By Will van de Pol, Chief Executive Officer, Market Forces AustralianSuper is not shy about its role and responsibility in managing the escalating investment risks climate change poses to the retirement nest eggs of its three and half million members. Let’s make no...
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Rethinking Financing for Indonesia’s Captive Coal Nickel Industry
By Ginanjar Ariyasuta, Indonesia Energy Finance Campaigner, Market Forces In his address to the House of Representatives on May 20, President Prabowo Subianto expressed his conviction that Indonesia's economy can grow 8 per cent by 2029, with the processing of...
Menimbang Ulang Pembiayaan Nikel Berbasis Batu Bara
Oleh: Ginanjar Ariyasuta, Juru Kampanye Pembiayaan Energi Indonesia di Market Forces Dalam pidatonya di rapat paripurna DPR, 20 Mei lalu, Presiden Prabowo Subianto menyampaikan keyakinannya bahwa ekonomi Indonesia bisa tumbuh 8 persen pada 2029 — dan hilirisasi...
Asian banks hide behind a coal funding smokescreenÂ
By Ginanjar Ariyasuta, Indonesia Energy Finance Campaigner, Market Forces Pick up any major Southeast Asian bank's sustainability report and you will find a coal funding commitment. The language is confident. The dates are specific. But banks from Jakarta to Kuala...
Complaint filed to SGX against OCBC for potential misleading conduct
Tuesday 24 February 2026 Market Forces has lodged a complaint at the Singapore Exchange against Singapore bank, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation - OCBC, for potential misleading conduct over finance enabling industrial coal power plants by Harita Nickel Group in...
Security Leaders, shareholders reprimand ANZ on climate failure
Thursday 18 December: Security Leaders have joined shareholders calling on ANZ to uphold its climate commitments by ceasing finance for coal, oil and gas expansion, which undermines the safety of all Australians. The calls by the Australian Security Leaders Climate...
Top Australian super funds invest $33 billion in fossil fuel expansion
New Market Forces analysis finds that Australia’s top 30 superannuation funds have more than $33 billion invested in companies expanding fossil fuels globally, in their default or largest investment options, based on latest disclosures. The research shows that these...
Southeast Asian banks need to end loopholes allowing finance for industrial coal powerÂ
By Binbin Mariana, Senior Asia Energy Finance Campaigner, Market Forces, a clean energy finance advocacy organisation working across Asia and Australia. Southeast Asia’s biggest banks have made public commitments to sustainability and phasing out financing for coal,...
Funding coal-powered nickel in Indonesia is a climate disaster
By: Ginanjar Ariyasuta, Indonesia Energy Finance Campaigner, Market Forces Indonesia’s ambition to dominate the global nickel market is a key driver of its ambitious target to lead Southeast Asia with an economic growth rate of eight per cent. The world is going into...
Macquarie under fire on climate from shareholders, customers and scientists
Thursday 24 July: Customers, investors and climate scientists have joined more than 180 shareholders and Market Forces, calling on the AU$85 billion bank and financial services company, Macquarie Group, to disclose the full extent of its financing for coal, oil and...