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Former coal industry executive and current environmental activist Ian Dunlop will find out Thursday if his bid to become a board member of the world’s largest miner was successful.
BHP Billiton’s AGM meeting Thursday in Perth includes a vote by shareholders on whether or not Dunlop may serve on the company’s executive.
Dunlop wants to tackle climate change, and he thinks influencing BHP policy from within is one effective way of doing this.
“The sort of strategic understanding and perspectives on [climate change] on the current board are not adequate to handle this problem,” said Dunlop.
“Therefore I think some wider perspectives are needed and I think I can provide that.”
Dunlop was formerly the head of the Australian Coal Association and a long-time Shell employee.
Last month BHP urged shareholders to vote against Dunlop’s ascension to the board.
5 Comments
allritejack
We don’t need people on the board who cannot understand the difference between true science and vested interest propaganda. Send him off to Greenland to study the polar bears.
Jim Owens
If Dunlop thinks man can change the climate then he needs a straight jacket not a board membership. Does he really believe he can change the weather?
Darragh909
What a moronic response.
jdtaillant
JIM, man CAN and change and HAS CHANGED the weather. I think this is a FASCINATING and very welcome move by Dunlop. I hope the shareholders wake up to global climate reality, which is what we need more of in the world … frankly, maybe it’s someone else that needs a straight jacket Jim.
Jay man
lol a board member who wants BHP to tackle climate change, it will be no different than the australian gov trying to tackle climate change – big waste of money, this guys wont give a toss about the company he just wants influence over the $$ it spends