MEDIA RELEASE Wednesday 13 March: New analysis by Market Forces finds Australia’s top 30 super funds have been reducing their investments in oil and gas producers Woodside and Santos over the past two years, relative to the Australian stock market. The top 30...
HESTA puts the heat on Woodside by seeking board renewal
HESTA has announced today that it is pushing for its own director nominees to be considered for election at Woodside’s upcoming annual general meeting (AGM). This is an important climate-related escalation from HESTA and a tribute to the countless members who have...
TotalEnergies(トタルエナジーズ )の主要銀行がパプアLNGへの資金提供拒否
ヨーロッパ第3位の銀行である Crédit Agricole(クレディ・アグリコル)は、先週 TotalEnergies(トタルエナジーズ )に対して大きな打撃を与え、トタルエナジーズが提案しているパプア液化天然ガスプロジェクト(パプア LNG)への資金提供をしないと宣言しました。...
TotalEnergies’ bankers deliver major blow to Papua LNG carbon bomb
Crédit Agricole, Europe’s third largest bank, has delivered a major blow to TotalEnergies this week, declaring it will not finance Total’s proposed Papua Liquefied Natural Gas project (Papua LNG). Despite being the financial advisor to the project, and one of...
Major coal producer New Hope shuts out shareholders calling for wind down
MEDIA RELEASE Thursday, 23 November: Shareholders of New Hope Group are appalled at being shut out of the coal company’s annual general meeting (AGM) and being prevented from asking about how the miner will wind down production in line with global climate goals. More...
NAB commits to future fossil finance restrictions, business as usual for next two years
10 November 2023 Yesterday NAB announced that from 1 October 2025 it will require the majority of fossil fuel companies to have Paris-aligned transition plans in place in order to provide additional lending. From that deadline, to get a corporate or project...
Westpac takes two steps forward, one big step back
8 November 2023 This week Westpac announced a host of new project finance restrictions for new and expanded fossil fuel projects, but also walked back a key policy that restricts finance to the companies developing them. In a disappointing regression on its...
New Analysis: Australia’s biggest super funds slash and burn climate action
MEDIA RELEASE Tuesday 31 October, 2023: New analysis by Market Forces reveals Australia’s top 30 superannuation funds have backtracked on their support for climate action at the companies most responsible for expanding fossil fuels worldwide. The research also finds...
Super fund support for Woodside and Santos’ climate-wrecking expansion plans
12 September 2023 Our latest analysis shows members of Australia’s biggest super funds own a significant stake in some of Australia’s worst climate criminals, Woodside and Santos. For the first time, we’ve paired our investment analysis with share voting data to...
Woodside pushing ahead with Trion oil field, another project out of line with Paris climate goals
20 June 2023 Climate wrecking oil and gas company Woodside has today made the decision to proceed with a new offshore oil field, once again demonstrating a complete disregard for investor demands to align with global climate goals. Woodside today made the final...