On Saturday 18 April, we celebrated World Heritage Day in style. Dozens of Commonwealth Bank customers turned out to divest from the bank outed as helping Adani secure finance for its planned mega coal mine and new export terminal in the Great Barrier Reef World...
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Media release: Adani running out of options as French banks’ “no” to Galilee Basin coal
Sydney / Melbourne, 10 pm AEST 8 April 2015 (2 pm Central European Time) The news that three major French banks have committed to not finance proposed coal mines in Queensland’s Galilee Basin is a massive blow to Adani, whose Carmichael mega mine will need billions in...
French banks rule out funding Galilee coal exports!
8 April 2015 Three major French banks have announced they will not fund the mega coal mines proposed in the Galilee Basin, or associated infrastructure such as the new coal export terminals at Abbot Point. BNP Paribas, Societe Generale, and Credit Agricole have issued...
Australian Government operative leans on US banks for big coal
11 February 2015 Documents released today through Freedom of Information (FoI) reveal that the Former Howard Government Minister Nick Minchin, a self proclaimed climate change ‘sceptic’, has lobbied at least one of the banks in the United States who last year...
Divestment Day live Oct 2014!
On the 17th and 18th of October, hundreds of Australians will be turning out to close their accounts in protest of the big banks' role in funding dirty coal and gas projects. We'll be tracking events around Australia right here on the live blog so stay tuned! Share on...
Our application to the Westpac Community Leaders Awards
16 August 2014 Westpac recently put a call-out to ask for applications to their Community Leader Awards. We couldn't resist putting in an application! We applied to the Westpac Community Leaders Awards because we believe that Westpac need all the help they can get to...
Funding Abbot Point coal port is a $236 billion divestment risk to banks
If Australia's big banks fund new coal projects in the Great Barrier Reef, it could cost them a big pile of cash. Almost a quarter of a trillion dollars, in fact. A new survey by The Australia Institute for Market Forces found that 11% of customers of the "big four"...
Taya’s divestment checklist
8 July 2014 Taya recently divested from ANZ and wrote out a check-list of step she took. As she notes the journey is not only morally rewarding but also enjoyable! Taya's divestment checklist Investigate my bank's involvement in supporting the fossil fuel industry...
Funding Great Barrier Reef coal a quarter-trillion dollar risk to Aussie banks
Melbourne, 9 July 2014 Australia's biggest banks risk losing customers worth over almost a quarter of a trillion dollars in savings alone if they fund new coal ports in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, a survey released today has found. The Australia...
The growth of divestment
29 June 2014 This week, the number of people who have put their bank "on notice" (warning that they'll switch banks unless loans to fossil fuel projects stop) grew to account for over $160 million in savings alone. As far as metrics go, it's a pretty good way of...