3 November 2016 Downer EDI provides engineering and mining infrastructure services to mining companies. In 2015 it was chosen as a contractor for Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin. A coal mine that cannot go ahead if we are to give ourselves a...
Whitehaven: A lot to hide this AGM
28 October 2016 Yesterday Whitehaven Coal held their Annual General Meeting in Sydney. They obviously had a lot to hide. While most AGMs are filmed and broadcast, Whitehaven decided to record only the audio, and cut off recording completely before question time. To...
Divestment Day Live!
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Poll reveals high expectations for banks to avoid fossil fuels
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Media release: New polling shows half of customers prepared to change banks over fossil fuels – as prominent Australians demand climate action
Thursday 15 September, 2016: New research released today shows overwhelmingly that Australians want their bank to act on climate change by avoiding fossil fuel projects, with almost half prepared to change banks if their current institution finances projects...
Civil society to banks: get off fossil fuels!
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Australian banks help release another 3 billion tonnes of carbon emissions
9 September 2016 Since late 2015, when Australia's major banks committed to support the goal of holding global warming to below two degrees, they have contributed to deals for new fossil fuel projects capable of adding 3 billion tonnes of CO2 to the atmosphere. A new...
Ten dodgy fossil fuel deals hurting the banks
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Media Release: Australian banks break climate promise, pouring billions into fossil fuels
Melbourne, 4 August 2016 Australia’s major banks have made a mockery of their ‘two degree’ commitments by pouring AU $5.6 billion into the expansion of the fossil fuel industry in the months since the December 2015 Paris climate change agreement. New research released...
Banks fail 2ºC climate test, pour $5.6b into fossil fuels
3 August 2016 Australia's big four banks have made a mockery of their ‘two degree’ commitments, pouring $5.6 billion into the fossil fuel sector since the December 2015 Paris climate change agreement. Our latest research shows the banks' have failed to come anywhere...