27 October 2021 Whitehaven Coal faced sustained pressure from shareholders at its AGM today over the future of its coal business in a scenario where the world reaches net zero emissions by 2050. Shareholders grilled Whitehaven’s board over the company’s planned coal...
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Deutsche Bank’s involvement with Whitehaven Coal exposed in German media
23 October 2021 Share the ad on Deutsche Bank’s social media pages! On Friday morning, executives at Deutsche Bank awoke to a half-page advertisement on page 7 of Handelsblatt, a major newspaper popular in Germany’s financial world. The ad, coordinated by Market...
Tell Commbank: net-zero by 2050 = no new fossil fuels
13 October 2021 Post a message on Commbank’s social media! Commonwealth Bank 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 issues, key among which is Commbank’s...
Deutsche Bank prepares to raise funds for Whitehaven
1 October 2021 Tell Deutsche Bank to back off! Financial news source Debtwire reported last week that Deutsche Bank is preparing to raise funds for Whitehaven Coal’s climate-wrecking coal business. Specifically, Debtwire reports that Deutsche Bank organised a...
Media release: JBIC and commercial banks shamelessly agree to finance Van Phong 1, despite multiple unresolved issues
19 April 2019 The decision by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and a consortium of commercial banks to finance the proposed Van Phong 1 coal-fired power station in Vietnam has been branded as shameless and cowardly by clean energy advocates. JBIC...
Korean lenders rule out Adani!
[cs_element_section _id="1" ][cs_element_row _id="2" ][cs_element_column _id="3" ] 5 November 2018 Three Korean financial institutions have ruled out investing in the Adani Carmichael coal mine, rail line or Abbot Point coal export terminal, as...
EFIC supporting Adani Carmichael
[cs_element_section _id="1" ][cs_element_row _id="2" ][cs_element_column _id="3" ]June 2018 Adani has failed to attract private finance to its proposed Carmichael mine and rail project and is becoming increasingly...
Media release: Fourth major Chinese bank walks away from Adani mega mine
Wednesday 13 December, 2017: China Merchants Bank today provided a statement to environmental finance campaigning group Market Forces, confirming it will have no part in the proposed Adani Carmichael coal mine. The bank replied to a letter outlining an array of...
Chinese banks rule out Carmichael coal mine!
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China Construction Bank rules out Adani coal!
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