15 April 2021 Woodside's AGM in Perth today saw almost a fifth of the gas giant's shareholders tell the company to wind up gas and oil production in line with the Paris climate goals. This was the second time in less than 12 hours that a significant proportion of...
13% of Santos shareholders demand oil and gas wind up plan
15 April 2021 At today's Santos annual general meeting, 13% of the company's shareholders voted against the company's management and for a Market Forces-coordinated shareholder resolution calling on the company to wind up oil and gas production in line with the...
Adani Ports removed from Dow Jones Sustainability Index
13 April 2021 S&P Dow Jones has announced that it will remove Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (Adani Ports) from its Sustainability Index in response to evidence presented to it by human rights and environmental groups in March. Market Forces, Australian...
Big banks snub local farmers concerned about Whitehaven Coal
12 April 2021 Whitehaven Coal is one of the biggest coal mining corporations on the Australian share market and some of the world’s biggest banks, including Westpac, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank, played a key role in lending $1 billion to the company in 2020. ...
Hold-out Lloyd’s insurers increasingly isolated as MS Amlin says no to Adani
8 April 2021 This week, MS Amlin, the last of the top five Lloyd's insurers yet to commit to not insure the disastrous Adani Carmichael thermal coal project finally joined its competitors, with its CEO Johan Slabbert publishing the following statement on LinkedIn:...
Tell your super fund: Vote for climate action
1 April 2021 Over the coming weeks, your super fund has a number of huge opportunities to demand real climate action from some of Australia’s biggest gas companies, as well as globally-significant fossil fuel financiers and developers. By investing your retirement...
Japan’s Largest Bank Targeted by Climate Resolution: Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group told to align with Paris
TOKYO, Japan, March 29 2021: Japanese NGO Kiko Network, along with three individual investors, have just filed Japan’s second ever climate resolution on a Japanese financial institution, this time on Japanese megabank Mitsubishi UFJ Financial group (hereafter “MUFG”)....
UPDATE: Sumitomo faces major rebuke from shareholders on climate inaction
21 June 2021 In a major rebuke to its management, 20% of shareholders voted to support a climate resolution lodged by Market Forces with Sumitomo Corporation (Sumitomo). The resolution is a first of its kind targeting a Japanese trading house. A vote of...
MS Amlin; the only top 5 Lloyd’s insurer yet to rule out the Adani Carmichael coal project.
25 March 2021 In late 2019, after being denied insurance by mainstream insurance companies, Adani was able to secure coverage for the Carmichael coal project via insurers at Lloyd’s of London. However, while it’s true that Adani Carmichael seems to have managed to...
PIMCO bans Adani Ports investment, spreading Carmichael coal pain to key Adani company
23 March 2021 PIMCO, US-based investment giant which in 2020 was the biggest known boldholder in Adani Ports, has prohibited any future investment in the company and has confirmed that it did not invest in Adani Ports’ most recent bond issue in January. This is due to...