The resolution recommends BHP cut ties with a list of associations including the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA),which it says has supported subsidies for coal-fired power stations in Australia and the development of a new thermal coal basin.
Mr Cannon-Brooks this week said:"Until BHP stops funding for coal lobbyists,we're extremely sceptical of their environmental or green credentials".
In a letter to Mr Cannon-Brookes on Wednesday,the chief executive of the influential mining lobby Tania Constable moved to reassure him the lobby group was committed to"progressive environmental policy and emissions reduction".
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The minerals industry acknowledged that sustained global action was required to reduce the risk of human-induced climate change and supported a"measured transition"to a low-emissions global economy,Ms Constable said,including participation in agreements such as the Paris pact – to hold the increase in global average temperatures to below 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels.
"Given that this has been the MCA's stated position for some time,and was developed in close consultation with member companies,I was surprised to read your public criticism of the MCA,"Ms Constable wrote to Mr Cannon-Brookes,adding that she would welcome the opportunity to meet with him.
"It is unfortunate that you have accepted without question the misinformed claims of some activists regarding the approach of the MCA to the Paris agreement and its related emissions-reduction targets."