18 December 2013 Fossil fuels were top of the agenda at ANZ's annual general meeting today, to the point where Chairman John Morschel shut down shareholders trying to raise concerns over environmental, reputation and economic risks resulting from ANZ's investments in...
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ANZ customers divest around Australia!
14 December 2013 One hundred ANZ customers have closed their accounts in activities across Australia, protesting the bank's role as the country's leading lender to the fossil fuel industry. In Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide, Perth, Sydney, Hobart and Brisbane,...
Westpac called on to quit fossil fuels at its AGM
Melbourne, 13 December 2013 After two major new coal and gas projects were approved in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area this week, activists have unfurled two giant banners at the Westpac annual general meeting, calling on the bank to end investments in the...
Earth to Westpac: DIVEST!
13 December 2013 This is how to deliver an important letter! Westpac shareholders and staff at their annual general meeting in Melbourne were met with two huge banners, carrying the names of over three thousand people who have signed our open letter, calling on the...
Lucie’s Commonwealth divestment story
7 December 2013 Back in the autumn of 2013 I got interested in the idea of investment as a way to combat climate change and in August I decided to start my action with my bank: the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. I began by contacting CBA to outline my concerns and...
One hundred customers abandon Commonwealth Bank in fossil fuel protests
One hundred customers abandon Commonwealth Bank in fossil fuel protests 2 November 2013, Melbourne / Sydney / Brisbane / Perth, 2nd November 2013 Over one hundred Commonwealth Bank customers have publicly closed their accounts in protest of the bank’s role as a major...
Commonwealth Bank customers across Australia divest!
2 November 2013 One hundred Commonwealth Bank customers turned out at branches across Australia on the 1st and 2nd of November to close their accounts in protest at the bank's investments in the fossil fuel industry. Divestment actions at Brisbane, Byron Bay, Sydney,...
How long does it take to open a bank account online?
29 October 2013 Three weeks ago I opened up a new bank account with a bank that doesn't invest in fossil fuels. Instead of completing the process in the traditional way (i.e. personally going into a branch) I thought I would try the online application process. I was...
ANZ customers divest in Melbourne!
On Saturday, 26 October 2013, a groundbreaking event happened for the fossil fuel divestment campaign in Australia. Nearly 30 ANZ customers collectively walked in to the Bourke Street Mall branch of the bank and closed their accounts in protest over ANZ's financing of...
ANZ bank run: dozens of customers close their accounts in fossil fuel protest
Media Release: ANZ bank run: dozens of customers close their accounts in fossil fuel protest Melbourne, 26 October 2013 In an Australian first, dozens of ANZ customers collectively closed their accounts in protest of ANZ’s role as a major lender to the fossil fuel...