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...
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Big banks loaned $10 billion to fossil fuels in 2016
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ANZ’s coal policy. Weak, but at least effective!
28 February 2017 In October 2015, ANZ published a new Energy Policy with a carbon emission threshold to “ensure we only support new coal fired power plants that use advanced technologies and higher quality coal to significantly reduce emissions to at least 0.8...
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...
Stanmore Coal: Failing to plan or planning to fail?
30 November 2016 Stanmore Coal owns and operates nine coal mining projects in Queensland, including open cut and underground mines, as well as a number of projects in development. Like most pure play fossil fuel companies, Stanmore is in denial about the future of...
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...
Wesfarmers: not ‘evolving’ quickly enough
11 November 2016 Best known as the parent company of Coles, K-mart, Target, Bunnings and Officeworks, Wesfarmers also owns two open cut coal mines: Curragh in Queensland (100% owned by Wesfarmers) and Bengalla in New South Wales (40% stake). Shareholders attending the...
Whitehaven: A lot to hide this AGM
28 October 2016 Yesterday Whitehaven Coal held their Annual General Meeting in Sydney. They obviously had a lot to hide. While most AGMs are filmed and broadcast, Whitehaven decided to record only the audio, and cut off recording completely before question time. To...