26 July 2021 Recently, the news of Adani’s next toxic venture - a coal-to-PVC plant - broke in the media. According to Adani’s own submission to the Indian Government, the plant will use 3.1 million tonnes of coal per year to make PVC plastic with the coal...
ASIC investigation requested into New Hope statements
21 July 2021 Australian coal company New Hope has a track-record of dodging questions about the material financial risks to its business from climate change. That’s why this week EDO Australia, on behalf of Market Forces, wrote to the Australian Securities and...
Hamilton Insurance one of the last at Lloyd’s willing to insure the Adani Carmichael coal project.
6 July 2021 Adani’s insurance options in the Lloyd’s marketplace are rapidly shrinking. Since the beginning of the year, all the top 10 biggest Lloyd’s syndicates have ruled out any support for the Adani Carmichael coal project. In total, 38 major insurance companies...
Coal affair sinks Mark Vaile’s uni application
23 June 2021 Thanks to an enormous backlash from students, staff, alumni, donors and the NTEU, former Deputy Prime Minister and chairman of Whitehaven Coal Mark Vaile decided to walk away from his appointment as the next chancellor of Newcastle University [1]. Vaile’s...
Woah big spender! New Hope splashes out promoting climate-wrecking coal
11 June 2021 Data released last month shows that coal company New Hope splurged over $650,000 on the 2020 Queensland election, ranking fourth on a ‘big spenders’ list headed by Clive Palmer’s Mineralogy Pty Ltd [1]. The bulk of the company’s expenditure was on...
Spotlight on big banks after landmark court decision
28 May 2021 In a landmark judgment yesterday about Whitehaven’s proposed Vickery coal mine, Australia’s Federal Court decided that the national environment minister has a duty of care not to cause harm to young people from climate change. According to Ava Princi, one...
IEA’s net zero pathway confirms no room for expanding fossil fuel industry
19 May 2021 Yesterday the International Energy Agency (IEA), an autonomous policy adviser to the world's governments, released a landmark new report, outlining a roadmap to achieve net zero emissions (NZE) within the global energy sector by 2050. There are a number of...
Big banks snub local farmers concerned about Whitehaven Coal
12 April 2021 Whitehaven Coal is one of the biggest coal mining corporations on the Australian share market and some of the world’s biggest banks, including Westpac, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank, played a key role in lending $1 billion to the company in 2020. ...
Coal and coup; urgent review of Adani’s inclusion on Dow Jones Sustainability Index demanded
18 March 2021 UPDATE: (19/03/21) Market Forces has received confirmation that S&P Global will conduct a review into Adani Ports' status in its Dow Jones Sustainability Index. We call on S&P to take the evidence we have presented seriously and to ensure that...
HSBC bows to pressure and will phase out coal lending. It must also cut ties with Adani
16 March 2021 In response to a shareholder resolution coordinated by ShareAction, HSBC, Europe's largest bank and one of the biggest backers of fossil fuels, has announced it will table its own resolution on plans to phase out financing for coal-fired power and...