Thursday 22 October: Economists and investors are sounding the alarm over plans by APA Group, to push ahead with one of Australia’s biggest ever gas pipelines enabling fracking in the Beetaloo Basin, Northern Territory. Australian economists Nicki Hutley, Richard...
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Pattern of Failure: Rising ESG Complaints Expose the Risk Management Gaps at Japanese Megabanks
The sheer volume of complaints to various grievance mechanisms brought against Japan’s megabanks, MUFG, SMBC, and Mizuho, can no longer be considered a set of isolated incidents. It represents a systemic failure. Over the past decade, civil society organizations,...
繰り返される「機能不全」 ― 増加するESG関連の異議申立てが浮き彫りにする日本のメガバンクのリスク管理の欠陥
三菱UFJフィナンシャル・グループ（MUFG）、三井住友フィナンシャルグループ（SMBCグループ）、みずほフィナンシャルグループ（みずほ）の3メガバンクに対し、各種の異議申立メカニズム（グリーバンス・メカニズム）を通じて提起された申立ての件数は、もはや個別・偶発的な事案の集積とみなすことはできません。構造的な機能不全を示すものと考えられます。...
New Analysis: Singaporean banks face rising risks for financing industrial coal power
Jakarta/Singapore, Tuesday 8 September 2026 – New analysis from Market Forces reveals that the three largest Singaporean banks — DBS, OCBC, and UOB — have been bankrolling industrial ‘captive’ coal power plants between 2020 and 2025, despite publicly announcing and...
Analisis Terbaru: Bank Singapura Masih Biayai PLTU Batu Bara, meski Berkomitmen untuk Berhenti
Jakarta/Singapore, 8 September 2026 – Analisis terbaru dari Market Forces mengungkapkan, tiga bank asal Singapura yaitu DBS, OCBC, dan UOB masih membiayai proyek PLTU batu bara captive antara tahun 2020 hingga 2025. Padahal sejak tahun 2019, ketiga bank tersebut...
Woodside’s climate walk-back reflects AustralianSuper’s ineffective stewardship efforts
By Brett Morgan, Investor Engagement Manager, Market Forces As the nation’s largest super fund, what AustralianSuper says and does has significant consequences for our economy. Woodside’s walk-back on emissions and new energy targets in the past 24 hours can in part...
Macquarie’s huge LNG export gamble puts more than investors at risk
By Morgan Pickett, Senior Policy Analyst, Market Forces, a clean energy finance advocacy organisation. Macquarie Group began life in Sydney in 1969 with just three employees. Today, Macquarie is one of Australia’s most powerful financial institutions, operating across...
Super fund HESTA urged to take on fossil fuel giants, for the sake of climate health
Healthcare is built on principles that have guided our professions for generations: protecting life, preventing harm, promoting wellbeing and acting in the best interests of those we serve. Those values shouldn’t end when we finish our shift. As the super fund...
Macquarie hauled over coals for tripling fossil fuel finance
Thursday 23 July: An Australian Security Leaders Climate Group Executive and an internationally acclaimed climate scientist have joined more than 160 shareholders and Market Forces to demand Macquarie Group explains how its skyrocketing finance for major new oil and...
Rethinking Financing for Indonesia’s Captive Coal Nickel Industry
By Ginanjar Ariyasuta, Indonesia Energy Finance Campaigner, Market Forces In his address to the House of Representatives on May 20, President Prabowo Subianto expressed his conviction that Indonesia's economy can grow 8 per cent by 2029, with the processing of...