Wednesday 20 May: More than 160 shareholders have joined with Market Forces to demand Macquarie Group explains how increasing its fossil fuel lending, slashing its green energy investments and watering down its climate strategy is consistent with its commitment to the...
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Over 80% concerned about climate change in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore
Tuesday 19 May: More than four out of five people in Singapore (81%), Malaysia (84%) and Indonesia (96%) are moderately to extremely concerned about climate change, according to a survey conducted by YouGov, in new research commissioned by Market Forces. The new...
Woodside AGM 2026: HESTA steps up, Aware Super backslides
Woodside Energy, Australia’s biggest oil and gas company and renowned climate wrecker, held its annual general meeting (AGM) on 23 April. As usual, the company couldn’t escape scrutiny for its dangerous oil and gas expansion plans, from a significant rally outside the...
Santos 2026 AGM
At the Santos 2026 annual general meeting, Traditional Owners and Indigenous Leaders travelled thousands of kilometres - from Papua New Guinea, Borroloola (Northern Territory), and Narrabri (NSW) - to challenge the company’s controversial gas expansion plans....
Climate Financial Group Urges Shareholders to Vote Against Directors at Japan’s Megabanks and Trading Houses
Market Forces Launches “Governance Wakeup Call” Campaign April 22, 2026 Market Forces TOKYO — Environmental finance advocacy organisation, Market Forces has sent a briefing to major institutional investors recommending a vote against the re-election of key directors...
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Major international investors and First Peoples urge Santos to end gas growth
Thursday 16 April: Four of the world's biggest investors have voted against the re-election of Santos directors or gas growth aligned executive payments as First Peoples, Market Forces and shareholders urge the company to end its increasingly risky gas expansion...
Bangladesh at crossroads: renewables or imported fuel chaos
The energy crisis is hitting Bangladesh’s 177 million people hard, but experts have been urging to end dependence on imported coal and gas in favour of reliable renewables. The Strait of Hormuz is all anyone is talking about and safe passage of energy tankers is at...
Action needed by Southeast Asia’s Central Banks on escalating climate risks
By Rachel Ho, Asia Energy and Climate Finance Fellow, Market Forces. Ms Ho has a decade of experience in the private industrial and technology sector across Australia, Indonesia and the broader Asia Pacific. The global oil and gas crisis is going from bad to worse....
APA Group and fossil fuel industry must come clean on true costs of gas
By Will van de Pol, Chief Executive, Market Forces Of all the things being destroyed as a result of the United States and Israel’s war on Iran, long-term demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) is not the first to spring to mind. But when high fuel price projections...