19 May 2022 Financial new sources confirmed last week that Standard Chartered and Barclays have funded Adani Enterprises, the Adani Group subsidiary pursuing several new thermal coal mining projects, including the disastrous Carmichael mine in Australia. The US $250m...
Vanguard’s farcical engagement with coal miners Adani, Whitehaven and New Hope exposed
12 May 2022 Global investment management firm Vanguard recently released its 2021 Investment Stewardship Report, where it discusses the supposed impact of its engagement with the companies in which it invests. Vanguard provides case studies on the Adani Group (p 36)...
Whitehaven Coal found producing far more thermal coal than environmental assessment estimates
11 May 2022 Whitehaven Coal is Australia’s biggest publicly-listed pure play coal mining company. It operates four coal mines in New South Wales, and is pursuing a further three new or expanded mines that could double the company’s coal production by 2030. The...
Help GLAS make time to Stop Adani
10 May 2022 There are now 112 major companies that have ruled out providing any support to the climate-wrecking Adani Carmichael coal project. However, debt administration services provider GLAS is not one of them. With Adani’s Australian coal port, NQXT, currently...
Adani planning to self-fund coal port debt refinancing
22 March 2022 According to a note published on 14 March, Adani has indicated to the Moody’s ratings agency that it is failing to find an external source to refinance the US$500m of bonds maturing in December of this year, issued by its coal port North Queensland...
Deutsche Bank staff survey 2022
21 March 2022 Thank-you for taking the time to fill out this survey. Its purpose is to understand the views of Deutsche Bank employees regarding the bank’s reported decision to arrange finance for Whitehaven Coal, one of Australia’s most controversial coal mining...
Will GLAS shatter its reputation on Adani’s coal port?
26 May 2022 In November 2021, after a short and sharp public backlash, the Bank of New York Mellon (BNYM) became the 104th company to cut ties with Adani’s disastrous Carmichael coal project. For many years, BNYM was playing a specialised role as the security trustee...
Win! Credit Suisse rules out Whitehaven Coal
Climate-wrecking coal company Whitehaven Coal received a $1 billion loan in February 2020 from a group of major banks, including European investment bank Credit Suisse. Late last year, Credit Suisse updated its policy on thermal coal mining, clearly excluding...
Spread the word about NAB’s dirty fossil fuel funding
17 December 2021 Call out NAB: share these social media posts! Post a message on NAB’s social media! NAB shareholders are today gathering at the company’s virtual annual general meeting (AGM), where they’ll hold the bank to account for all manner of issues, key among...
Tell NAB: net-zero by 2050 = no new fossil fuels
17 December 2021 Post a message on NAB’s social media! Call out NAB: share these social media videos! NAB shareholders are today gathering at the company’s virtual annual general meeting (AGM), where they’ll hold the bank to account for all manner of issues, key among...