Tuesday 25 September, 2018: Responding to the news that Standard Chartered has ruled out finance for “any new coal-fired power plant projects, including expansions, in any location“, Market Forces Executive Director Julien Vincent said: “This is what leadership on coal and climate change looks like. Decisions about how the world sources … Read More
Suncorp continues to divest from fossil fuels
20 September 2018 Today Suncorp demonstrated it has climate change firmly on its agenda and confirmed it continues to divest from fossil fuels. The company is one of Australia’s largest insurance providers, a sector recognised as highly exposed to the physical risks posed by climate change, such as weather-related catastrophes. Earlier this year, … Read More
The power of finance to slow new coal plants
Market Forces in the media By Julien Vincent, executive director Op-ed in the Asia Times, August 29, 2018 So far, 2018 has seen seven banks dominant in Southeast Asia either release or update their policies related to coal, the single-biggest source of greenhouse-gas emissions worldwide. This number is soon to … Read More
QBE to review climate risk of investments and underwriting
16 August 2018 Yesterday, volunteers from Market Forces and 350.org visited QBE’s head office in Sydney and spoke to staff about its climate change policies. QBE, Australia’s largest global insurer, is facing increasing pressure to end its support for fossil fuels. The company is an important provider of insurance to … Read More
Take action: What is your super fund doing to manage climate risk?
You may have already heard about Mark McVeigh, a 23 year old Brisbane ecologist who is suing one of Australia’s biggest super funds, REST, over the fund’s failure to provide information about how it manages climate change risk. Click here to check out Mark’s story and support his extraordinary action. … Read More
It’s about time super funds came clean on climate
By Julien Vincent, Executive director, Market Forces Sydney Morning Herald/Age, 2 August 2018. 2 August 2018 Transparency has never been superannuation industry’s strong suit. Despite super being one of the biggest investments Australians make over their lifetimes, most of us have hardly any idea what our retirement savings are invested … Read More
Macquarie to produce climate risk scenario analysis
26 July 2018 “Risk has always been at the heart of Macquarie”, said Nicholas Moore, managing director and chief executive officer at today’s annual general meeting in Sydney. As part of its risk framework, Macquarie Group will now begin producing a scenario analysis – stress testing the group’s multi-billion dollar … Read More
Support Mark’s super legal battle over climate change
Meet Mark, an ordinary 23 year old from Brisbane who is taking an extraordinary action that could have a big climate impact… Mark won’t be able to access his super for nearly 40 years. That’s a long time for the impacts of climate change to hit hard. So Mark needs … Read More
AusNet: no commitment on the UN Task Force
AusNet own and operate the Victorian electricity transmission network, which is mainly powered by brown coal in the Latrobe Valley. Since Australia needs to keep 95% of its coal in the ground to meet the Paris Agreement’s goal of holding global warming well below two degrees, this means the company’s … Read More
CommBank and NAB fund massive new LNG terminal despite 2°C commitments
8 June 2018 Last week we released our Banks 2° Scorecard 2018, an updated account of how the actions of Australia’s big four banks are tracking (or not) to their stated support of the Paris Agreement goal to limit global warming to well below 2°C, compared with pre-industrial levels. … Read More