Monday 2 December: New Market Forces analysis reveals most top Australian super funds are greenwashing and failing to use their influence to drive greater climate action at major gas companies. The analysis of the top 30 super funds’ voting disclosures finds that only...
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APA under pressure for enabling fracking in the Northern Territory at 2024 AGM
At APA’s annual general meeting last week 12.35% of shareholders voted in favour of a resolution calling on APA to disclose: how it plans to manage emissions from new gas infrastructure, including potential Beetaloo basin pipelines, and how they are compatible...
Investors greenlight Whitehaven’s staggering pipeline of coal expansion plans
Whitehaven Coal faced intense questioning from shareholders and continued investor discontent from several major investors at its annual general meeting (AGM) held in Sydney on Wednesday. The company’s remuneration plan received a 13% vote against it, signalling...
Whitehaven faces heat over executive pay linked to huge coal expansion
Wednesday 30 October: Market Forces has joined with more than 100 shareholders calling on investors to vote against Whitehaven Coal’s remuneration plan for its executives at the company’s annual general meeting (AGM) today. New Market Forces analysis finds Whitehaven...
17,000 strong against APA unlocking the Beetaloo gas basin
Over 17,000 community members, including Traditional Owners, scientists, and healthcare professionals have called on APA not to light the fuse on the Beetaloo carbon bomb. Will UniSuper do the same? APA Group is Australia’s largest gas pipeline operator. The company...
What kind of future is the Future Fund really investing in?
Australia’s sovereign wealth fund invests $1 billion in big coal and gas
Thursday 24 October: New Market Forces analysis reveals that the Future Fund has more than $1 billion invested in three of Australia’s biggest fossil fuel expanding companies, Woodside Energy, Santos and Whitehaven Coal. The analysis finds the Future Fund is a top 10...
Traditional Owners, health leaders: 17,000 demand APA stop backing fracking
MEDIA RELEASE Thursday 24 October: Traditional Owners, leading doctors and scientists have joined over 17,000 people, environment and human rights organisations, to sign a letter calling on APA Group to end its plans to build a pipeline enabling dangerous gas...
Communities and CSOs worldwide send an open letter to JPX and investors on JERA’s disregard for community stakeholders
MEDIA RELEASE (英文に続き、日本語表記がございます) 22 October 2024: Market Forces, communities, and civil society organisations worldwide have sent an open letter to the Japan Exchange Group (JPX) and to asset managers to raise concerns about thermal power producer JERA's governance,...
CommBank’s climate progress scrutinised for inconsistencies
Pressure on ANZ, NAB and Westpac heading into AGMs