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Australian retailer’s shareholders reject proposal to stop sourcing Tasmanian salmon

Shareholders of Coles will shortly face a similar resolution to that rejected by Woolworths shareholders at their annual general meeting.

Woolworths will continue to source farmed salmon from Tasmania for now after a challenge brought by environmental campaigners failed to win the support of shareholders during the Australian retail chain’s annual general meeting on Thursday.

Campaigners, led by activist share trading platform Sustainable Investment Exchange, proposed a resolution at the meeting in Sydney on Oct. 31…

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