9 May 2019 The vast majority of Rio Tinto's investors - which includes just about every super fund in Australia - today failed to ensure the company acts to manage down its exposure to climate change risk. A Market Forces-coordinated shareholder resolution was put to...
Super Funds
Out of line, out of time
With devastating impacts of climate change already being felt around the world, the need to act has never been more urgent. But 22 of Australia’s biggest companies are dragging us in completely the wrong direction, pursuing new fossil fuel projects and basing their...
Do you own a piece of these dirty fossil fuel projects?
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Investors want Whitehaven Coal to disclose climate risk – but not avoid it
[cs_element_section _id="1" ][cs_element_row _id="2" ][cs_element_column _id="3" ] 25 October 2018 Shareholder demands for climate risk disclosure reached a record high in Australia today, as 40% of Whitehaven Coal's investors supported a...
World first legal case alleges REST breached duties over climate risk
[cs_element_section _id="1" ][cs_element_row _id="2" ][cs_element_column _id="3" ]Remember Mark McVeigh, the 23 year old taking his super fund to court over climate change risk? Well Mark has just taken his action to the next level....
Take action: What is your super fund doing to manage climate risk?
[cs_element_section _id="1" ][cs_element_row _id="2" ][cs_element_column _id="3" ]You may have already heard about Mark McVeigh, a 23 year old Brisbane ecologist who is suing one of Australia’s biggest super funds, REST, over the fund’s...
It’s about time super funds came clean on climate
By Julien Vincent, Executive director, Market Forces Sydney Morning Herald/Age, 2 August 2018. 2 August 2018 Transparency has never been superannuation industry’s strong suit. Despite super being one of the biggest investments Australians make over their lifetimes,...
Support Mark’s super legal battle over climate change
Meet Mark, an ordinary 23 year old from Brisbane who is taking an extraordinary action that could have a big climate impact... Mark won’t be able to access his super for nearly 40 years. That’s a long time for the impacts of climate change to hit hard. So Mark needs...
Did your super fund vote for climate action?
[cs_element_section _id="1" ][cs_element_row _id="2" ][cs_element_column _id="3" ]You may have seen our recent research revealing that the vast majority of Australia's biggest super funds are regularly voting against climate action at...