Thursday 22 October: Economists and investors are sounding the alarm over plans by APA Group, to push ahead with one of Australia’s biggest ever gas pipelines enabling fracking in the Beetaloo Basin, Northern Territory. Australian economists Nicki Hutley, Richard...
Media releases
New Analysis: Singaporean banks face rising risks for financing industrial coal power
Jakarta/Singapore, Tuesday 8 September 2026 – New analysis from Market Forces reveals that the three largest Singaporean banks — DBS, OCBC, and UOB — have been bankrolling industrial ‘captive’ coal power plants between 2020 and 2025, despite publicly announcing and...
Analisis Terbaru: Bank Singapura Masih Biayai PLTU Batu Bara, meski Berkomitmen untuk Berhenti
Jakarta/Singapore, 8 September 2026 – Analisis terbaru dari Market Forces mengungkapkan, tiga bank asal Singapura yaitu DBS, OCBC, dan UOB masih membiayai proyek PLTU batu bara captive antara tahun 2020 hingga 2025. Padahal sejak tahun 2019, ketiga bank tersebut...
Macquarie hauled over coals for tripling fossil fuel finance
Thursday 23 July: An Australian Security Leaders Climate Group Executive and an internationally acclaimed climate scientist have joined more than 160 shareholders and Market Forces to demand Macquarie Group explains how its skyrocketing finance for major new oil and...
Japan’s 2026 AGMs Reveal Shift in Directors’ Accountability on Climate Risk
TOKYO, 3 July 2026 — Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) has suffered one of the biggest ever votes against a Japanese bank director when 21.47% of shareholder votes were cast against SMFG Board Chair, signalling growing investor scrutiny and dissatisfaction with...
Australia’s top super funds invest in only 4% of clean energy needed by 2030
Tuesday 16 June: New analysis reveals Australia’s top 30 superannuation funds have invested in just a fraction (4%) of the renewable energy capacity needed to meet Australia’s mandated 2030 climate goals. The Australian Government has set a target to achieve 82%...
Macquarie suffers shareholder backlash for climate backflip and new fossil fuel finance
Wednesday 20 May: More than 160 shareholders have joined with Market Forces to demand Macquarie Group explains how increasing its fossil fuel lending, slashing its green energy investments and watering down its climate strategy is consistent with its commitment to the...
Over 80% concerned about climate change in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore
Tuesday 19 May: More than four out of five people in Singapore (81%), Malaysia (84%) and Indonesia (96%) are moderately to extremely concerned about climate change, according to a survey conducted by YouGov, in new research commissioned by Market Forces. The new...
Climate Financial Group Urges Shareholders to Vote Against Directors at Japan’s Megabanks and Trading Houses
Market Forces Launches “Governance Wakeup Call” Campaign April 22, 2026 Market Forces TOKYO — Environmental finance advocacy organisation, Market Forces has sent a briefing to major institutional investors recommending a vote against the re-election of key directors...
Major international investors and First Peoples urge Santos to end gas growth
Thursday 16 April: Four of the world's biggest investors have voted against the re-election of Santos directors or gas growth aligned executive payments as First Peoples, Market Forces and shareholders urge the company to end its increasingly risky gas expansion...