Super funds invest $34 billion in fossil fuel expansion

MEDIA RELEASE Sunday 7 May, 2023: A new report by Market Forces reveals Australia’s 30 biggest super funds increased their investment exposure to Australian and international companies most responsible for expanding fossil fuels in 2022 to a total of more than AU$34 billion. Australia’s biggest funds have increased their investment … Read More

BHP to close Mt Arthur thermal coal mine by 2030

16 June 2022 BHP today announced it will close its last thermal coal mine, Mt Arthur in NSW’s Hunter Valley, by the end of the 2030 financial year. This is an important and pleasing departure from BHP’s previous plans and actions relating to its fossil fuel assets, which have largely … Read More

14.5% of shareholders tell Woodside to start winding down production

19 May 2022 Responding to the shareholder vote on the Market Forces-coordinated shareholder resolution at Woodside’s AGM in Perth today, Market Forces Asset Management Campaigner Will van de Pol said: “Today 49% of Woodside’s shareholders rejected the company’s utterly inadequate approach to climate change, the largest vote against any Say … Read More

Shareholders call for true climate leadership from BHP

Updated 9am, 12 November 2021 A total of 14.2% of BHP Group’s investors have defied the board to demand the company responsibly wind up its fossil fuel production assets in line with its stated support for net zero emissions by 2050. This morning’s ASX announcement of the combined votes for … Read More

BHP shareholders call out climate hypocrisy

14 October 2020 BHP shareholders used the mining giant’s annual general meeting today to call out the glaring inconsistency between BHP’s claimed commitment to the Paris climate goals and its plans to increase fossil fuel production. Last month, BHP set new targets to reduce its operational carbon emissions (known as … Read More

BHP’s new emission targets fail to meet 1.5°C ambition

10 September 2020 BHP, one of the 20 largest historical contributors to global greenhouse gas emissions, this afternoon announced targets to reduce its operational emissions by 30% by 2030. This falls short of the ~42% reduction that would be required to align with a 1.5°C pathway from 2020 to 2030, … Read More

BHP commits to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050

7 November, 2019 BHP Chair Ken MacKenzie has publicly applauded the European Commission’s proposal to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. However, until now it has been unclear as to whether BHP will adopt the same goals. This appears to have resolved at today’s annual general meeting in Sydney, where a … Read More