15 December 2021 Post a message on Westpac’s social media! Call out Westpac: share these social media videos! Westpac shareholders are today gathering at the company’s virtual annual general meeting (AGM), where they’ll hold the bank to account for all manner of...
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Spread the word about Westpac’s dirty fossil fuel funding
15 December 2021 Call out Westpac: share these social media posts! Post a message on Westpac’s social media! Westpac shareholders are today gathering at the company’s virtual annual general meeting (AGM), where they’ll hold the bank to account for all manner of...
New Hope investment raises shareholder concerns at Washington H Soul Pattinson AGM
10 December 2021 Washington H Soul Pattinson (WHSP) owns 40% of Australian thermal coal miner New Hope, and the two companies share a number of directors, including Chair Rob Millner. New Hope is pursuing the highly controversial New Acland Stage 3 coal mine in...
Send some Christmas cheer to Deutsche Bank’s CEO!
7 December 2021 ‘Tis the season to be jolly… unless, like Deutsche Bank, you’re arranging funds for climate-wrecking coal companies. That’s why this Christmas we’re going to flood Deutsche Bank’s CEO with Christmas cards, to remind him that working with Whitehaven...
AustralianSuper members, this is your chance to make an impact at a global scale
2 December 2021 Meet Dylan, an AustralianSuper member who is taking action to ensure the super fund giant is doing all it can to properly manage the risks climate change poses to members’ retirement savings. Supported by the team at Equity Generation Lawyers, Dylan is...
Adani Ports kicked off MSCI indices due to Carmichael coal link
26 November 2021 Finance research and ratings company MSCI wrote to its clients on Tuesday informing them that Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (Adani Ports, also referred to as APSEZ) is about to be kicked off four MSCI climate indices, after its links to the...
Two more insurers reject Adani’s coal project, while Convex attempts to censor criticism
22 November 2021 Two major London insurers, RSA Insurance Group and Conduit Re, have ruled out underwriting Adani’s controversial Carmichael coal project in Australia. In an email to Market Forces, RSA stated: "Our underwriters follow our Climate Change and Low Carbon...
New Hope Corporation doubles down on coal during farcical 2021 AGM
19 November 2021 Coal miner New Hope Corporation’s 2021 AGM descended into farce yesterday, with technology issues compounding upon the company’s evasive approach to shareholder accountability. Despite this, New Hope’s board still found time to double-down on...
Adani’s first coal train stopped in its tracks. Let’s make it permanent.
16 November 2021 A train carrying coal from Adani’s Carmichael mine is headed to Abbot Point/NQXT port so it can be exported to India and used to pollute people’s lungs a quarter of the way around the world while fueling the climate crisis. We know because it was...
Shareholders call for true climate leadership from BHP
Updated 9am, 12 November 2021 A total of 14.2% of BHP Group’s investors have defied the board to demand the company responsibly wind up its fossil fuel production assets in line with its stated support for net zero emissions by 2050. This morning's ASX announcement of...