Will the Empire strike out? Empire Energy (which just changed its name to Beetaloo Energy Australia, but will be referred to as Empire Energy throughout this article) has come under fire over the viability of its dangerous fracking operations in the Northern...
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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,...
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...
Will the super funds still holding Whitehaven Coal in 2024 vote for climate action or coal expansion?
As global temperatures rise and climate-fuelled disasters are impacting communities from Austria to Appalachia, it is becoming increasingly difficult to understand the rationale for remaining invested in companies aggressively expanding coal production, such as...
APA Group: don’t light the fuse on the Beetaloo carbon bomb
APA Group is Australia’s largest gas pipeline operator. The company is planning to construct several pipelines to support extensive fracking in the Beetaloo Basin by Empire Energy and Tamboran Resources.
Fake dead dolphins delivered to big four banks over Santos oil disaster
MEDIA RELEASE Thursday 23 February 2023: The big four Australian banks - ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, NAB and Westpac - have received a special delivery of ‘dead’ inflatable dolphins for financing oil and gas giant Santos, which allegedly killed marine life in a major oil...
Major UK bank cuts ties with Indonesian mega coal producer
Jakarta, 14 July 2022 - One of the largest United Kingdom banks, Standard Chartered, has confirmed that it is ending investment in Indonesia’s second largest coal producer, PT Adaro Indonesia and other banks need to follow suit in line with their energy and fossil...
Cancellation of Bangladesh coal fired power project must be first step to decarbonise
MEDIA RELEASE: 23 June 2022 - for immediate release In a major victory for climate action, Japan has announced an end to funding of two major coal power projects, Indramayu in Indonesia and Matarbari 2 in Bangladesh. Following the announcement, the Bangladesh...
Dirty dollars – how the fossil fuel industry funds major political parties
1 February 2022 Australia was heavily criticised amid the United Nation's COP26 climate summit last year, as it reportedly joined or ‘hid behind’ others such as Saudi Arabia and Russia in opposing key commitments and negotiating text. Its last minute commitment to net...