11 February 2022 Market Forces has worked with Woodside and Santos shareholders to formally call on Australia’s two largest, and rapidly growing, oil and gas producers to manage down production in line with a net zero emissions by 2050 pathway. The resolutions, which will be voted on at the companies’ … Read More
New Hope investment raises shareholder concerns at Washington H Soul Pattinson AGM
10 December 2021 Washington H Soul Pattinson (WHSP) owns 40% of Australian thermal coal miner New Hope, and the two companies share a number of directors, including Chair Rob Millner. New Hope is pursuing the highly controversial New Acland Stage 3 coal mine in Queensland, and confirmed at its AGM … Read More
AustralianSuper members, this is your chance to make an impact at a global scale
2 December 2021 Meet Dylan, an AustralianSuper member who is taking action to ensure the super fund giant is doing all it can to properly manage the risks climate change poses to members’ retirement savings. Supported by the team at Equity Generation Lawyers, Dylan is writing to AustralianSuper asking for … Read More
Super funds undermining climate commitments
29 November 2021 Our super funds have had a number of critical opportunities to force companies they invest in to step up on climate action over the past couple of months. Yet our new analysis finds they’ve been squandering these opportunities by voting against climate action. With more crucial climate … Read More
Super fund ‘engagement’ fails to stop Woodside and BHP pressing go on Scarborough carbon bomb
23 November 2021 Late yesterday, oil and gas giant Woodside announced it had made a final investment decision to go ahead with its climate-wrecking Scarborough gas project, which includes a huge new offshore gas field (Scarborough) and a new onshore gas processing plant (Pluto 2). BHP, which currently owns 26.5% … Read More
The fight has just begun: Market Forces response to Scarborough-Pluto 2 final investment decision
22 November 2021 Reacting to Woodside and BHP’s announcement of final investment decision on the Scarborough offshore gas field and associated Pluto Train 2 LNG terminal, Market Forces Asset Management Campaigner Will van de Pol said, “the fight against the climate-wrecking Scarborough gas project has only just begun.” “The Scarborough-Pluto … Read More
Oil and gas producers fail to accept net zero means no expansion
15 November 2021 Australia’s oil and gas exploration and production companies are being challenged by shareholders over the incompatibility of their expansions plans with global climate goals. With a number of these companies having held their AGMs recently, a recurring theme to shareholder questioning has been the International Energy Agency’s … Read More
Global Infrastructure Partners to light the fuse on Woodside’s carbon bomb
15 November 2021 US-headquartered Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) has entered into a purchase agreement for a 49% stake in Woodside’s planned Pluto Train 2 LNG project. Woodside says the deal is a significant milestone towards a final investment decision on the Scarborough-Pluto 2 development project. It is estimated the project, … Read More
Shareholders call for true climate leadership from BHP
Updated 9am, 12 November 2021 A total of 14.2% of BHP Group’s investors have defied the board to demand the company responsibly wind up its fossil fuel production assets in line with its stated support for net zero emissions by 2050. This morning’s ASX announcement of the combined votes for … Read More
South32 challenged over scope 3 emissions, coal mine plans
28 October 2021 Over the last year, diversified miner South32 has set a target to halve its operational (scope 1 and 2) emissions by 2035 and reach net zero by 2050. However, as a significant metallurgical coal producer, the scope 3 emissions (mostly those generated from the use of South32’s … Read More