OPINION | Dr Sachiko Suzuki, Asia Climate and Energy Analyst at Market Forces Dr Suzuki is a sustainable finance expert and has previously worked for the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), posted in South East Asia. Companies in Asia have been getting away...
Global investors want more climate action from Japan’s megabanks
OPINION | Will van de Pol, CEO at Market Forces Japan's big banks have a big problem. Like climate change, it will get much worse unless it is addressed quickly. The megabanks are lagging behind when it comes to playing their part in the critical transition to clean...
Global week of action targets MUFG’s fossil fuel financing
MEDIA RELEASE Wednesday 29 May: Environment groups from several countries worldwide are launching a global week of action against Japan’s largest bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) under the theme "Banking Betrayal: MUFG is Funding our Demise." This...
ANZ rules out Papua LNG, leaves the door open to fund climate wrecking companies
This week ANZ announced that it would no longer provide direct financing to new or expanded oil and gas fields, new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plants, and won’t bank any oil and gas company not already on their books. The announcement means that all big four...
TotalEnergies(トタルエナジーズ )の主要銀行がパプアLNGへの資金提供拒否
ヨーロッパ第3位の銀行である Crédit Agricole(クレディ・アグリコル)は、先週 TotalEnergies(トタルエナジーズ )に対して大きな打撃を与え、トタルエナジーズが提案しているパプア液化天然ガスプロジェクト(パプア LNG)への資金提供をしないと宣言しました。...
TotalEnergies’ bankers deliver major blow to Papua LNG carbon bomb
Crédit Agricole, Europe’s third largest bank, has delivered a major blow to TotalEnergies this week, declaring it will not finance Total’s proposed Papua Liquefied Natural Gas project (Papua LNG). Despite being the financial advisor to the project, and one of...
Australian and Japanese banks receive warning to stay out of Papua LNG
Wednesday, 27 September 2023 Ahead of TotalEnergies’ Investor Day in France, Australian banks ANZ and NAB and Japanese banks MUFG, SMBC, and Mizuho received letters from Market Forces, Jubilee Australia and Papua New Guinean civil society organisation CELCOR (Center...
Banks finally dump Whitehaven Coal
In a win that's been a long time coming, news broke this week that Australia's largest independent coal miner Whitehaven Coal is currently unbankable. This is a major development that further proves the effectiveness of the people-powered movement to drive finance out...
Indonesia’s Just Energy Transition must be transparent and green
OPINION | Andri Prasetiyo, Senior Researcher at Senik Centre Asia and Nabilla Gunawan, Indonesia Energy Finance Campaigner at Market Forces The Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) between Indonesia and its major trading partners is at risk of stifling...
Australia’s big four banks face human rights complaint over Santos Barossa financing
5 April 2023 Tiwi Islands and Larrakia Traditional Owners have lodged formal complaints alleging the big four Australian banks - ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, NAB and Westpac – and a host of international financiers breached their human rights commitments by participating...