19 March 2021 S&P Global has responded to a case put forward by 37 organisations by agreeing to undertake a review into the inclusion of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI). After receiving the case on Wednesday 17...
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S&P is reviewing Adani Ports’ inclusion on coveted Dow Jones Sustainability Index
19 March 2021 Within hours of receiving a letter from 37 groups calling on S&P Global to review Adani Ports’ inclusion on its Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), the ratings agency giant has confirmed it will conduct a formal review. S&P wrote to Market...
Coal and coup; urgent review of Adani’s inclusion on Dow Jones Sustainability Index demanded
18 March 2021 UPDATE: (19/03/21) Market Forces has received confirmation that S&P Global will conduct a review into Adani Ports' status in its Dow Jones Sustainability Index. We call on S&P to take the evidence we have presented seriously and to ensure that...
Coal and coup: Dow Jones Sustainability Index urged to urgently review Adani Ports status
17 March 2021 Just months after Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (Adani Ports) debuted on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), environment and human rights groups representing millions of people from the USA, Europe, Myanmar and Australia, have formally...
HSBC bows to pressure and will phase out coal lending. It must also cut ties with Adani
16 March 2021 In response to a shareholder resolution coordinated by ShareAction, HSBC, Europe's largest bank and one of the biggest backers of fossil fuels, has announced it will table its own resolution on plans to phase out financing for coal-fired power and...
Hiscox the latest insurer to rule out Adani Carmichael coal project.
4 March 2021 Last night, after announcing a new environment/social/governance (ESG) exclusion policy that rules out underwriting and investing in thermal coal, Arctic oil and gas exploration and tar sands, major insurance company Hiscox told Market Forces that they...
Adani loses another major piece in its insurance puzzle.
25 February 2021 Another Lloyd’s insurer that is currently providing cover for the Adani Carmichael project has committed to not renewing or taking on any new policies with the destructive coal project. In a victory for the #StopAdani movement, Brit, one of Lloyd’s...
QBE kicks climate can down the road & keeps supporting oil and gas expansions despite massive loss
19 February 2021 Together with the announcement of a massive A$2b loss due in part to ever-worsening extreme weather, fuelled by the burning of oil and gas, QBE’s updated Environmental and Social Risk Framework, released today, includes oil and gas targets which...
Media release: QBE faces shareholder resolution after kicking climate can down the road
For immediate release: 19 February 2021 QBE’s updated Environmental and Social Risk Framework, released with its full year results today, includes oil and gas targets which ignore the urgency of the climate crisis and are out of line with the Paris Agreement goal of...
Siemens failing credibility test as Adani under investigation for more enviro conditions breaches
12 February 2020 At its AGM last year, while under fire from major investors like Union Investment and Blackrock, (now former) Siemens CEO Joe Kaeser tried to justify its reputation-destroying work for the Adani Carmichael coal project by saying that Siemens had:...