AGL Energy Limited (AGL) has announced that following a comprehensive domestic and global search process, the board has appointed Damien Nicks as managing director and chief executive officer, effective immediately.
Internal pick Damien Nicks is tasked with overseeing AGL’s accelerating exit from fossil fuels after a tumultuous 2022 for the near-200-year-old company.
The appointment of the bloke who had been filling in, Damien Nicks, as chief executive seems like an anti-climax, given the expectation of a new climate transition expert.
Oxfam released its Carbon Inequality in 2030 report on Saturday revealing the most powerful companies in the world are to blame for most of the greenhouse gases.
Atlassian co-founder and green activist Mike Cannon-Brookes lashed out after his picks to turn AGL into a green power company were rejected by the company.