30 July 2020 Major Australian financial institution Macquarie was today challenged over its involvement in the coal and gas industries, and the risks this poses to shareholders, communities and the environment. Macquarie claims its “lending exposures to [the coal] sector are limited and we expect them to run off over … Read More
Do you own a piece of these dirty fossil fuel projects?
Super funds invest our retirement nest eggs in major infrastructure projects and assets, not just companies. This means you are likely to own a piece of some of the biggest, dirtiest fossil fuels projects on the planet. Market Forces has found widespread investment in fossil fuel infrastructure among Australia’s 50 … Read More
Who’s coming clean on climate risk?
10 September 2018 If you’ve been following our work closely over the last couple of years, you’ll know we’ve put a lot of effort into forcing companies to come clean on the financial risks they face from climate change. If this is news to you, you may want to have … Read More
Macquarie commits to climate risk disclosure
In less than a year Macquarie has moved from not knowing what the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) was, to committing to adopt all of the Task Force’s recommendations. Yesterday Macquarie published this in its climate change report: “In the FY2019 reporting cycle we will continue to evolve … Read More
Tell the big banks: Don’t cave on dirty coal finance!
18 September, 2017 News this morning has highlighted the utter lunacy of the current state of the energy ‘debate’ in Australia, with Trevor St Baker, Chairman of Delta Electricity, calling on the government to pressure banks to keep lending to dirty power stations like the ones he owns. We need … Read More
Climate change denial goes mainstream at Macquarie AGM
28 July 2016 “There are two sides to this debate.” These were the remarks of the Macquarie Group Chairman Peter Warne, after their AGM descended into somewhat of a farce earlier today, as shareholders asked tough questions of a bank that is fast becoming a significant fossil fuel player and … Read More