08 September 2022 “Today climate change is one of the biggest challenges. Those challenges also open up huge business opportunities. The opportunity in this case is energy transition, the transition from fossil fuels to renewables and to hydrogen.” (Gautam Adani,...
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Lockton rejects Adani’s Carmichael coal mine
26 August 2022 Adani continues to face difficulties managing insurance coverage for its climate-wrecking Carmichael thermal coal project. Would-be insurance broker Lockton has revealed to Market Forces that it never signed the letter of appointment it was sent by...
Has Lockton put ethics aside to back Adani’s disastrous coal mine?
UPDATE 26 August 2022 Lockton has confirmed to Market Forces that it is not and will not broker insurance for Adani's Carmichael thermal coal project. Find out more here. 23 June 2022 Two weeks ago, the #StopAdani campaign received a tip-off that on 29 May 2022,...
Market Forces founder Julien Vincent receives Goldman Environmental Prize
Hi everyone. This is a pretty special moment for me, but also for Market Forces, our team and supporters, and all those who have taken action to shift finance and investment away from fossil fuels. Today I have been given the honour of receiving a Goldman...
Help GLAS make time to Stop Adani
10 May 2022 There are now 112 major companies that have ruled out providing any support to the climate-wrecking Adani Carmichael coal project. However, debt administration services provider GLAS is not one of them. With Adani’s Australian coal port, NQXT, currently...
Adani planning to self-fund coal port debt refinancing
22 March 2022 According to a note published on 14 March, Adani has indicated to the Moody’s ratings agency that it is failing to find an external source to refinance the US$500m of bonds maturing in December of this year, issued by its coal port North Queensland...
Will GLAS shatter its reputation on Adani’s coal port?
26 May 2022 In November 2021, after a short and sharp public backlash, the Bank of New York Mellon (BNYM) became the 104th company to cut ties with Adani’s disastrous Carmichael coal project. For many years, BNYM was playing a specialised role as the security trustee...
Will GLAS shatter its reputation on Adani’s coal port?
In November 2021, after a short and sharp public backlash, the Bank of New York Mellon (BNYM) became the 104th company to cut ties with Adani’s disastrous Carmichael coal project. For many years, BNYM was playing a specialised role as the security trustee for the debt...
Convex rules out insuring Adani’s mega mine and all new thermal coal production
4 February 2022 Earlier this week, UK and Bermuda-based Convex Insurance published a statement confirming it “will not insure the construction or operation of any new thermal coal mine and/or its dedicated infrastructure”. This commitment means Convex has ruled itself...
Hamilton Insurance Group sets new low with meaningless ESG principles
5 October 2021 Hamilton’s 116-word statement should be an example to all other insurers of what an ESG (environment, social, governance) policy should NOT look like. Since mid 2020, 28 Lloyd’s of London insurers have answered the call of the #StopAdani campaign...