Origin Energy's annual general meeting began with an acknowledgement of the original custodians of the land and ended with shareholders voting against a review into fracking on indigenous-owned land.
Nonetheless, land owners are hoping a sizeable protest vote will raise valuable awareness among shareholders.
Nearly eight per cent of shareholders voted for a resolution requesting a review into how Origin obtained gas fracking permits for the Beetaloo Basin in the Northern Territory.
Another 63.1 million abstained after hundreds of signatures were presented to executives at Wednesday's AGM, saying Origin failed to adequately consult with the traditional landowners on the scale and risks of its gas field proposal.
Traditional land owners are worried about the damage Origin will do sourcing gas and say many indigenous representatives were not consulted at all.
"We don't want fracking to start in our area because we have seen the damage Origin and other companies have done elsewhere in Australia," said May August, Alawa grandmother and representative from the proposed gas fields.
"Our livelihood relies on lots of good country and clean fresh water, but all that is at risk if Origin forces fracking gas fields over the top of us."
Origin chairman Gordon Cairns admitted his company needed to improve communication with the traditional land owners.
He told the group who travelled to Sydney from the NT that the agreement for the company's exploration in the Beetaloo Basin was secured through the landowners' representative body, the Northern Land Council.
"We haven't done a good enough job with sitting down and explaining to you what we want to do," Mr Cairns said.
"The Northern Land Council has statutory obligations under the Land Rights Act and the Native Title Act to ensure the appropriate traditional owners are consulted and engaged with respect to our activities."
Mr Cairns denied fracking would pollute the waterways and promised the exploration would bring economic benefits to the local communities.
Origin reinforced its commitment to renewable energy and said it will exit coal fired generation by 2032.
"We will increase the share of renewables in our business to 25 per cent by 2020, from 13 per cent today," Mr Cairns said.
"Our strong gas position will support the growth in renewables as a lower emissions firming fuel."
