Wednesday 23 April: A new Market Forces YouGov national survey finds that three out of five Australians (59%) agree that expanding renewable energy such as wind and solar with battery storage is a better solution to meeting Australia’s energy needs than adding gas...
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Beetaloo: Fracking the heart out of Australia
YouGov: Australians want banks to stop funding fracking
Dorothy and Toto deliver brain, heart and backbone to super funds failing on climate
AustralianSuper, HESTA and Hostplus are having trouble telling their climate claims apart from gas industry spin. So our new campaigners Dorothy and Toto delivered these funds some crucial missing parts. Nearly every super fund in Australia invests members’ retirement...
NZBA waters down ambition amid worsening outlook
This week the United Nations-convened Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) overwhelmingly voted in favour of abandoning its commitment to “transition all…attributable GHG emissions from our lending and investment portfolios to align with pathways to net-zero by...
Gomeroi Traditional Owners vow to continue fighting Santos to protect Country
Santos continued to face heat over its oil and gas expansion plans at its 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre. Shareholders were greeted with a protest outside the AGM in support of a safe climate and Gomeroi Traditional Owners, who...
Ditching net zero is a dangerous gamble for Japan’s megabanks
MUFG and SMBC's UN climate exit signals a troubling retreat from sustainability Eri Watanabe is a senior Japan energy finance campaigner at Market Forces, a clean energy finance advocacy group working across Asia and Australia. Japan's two largest banks, MUFG and...
Is Japan a friend in need or a friend indeed for Bangladesh?Â
By Munira Chowdhury, Asia Energy Analyst, Market Forces, a clean energy finance advocacy organisation working across Asia. Munira is an author on Bangladesh energy affairs and a former policy researcher in Bangladesh. Six months since Bangladesh was born anew, the...
Japan’s trading houses have a duty to turn off the gas
Corporate giants are able to spread renewable energy and shape policies across Asia By Sachiko Suzuki, Asia climate and energy analyst for Market Forces, a Melbourne-based initiative researching the financing of environmentally destructive projects. Japan's largest...
Macquarie’s climate credentials up in smoke
By Kyle Robertson, Senior Banks Analyst, Market Forces. Macquarie Bank has sent shockwaves around the world quietly announcing it has quit the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) this week, taking the dubious honour of being the first major Australian financial...