Wednesday 22 October: Doctors, scientists, community leaders and more than 100 shareholders have joined with Market Forces demanding APA Group ends its plans to build two of Australia’s biggest ever pipelines enabling dangerous gas fracking in the Northern Territory....
Media releases
Health organisations urge HESTA to say no to new oil and gas
Tuesday 9 September: A coalition of organisations representing more than one million health workers have called for super fund HESTA to increase its climate ambition by taking a clear position against new fossil fuel developments. Market Forces, Healthy Futures,...
Community organisations ditch HESTA over fossil fuels
Thursday 28 August: Two community organisations, Amnesty International Australia and the Centre for Non-Violence, have ended their relationship with healthcare and community sector super fund HESTA over its fossil fuel investments. A third social change organisation,...
Liquefied natural gas industry guzzles 13 times gas used by Australian manufacturers
Tuesday 19 August: New Market Forces analysis finds the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry, including exports, uses 13 times more gas than is consumed by Australian manufacturing. The research reveals that just 10 industrial facilities account for approximately more...
Macquarie under fire on climate from shareholders, customers and scientists
Thursday 24 July: Customers, investors and climate scientists have joined more than 180 shareholders and Market Forces, calling on the AU$85 billion bank and financial services company, Macquarie Group, to disclose the full extent of its financing for coal, oil and...
New Analysis: Fracking Beetaloo equals over 235 years of polluting gas power
Thursday 3 July: New Market Forces analysis reveals fracking the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo Basin would produce more than nine times the entire gas demand forecast for Australia's National Electricity Market (NEM) for the next 25 years. The report - Pipeline to...
Exposed: Japan’s five largest investors delay clean energy transition
Wednesday 11 June: A new report by Market Forces has revealed that Japan’s five largest institutional investors — including Mizuho Financial Group/Dai-ichi Life, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Nomura Holdings, and Nippon Life Insurance...
分析: 日本の大手機関投資家5社、化石燃料拡大企業に6兆円以上を投資
Wednesday 11 June: マーケット・フォースが本日発表した分析により、みずほフィナンシャルグループ／第一生命保険、三井住友トラスト・ホールディングス、三菱UFJフィナンシャル・グループ、野村ホールディングス、日本生命保険の日本の主要機関投資家5社が、世界で最も積極的に化石燃料の拡大を進めている企業群に対し、計406億米ドル（約6.1兆円）を投資していることが判明した。 石炭・石油・ガスといった化石燃料の拡大を主導する190社の企業群「化石燃料拡大企業指数（Fossil Fuel Expansion Index,...
Empire Energy accused of misleading investors over Australia’s biggest gas fracking
Thursday 29 May: Market Forces has filed a complaint to the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) alleging gas fracking company Empire Energy engaged in potentially misleading and deceptive conduct in a recent capital raise presentation for investors....
Macquarie faces first ever climate-focused shareholder resolution
Wednesday 21 May: More than 180 shareholders have joined with Market Forces to call on Macquarie Group to disclose the full extent of its financing for fossil fuels and outline how the global financial services company will ensure alignment with its climate...