Melbourne, Thursday 29 September, 2016: A new report released today by environmental finance campaigners Market Forces reveals the multi-million dollar bonuses awarded to Australian and international fossil fuel company executives for expanding reserves which are unburnable under any plausible two degree climate scenario – and the duplicity of superannuation funds … Read More
Media Release: Australians reject super funds’ trillion-dollar secret
Melbourne, Friday 23 September, 2016: According to analysis by environmental finance campaigners Market Forces, 83% of assets under management in Australia’s fifty largest superannuation funds are undisclosed, equating to nearly $1 trillion of assets. The analysis comes as new polling commissioned by Market Forces reveals 86% of Australians believe they … Read More
Media release: New polling shows half of customers prepared to change banks over fossil fuels – as prominent Australians demand climate action
Thursday 15 September, 2016: New research released today shows overwhelmingly that Australians want their bank to act on climate change by avoiding fossil fuel projects, with almost half prepared to change banks if their current institution finances projects that damage the environment or worsen climate change. The research comes … Read More
Media Release: New campaign targets QBEs climate hypocrisy
Monday 2nd May, 2016 As QBE prepares for its Sydney AGM in Sydney on Wednesday, Market Forces has today launched a new campaign calling on the insurance company to stop ‘making climate change possible.’ Activists this morning visited the company’s headquarters in Sydney, to colourfully highlight the company’s role as a major insurer … Read More
Media Release: Peabody bankruptcy a cautionary tale for Australian investors
Melbourne, Wednesday 13 April 2016 Today’s long-expected bankruptcy announcement by Peabody should serve a cautionary tale to Australian investors still holding fossil fuel stocks, according to financial activist group Market Forces. “Australian investors who held Peabody stocks since 2011 would have been severely burned by the decline of the company,” … Read More