral dimension is obvious.

  5. Shareholder Resolution

    ACCR Shareholder Resolution to Fortescue Metals Group on Australian cultural heritage protection law.

    ACCR has filed a Shareholder Resolution to Fortescue Metals Group Limited (ASX: FMG) on Australian cultural heritage protection law.

  6. Media release

    FMG leads on climate, Twiggy must abandon gas projects

    Fortescue is now firmly leading corporate Australia with this commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2030, without reliance on offsets.

  7. Media release

    FMG rejects ACCR shareholder resolution: courier delayed by COVID related issues

    "That FMG is using the pandemic to their advantage is reprehensible; that they are doing this to avoid shareholder scrutiny of their relationships with Aboriginal Traditional Owners begs the question, what are they hiding?”

  8. Shareholder Resolution

    ACCR Shareholder Resolutions to Fortescue Metals Group Ltd on Cultural Heritage

    ACCR has filed Shareholder Resolutions to Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (ASX:FMG) requesting the a moratorium on the damage, removal or destruction of cultural heritage sites until laws are strengthened, and the remove gag orders on traditional owners.