12 November 2020 Cooper Energy, a rapidly-growing gas and oil producer focused on the south east Australian market, today faced a shareholder resolution calling on the company to wind up its fossil fuel production in a manner consistent with the Paris climate goals....
Fortescue talks up renewable energy shift, but ignores many climate questions
11 November 2020 Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) founder and chair Andrew Forrest used today's annual general meeting to announce the company's plans to move heavily into renewable energy and green industry opportunities, but appeared to systematically ignore shareholder...
Central Petroleum fails to back up climate risk claims
10 November 2020 With major investment decisions on new gas projects expected in the next two years, shareholders attending Central's annual general meeting today wanted to know if the company is manging the risk that its gas projects will be left stranded by the...
Mark’s historic super fund legal win
5 November 2020 You may have seen the news this week about 25-year-old Brisbane ecologist Mark McVeigh, who won a historic legal battle against his $57 billion super fund, Rest, over climate change. What you may not know is that Mark used Market Forces’ research and...
Bendigo Bank back-pedals on climate scenario analysis
27 October 2020 Bendigo and Adelaide Bank enjoys a lot of kudos for being one of Australia's medium-sized banks that doesn't invest in fossil fuels. Thousands of Australians have moved to Bendigo Bank as a result of its position on our banks comparison table. Yet at...
APA quizzed on gas plans inconsistent with the Paris Agreement
22 October 2020 Today’s AGM saw Australia’s biggest gas pipeline company quizzed about its plans to expand gas infrastructure. Plans that are inconsistent with the climate goals of the Paris Agreement. Just two months ago, 25 leading scientists at Australian...
Super funds are slowly moving on climate action – are your retirement savings still invested in climate destruction?
6 October 2020 2020 has seen some significant shifts in how super funds are dealing with climate change and the risks it poses, resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars being withdrawn from some of Australia’s dirtiest companies. Millions more Australians no...
Bendigo Bank finally supports the Paris Agreement
17 August 2020 Bendigo and Adelaide Bank enjoys a lot of kudos for being one of Australia's medium-sized banks that doesn't invest in fossil fuels. Thousands of Australians have moved to Bendigo Bank as a result of its position on our banks comparison table. Yet in...
Macquarie fails to commit to coal and gas phase outs
30 July 2020 Major Australian financial institution Macquarie was today challenged over its involvement in the coal and gas industries, and the risks this poses to shareholders, communities and the environment. Macquarie claims its "lending exposures to [the coal]...
13 fossil fuel companies named in climate risk complaint
2 March 2020 Market Forces has written to corporate watchdog ASIC to raise concerns about fossil fuel producers' climate risk disclosures, or lack thereof. Like other financial regulators, ASIC has been stepping up its scrutiny of companies' disclosure and management...