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QBE customers leaving insurer due to fossil fuel support
[cs_content][cs_element_section _id="1" ][cs_element_row _id="2" ][cs_element_column _id="3" ][cs_text _order="0"] Market Forces has compiled videos of QBE customers from all over Australia calling on the insurer to end its investment in and insuring of coal, oil and...
Whitehaven next in frame for investor pressure on climate
Market Forces in the media Op-ed by Julien Vincent, executive director Market Forces Sydney Morning Herald/The Age, 19 October 2018 Next week investors will get the opportunity to vote on whether an ASX100 company that is custodian of their money should align its...
Aurizon doesn’t want to become ‘public enemy number one’
18 October 2018 Aurizon’s relationship with Indian coal mining giant Adani dominated question time at its annual general meeting in Brisbane today. Last month, Adani proposed a shorter rail line that would link its proposed Carmichael mega mine in the Galilee Basin to...
Paris climate goals not on the menu at Treasury Wines
18 October 2018 Wildfires tore through the Napa Valley in October 2017, devastating the Californian wine industry. As the hills went up in flames, the estates owned and operated by Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) miraculously survived with only minor damage. The fires,...
Northern Territory traditional owners challenge Origin Energy’s board on fracking consent
17 October 2018 Traditional owners travelled all the way from the Northern Territory for Origin Energy’s annual general meeting (AGM) today in Sydney to challenge the company that wants to frack their land. Since the Northern Territory scrapped its fracking ban in...
Orora yet to fully unpack climate change risk
16 October 2018 Even if you’ve never heard of Orora, you’ve probably come across the company before. You might have used their packaging when drinking beer or a bottle of wine - they're a large packaging company that produce glass bottles, aluminum cans, and other...
Major banks are failing Vietnam by violating Equator Principles commitments in financing coal power projects
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Climate risk disclosure: Transurban still in the slow lane
"...we don't consider it [climate change] to be one of the significant business risks or financial risks for Transurban" Marcus Laithwaite, auditor 11 October 2018 You might not have heard of the company, but chances are you’ve driven on one of their roads. ...
Canberra protestors at the Korean Embassy warn Korean investors not to back Adani’s disastrous coal export plans
[cs_content][cs_element_section _id="1" ][cs_element_row _id="2" ][cs_element_column _id="3" ][x_custom_headline level="h2" looks_like="h3" accent="false"][/x_custom_headline][cs_text]10 October 2018 Today, Canberrans turned out at the Korean Embassy to warn potential...