ANNEX D
CORPORATE STATEMENTS ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Annual Reports, Sustainability Reports, Other Reports, and Websites
This annex provides a non-exhaustive overview of recent public statements
on climate change, human rights, and the environment by many of the respondent
Carbon Majors. The majority of the statements referenced have been collected from
annual reports and/or company sustainability reports, as made available on each of
the respondents’ company or third-party websites.
Since the first publication of the Carbon Majors research in 2013, a number
of the original 50 investor-owned carbon producers have changed and will likely
continue to change due to mergers, acquisitions, cessation of operations, or
becoming part of state-owned companies. Reports belonging to each of the
following respondent Carbon Majors—if they indeed have been published—are not
included in this overview for various reasons: Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, BG
Group Plc, Italcementi Cemento S.P.A., Kiewit Corporation, Murray Energy
Corporation, and UK Coal.
• In 2019, Anadarko was acquired by Occidental Petroleum Corporation
(“Oxy”) and delisted from the New York Stock Exchange.1
• In 2016, Royal Dutch Shell plc acquired all the voting rights in BG Group plc,
and BG Group plc was delisted from the London Stock Exchange.2
• In 2016, Italcementi Cemento S.p.A was acquired by HeidelbergCement AG
and was delisted from the Italian Stock Exchange.3
• In 2015, UK Coal was liquidated by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.4
• The reports of Luminant and Alpha Natural Resources are published by Vistra
Energy Corporation5 and Contura6 Energy, Inc., respectively. Luminant is a
Oxy (2019), Occidental Completes Acquisition of Anadarko, available at
https://www.oxy.com/News/Pages/Article.aspx?Article=6135.html (last accessed on 12 September 2019).
2 London Stock Exchange's Regulatory News Service (15 February 2016), Form 8.3 Public Opening Position
Disclosure/Dealing Disclosure by a person with an interest in relevant securities representing 1% or more, available
at http://otp.investis.com/clients/uk/bg_group1/rns/regulatory-story.aspx?cid=358&newsid=672858 (last accessed on
12 September 2019).
3 HeidelbergCement Group (20 October 2016), Press Release: Acquisition of Italcementi finalized – new Board of
Directors established, available at https://www.heidelbergcement.com/en/pr-20-10-2016 (last accessed on 12
September 2019).
4 PWC (12 February 2018), Joint liquidators Annual Report, available at https://www.pwc.co.uk/businessrecovery/administrations/assets/ocanti_report.pdf (last accessed on 12 September 2019).
5 Vistra Energy (06 February 2019), Vistra Energy to Report 2018 Results on February 28, 2019, available at
https://investor.vistraenergy.com/investor-relations/news/press-release-details/2019/Vistra-Energy-to-Report-2018Results-on-February-28-2019/default.aspx (last accessed on 12 September 2019).
6 Contura Energy Inc. (14 November 2018), Contura Announces Third Quarter 2018 Results, available at
https://conturaenergy.com/news/contura-announces-third-quarter-2018-results/ (last accessed on 12 September
2019).
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