Oil Search and Santos are two of Australia’s largest oil and gas companies – and neither is addressing the risks of climate change. Oil Search is one of the biggest companies operating in Papua New Guinea, a country already feeling the effects of climate change. Sea...
Media Release: Santos rejects climate shareholder resolution
Santos rejects climate shareholder resolution Tuesday 4 April, 2017: Environmental finance organisation Market Forces has expressed disappointment that Santos’ management has advised shareholders to reject a resolution calling on the company to acknowledge and assess...
Media Release: Palaszczuk’s broken promise on QIC Adani trainwreck
Palaszczuk’s broken promise on QIC Adani trainwreck Friday 31 March, 2017: Support to Adani’s rail infrastructure from QIC is in clear breach of Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s election promise not to use public money to prop up the controversial coal...
Exposing Westpac with new honest advertising
Westpac puts a lot of effort into building their brand, which includes talking up their sustainability credentials in their advertising. But in reality Westpac has lent billions to dirty fossil fuel projects, and is the only major Australian bank that hasn’t distanced...
Santos shareholders lodge climate risk resolution
6 March 2017 Market Forces and over 100 individual shareholders have filed a resolution with the oil and gas major, Santos, demanding the company acknowledge and assess the risks posed to its business by climate change. The resolution is the first attempt to enforce...
Media Release: Australia’s banks’ $10 billion fossil fuel funding flouts climate pledges
Australia’s banks’ $10 billion fossil fuel funding flouts climate pledges MONDAY 6 MARCH, 2017: New analysis by finance group Market Forces reveals Australia’s ‘big four’ provided almost $10 billion in finance to fossil fuels across the planet in 2016 – three and a...
Westpac’s marketing made a little bit more honest
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Shareholders revolt over ANZ’s climate destruction
Update: 10 am, Saturday 17 December 2016 In news breaking this morning, ANZ's CEO Shayne Elliott told media after the AGM that ANZ's coal mining exposure was shrinking and he didn't see a reversal of that trend, effectively ruling out funding for the Adani Carmichael...
Westpac tests the patience of ethical investors
9 December 2016 Westpac’s ‘clean and green’ image was shattered today at their Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Adelaide. It started outside the venue where a group of young people presented Westpac with a ‘climate hypocrite’ award for their bankrolling of dirty fossil...
New Hope Group: bravely struggling against reality
18 November 2016 Queensland coal miner New Hope Group owns the New Acland, West Moreton and Bengalla coal mines. As a pure-play coal miner that’s currently trying to expand its Acland operations, New Hope’s current business model is completely out of step with global...