MEDIA RELEASE Wednesday 21 August: Market Forces has filed a resolution on behalf of 128 APA Group shareholders calling on the company to disclose how it is managing the emissions from new gas infrastructure, including planned Beetaloo basin pipelines, in line with...
Media releases
Big four Australian banks pour $3.6 billion into fossil fuels in 2023
MEDIA RELEASE Tuesday 16 July: A new report by Market Forces reveals Australia’s big four banks have poured more than AU$61 billion into fossil fuels since the global agreement to limit climate change was adopted in Paris over eight years ago. The analysis finds ANZ,...
Top super fund re-invests in coal expansion
MEDIA RELEASE Tuesday 25 June: New Market Forces analysis reveals a top 30 super fund has walked back its fossil fuel exclusion policy, re-exposing its members’ retirement savings to one of Australia’s biggest thermal coal miners, Whitehaven. The new research finds...
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...
Super funds invest $39 billion in fossil fuel growth
MEDIA RELEASE Tuesday 28 May: A new Market Forces report reveals Australia’s top 30 super funds have more than $39 billion invested in companies globally with the biggest fossil fuel expansion plans. Investments in this group of 190 companies - dubbed The Climate...
Tiwi, Gomeroi Traditional Owners and Market Forces demand Santos ends gas growth
MEDIA RELEASE Tiwi and Gomeroi Traditional Owners have joined with Market Forces to demand that Santos end its gas growth plans, which raise major human rights concerns and threaten the safety of all Australians due to massive climate emissions. On the eve of...
New Analysis: Investors failing to drive climate governance through director votes
MEDIA RELEASE Tuesday 9 April: New analysis* finds board directors of coal, oil and gas companies pushing ahead with new projects continue to be elected with an average of more than 95 per cent of shareholder support, contradicting claims investors are driving...
New Analysis: Top super funds abandoning major fossil gas producers
MEDIA RELEASE Wednesday 13 March: New analysis by Market Forces finds Australia’s top 30 super funds have been reducing their investments in oil and gas producers Woodside and Santos over the past two years, relative to the Australian stock market. The top 30...
Major coal producer New Hope shuts out shareholders calling for wind down
MEDIA RELEASE Thursday, 23 November: Shareholders of New Hope Group are appalled at being shut out of the coal company’s annual general meeting (AGM) and being prevented from asking about how the miner will wind down production in line with global climate goals. More...
New Analysis: Australia’s biggest super funds slash and burn climate action
MEDIA RELEASE Tuesday 31 October, 2023: New analysis by Market Forces reveals Australia’s top 30 superannuation funds have backtracked on their support for climate action at the companies most responsible for expanding fossil fuels worldwide. The research also finds...