MEDIA RELEASE Tiwi and Gomeroi Traditional Owners have joined with Market Forces to demand that Santos end its gas growth plans, which raise major human rights concerns and threaten the safety of all Australians due to massive climate emissions. On the eve of...
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New Analysis: Investors failing to drive climate governance through director votes
MEDIA RELEASE Tuesday 9 April: New analysis* finds board directors of coal, oil and gas companies pushing ahead with new projects continue to be elected with an average of more than 95 per cent of shareholder support, contradicting claims investors are driving...
Australia’s five biggest super funds failing on key climate promises
MEDIA RELEASE Wednesday 15 March, 2023: A new report by Market Forces finds Australia’s five biggest super funds are greenwashing and exposing themselves to legal risk by failing to effectively engage with companies expanding fossil fuels. Managing more than $1...
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...
Vanguard’s farcical engagement with coal miners Adani, Whitehaven and New Hope exposed
12 May 2022 Global investment management firm Vanguard recently released its 2021 Investment Stewardship Report, where it discusses the supposed impact of its engagement with the companies in which it invests. Vanguard provides case studies on the Adani Group (p 36)...
Santos shows contempt for investors, climate change, at its AGM
Adelaide, Thursday, 4 May 2017 A resolution that would have directed Santos to disclose the risks climate change poses to its business has been defeated at today's annual general meeting of the company, which reiterated its intent to explore for more unconventional...