2 August 2022 Last week, Westpac announced it was joining the Net-Zero Banking Alliance and made some further climate change commitments that still fail to demonstrably align with the Paris Agreement’s goals. As Westpac made the announcement, another part of the...
Major UK bank cuts ties with Indonesian mega coal producer
Jakarta, 14 July 2022 - One of the largest United Kingdom banks, Standard Chartered, has confirmed that it is ending investment in Indonesia’s second largest coal producer, PT Adaro Indonesia and other banks need to follow suit in line with their energy and fossil...
Behind Bangladesh’s carbon catastrophe
OPINION | Munira Chowdhury, Acting Research Coordinator When I mention Bangladesh, people think of a country prone to devastating floods and cyclones. It’s true. Right now, millions of Bangladeshis are stranded without safe drinking water and food after the worst...
World’s largest insurance broker cuts ties with Adani Carmichael coal mine
23 June 2022, for immediate release The Adani Carmichael coal mine’s long-standing insurance broker, Marsh, has confirmed it has ended its commercial relationship. This news, published in InsuranceERM, comes two weeks after the #StopAdani campaign received an...
Has Lockton put ethics aside to back Adani’s disastrous coal mine?
UPDATE 26 August 2022 Lockton has confirmed to Market Forces that it is not and will not broker insurance for Adani's Carmichael thermal coal project. Find out more here. 23 June 2022 Two weeks ago, the #StopAdani campaign received a tip-off that on 29 May 2022,...
Revealed: QBE insuring new coal plant construction in Vietnam
9 June 2022 A briefing released today by the international Insure Our Future campaign and Korea-based Solutions For Our Climate reveals that Australian insurer QBE is providing insurance for the construction of the Nghi Son 2 coal-burning power station in Vietnam, and...
Wangan and Jagalingou people call on GLAS to cut Adani coal ties
31 May 2022 Wangan and Jagalingou (W&J) Traditional Owners have released a video calling on UK-based debt administration services company GLAS Agency to do no further work for Adani in Australia. In the video, W&J Cultural Custodian Coedie McAvoy, who has been...
Revealed: HESTA and other super funds investing in Adani coal mining subsidiary
23 May 2022 New regulations coming into effect last month require superannuation funds to disclose all of their holdings. With this data now available to the public, Market Forces checked the exposure of super funds to the two Adani Group subsidiaries directly...
Win! Deutsche Bank abandons Whitehaven Coal’s bond issue
20 May 2022 A media report in Germany confirmed publicly this week that Deutsche Bank has withdrawn from its involvement in a bond issue for climate-wrecking Whitehaven Coal, following a concerted people-powered campaign coordinated by Market Forces. Business...
Standard Chartered and Barclays fund Adani’s coal mining subsidiary
19 May 2022 Financial new sources confirmed last week that Standard Chartered and Barclays have funded Adani Enterprises, the Adani Group subsidiary pursuing several new thermal coal mining projects, including the disastrous Carmichael mine in Australia. The US $250m...