Today, AustralianSuper received a strong message from a big coalition of climate, environment and other civil society organisations, urging the fund to live up to its climate commitments and push for an end to Woodside’s reckless oil and gas expansion plans. The...
Super Funds
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...
HESTA puts the heat on Woodside by seeking board renewal
HESTA has announced today that it is pushing for its own director nominees to be considered for election at Woodside’s upcoming annual general meeting (AGM). This is an important climate-related escalation from HESTA and a tribute to the countless members who have...
Super fund support for Woodside and Santos’ climate-wrecking expansion plans
12 September 2023 Our latest analysis shows members of Australia’s biggest super funds own a significant stake in some of Australia’s worst climate criminals, Woodside and Santos. For the first time, we’ve paired our investment analysis with share voting data to...
HESTA’s sleight of hand distracting members from the fund’s most climate-damaging investments
14 June 2023 HESTA’s latest climate change report yet again fails to articulate the fund’s expectations of the most climate-damaging companies in its portfolio, including Santos and Woodside. For all its lofty claims of climate action, HESTA continues to invest in...
Super funds invest $34 billion in fossil fuel expansion
MEDIA RELEASE Sunday 7 May, 2023: A new report by Market Forces reveals Australia’s 30 biggest super funds increased their investment exposure to Australian and international companies most responsible for expanding fossil fuels in 2022 to a total of more than AU$34...
HESTA must ramp up the pressure on Santos
13 April 2023 HESTA last week lodged a formal vote calling on oil and gas company Santos to wind up oil and gas production in line with a net zero emissions by 2050 pathway. This is a great sign HESTA is taking members' concerns seriously, but with Santos still...
Why super funds need to get out of fossil fuels
OPINION | Jo Dodds, President of Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action Over recent weeks, bushfires have been raging across the country in NSW, Victoria and Central Australia, and it’s deeply troubling. I’m worried for everyone near the fires. It’s particularly...
First Super Dirty Gas awards for Equipsuper, Colonial First State and REST
MEDIA RELEASE Wednesday 22 February: Equipsuper, Colonial First State and REST have been shamed with the first ever Super Dirty Gas awards as new Market Forces analysis reveals the funds have the highest proportion of Australian shares invested in Santos and Woodside...
Which super funds are the biggest enablers of climate-wrecking oil and gas expansion?
21 February 2023 Now that super funds are required to disclose their investments to members every six months, we are able to track over time which funds have the highest proportion of their members’ retirement savings invested in climate-wrecking oil and gas companies...