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Derek Rose

Activists want banks' actions to match words on climate

Activists are confident big bank board members are getting the message on climate change. (David Crosling/AAP PHOTOS)

Resolutions on climate change once again failed at the annual general meetings of three of Australia's four big banks - but activists are optimistic board members are getting the message.

Market Forces campaigner on Australian banks, Kyle Robertson, highlighted that an advisory resolution on climate change received 34.2 per cent of the vote at Westpac's December 13 annual general meeting, even though the bank's board recommended against it. 

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