MEDIA RELEASE: Wednesday 10 August 2022 Environmental finance campaigning organisation Market Forces has responded to Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s latest climate report and targets with a shareholder resolution, calling on the bank to ensure its financing no longer enables the expansion of the fossil fuel industry. The Commonwealth Bank (CBA) … Read More
Legal advice says Deutsche Bank breaching own coal policy by financing companies building new coal mines
10 August 2022 As a lender to Whitehaven Coal and Adani Enterprises, both companies investing heavily in expanding thermal coal mining, Deutsche Bank has been a financial institution of concern for some time. However the bank’s 2020 policy on thermal coal mining, stating “we will not provide any financing for … Read More
Westpac: climate change commitments one week, financing climate-wreckers the next?
2 August 2022 Last week, Westpac announced it was joining the Net-Zero Banking Alliance and made some further climate change commitments that still fail to demonstrably align with the Paris Agreement’s goals. As Westpac made the announcement, another part of the bank was reportedly in talks with Santos, a company … Read More
Shareholders urge Japanese companies to take urgent climate action
TOKYO, Japan, 29 June 2022 Market Forces, Kiko Network, 350 org. Japan, FoE Japan, Rainforest Action Network Japanese corporations have faced a record number of shareholders backing proposals calling for greater action and transparency on meeting net-zero carbon emissions targets. Today, and over the past week, shareholders representing $22 billion … Read More
Revealed: HESTA and other super funds investing in Adani coal mining subsidiary
23 May 2022 New regulations coming into effect last month require superannuation funds to disclose all of their holdings. With this data now available to the public, Market Forces checked the exposure of super funds to the two Adani Group subsidiaries directly involved in the climate-wrecking Adani Carmichael thermal coal … Read More
Win! Deutsche Bank abandons Whitehaven Coal’s bond issue
20 May 2022 A media report in Germany confirmed publicly this week that Deutsche Bank has withdrawn from its involvement in a bond issue for climate-wrecking Whitehaven Coal, following a concerted people-powered campaign coordinated by Market Forces. Business media outlet Handelsblatt reported on Wednesday that: “According to information from financial … 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
Whitehaven Coal found producing far more thermal coal than environmental assessment estimates
11 May 2022 Whitehaven Coal is Australia’s biggest publicly-listed pure play coal mining company. It operates four coal mines in New South Wales, and is pursuing a further three new or expanded mines that could double the company’s coal production by 2030. The company’s coal expansion plans are completely out … Read More
Rio Tinto pushed for more ambition and accountability on scope 3 emissions reductions
5 May 2022 Almost 16% of Rio Tinto’s shareholders today voted against the company’s Climate Action Plan, demonstrating the company must increase the ambition and accountability of its emission reduction efforts. Given the improvements Rio has made on its operational (scope 1 and 2) targets in the last year, the … Read More
Investor demands for Santos to wind down oil and gas production increase to 15%
3 May 2022 15% of Santos’ shareholders today defied the company’s board, demanding Santos drop its rampant oil and gas expansion plans and instead manage down production in line with a net zero emissions by 2050 pathway. This is an increase on the 13% support received for a similar resolution … Read More