21 March 2022 Thank-you for taking the time to fill out this survey. Its purpose is to understand the views of Deutsche Bank employees regarding the bank’s reported decision to arrange finance for Whitehaven Coal, one of Australia’s most controversial coal mining...
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Hostplus net zero announcement meaningless without immediate action on fossil fuel investments
15 March 2022 Today, Hostplus announced its commitment to a net zero emissions investment portfolio by 2050. However, the fund has failed to announce any near term steps or interim targets towards that goal, and remains a laggard with no policies to cut investments in...
Will GLAS shatter its reputation on Adani’s coal port?
26 May 2022 In November 2021, after a short and sharp public backlash, the Bank of New York Mellon (BNYM) became the 104th company to cut ties with Adani’s disastrous Carmichael coal project. For many years, BNYM was playing a specialised role as the security trustee...
Cbus and Media Super merger: Combined fund must go further on climate action
4 March 2022 Cbus and Media Super announced merger plans last year, and have now set a completion date. However, each fund takes a different approach to climate change, and the question that remains to be answered for members of both funds is this: what will this...
Solidarity with Ukraine, and shame on the institutions investing our money in the invasion
Market Forces stands in solidarity with the people of Ukraine, who have been subjected to a brutal and illegal invasion perpetrated by the Russian military. We are also appalled that the custodians of our money, governments and financial institutions, have used...
Win! Credit Suisse rules out Whitehaven Coal
Climate-wrecking coal company Whitehaven Coal received a $1 billion loan in February 2020 from a group of major banks, including European investment bank Credit Suisse. Late last year, Credit Suisse updated its policy on thermal coal mining, clearly excluding...
QBE supports Paris and net zero with words, undermines them with actions
For immediate release: 18 February 2022 QBE’s willingness to underwrite new oil and gas projects will see it once again face a shareholder resolution, coordinated by Market Forces and co-filed with Australian Ethical, an investor managing over $6.5 billion as of...
Woodside’s climate ‘plan’ full of hot air
17 February 2022 Reacting to Woodside’s Climate Report released today, Market Forces Asset Management Campaigner Will van de Pol said, “Woodside’s three point ‘plan’ to address its gargantuan scope 3 emissions profile amounts to nothing more than more hot air.”...
Super funds still undermining climate goals, despite $1 trillion shift out of coal
15 February 2022 New research from Market Forces reveals every major super fund in the country continues to undermine the Paris Agreement and net zero by 2050 climate goals by investing in companies expanding the scale of the fossil fuel industry. However, the...
Woodside and Santos face shareholder resolutions to manage down oil and gas production
11 February 2022 Market Forces has worked with Woodside and Santos shareholders to formally call on Australia’s two largest, and rapidly growing, oil and gas producers to manage down production in line with a net zero emissions by 2050 pathway. The resolutions, which...