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Super funds lose $5.6 billion on dirty fossil fuels
9 February 2016 Having analysed the returns of fifteen of Australia's largest superannuation fund options over the past two years, Market Forces estimate that those options have collectively lost over $5.6 billion on their fossil fuel investments over that time. Our...
The polluting power of political donations
1 February 2016 Federal Treasury on Friday published the 2015 Tax Expenditure Statement (TES), which details the cost of all the various tax-based subsidies under current policy. It's by no means a riveting read, and we wouldn't recommend you trawl through it...
Time to tell Australia’s insurers to ditch coal
28 January 2016 Around the world, pressure is building on the insurance industry to divest from fossil fuels, while back home we are ramping up our campaign to stop Australia's major insurers shooting themselves in the foot by investing in climate change's drivers. In...
Media comments: Turnbull Government putting economy, environment at risk with Abbot Point approval
22 December 2015 In response to the news that Environment Minister Greg Hunt has approved the expansion of the Abbot Point coal export terminal, Market Forces Executive Director Julien Vincent said: "It's pretty clear that the Australian Government is prepared to take...
Our achievements and highlights of 2015
2015 was a monumental year for campaigning to get finance and investment away from fossil fuels. Check out some of our wins and highlights of the year! [cs_row style="margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; "...
2015: coal loses, community wins.
21 December 2015 The global coal industry stumbled into 2015 looking pretty peaky. Analysts across the finance sector were increasingly using terms like “structural decline” to describe its state and its future, while the spin-meisters spent a fortune hitting back...
Did Vision Super divest on the quiet?
15 December 2015 Early last week, Vision Super posted a press release on their website announcing their commitment to sustainable investment. Vision Super also updated their website, adding a page dedicated to “Sustainable Super” and the calming image of a wind farm...
Westpac commits to action for “below 2 degrees”
11 December 2015 Westpac has today made a commitment to operate in line with an economy that limits global warming to below two degrees! CEO Brian Hartzer said to hundreds of shareholders in Sydney: Westpac is committed to operating, both directly and indirectly, in a...
Commbank’s climate credentials don’t make it through Paris
7 December 2015 Well that was short lived! A month ago we were celebrating Commonwealth Bank's new Group Environment Policy committing the bank to the goal of limiting global warming to less than two degrees. For a moment, it looked like Commbank really got the issue...