by Pablo Brait | Nov 14, 2019 | Feature, Insurance, News, Shareholder action at AGMs
14 November 2019 What a difference a few years makes. Back in 2016, when the climate crisis was first raised by shareholders at the Medibank annual general meeting (AGM), the company seemed to have given no consideration to the impacts that fossil fuel pollution and...
by Pablo Brait | Nov 14, 2018 | Divestment, News, Uncategorized
14 November 2018 Health insurer Medibank reaffirmed its commitment to dumping its coal, oil and gas company shares before the end of this financial year at its annual general meeting (AGM) today. After pledging to divest from fossil fuels at its 2017 AGM due to the...
by Pablo Brait | Sep 24, 2018 | Divestment, Feature, News, Uncategorized
Update 27 September 2018: Medibank has confirmed that it will have completed its shift to low-carbon investments for their Australian share portfolio by 30 June 2019. NIB and HCF are still to set a date. The following was received from Medibank's CFO yesterday: “...we...
by Julien Vincent | Dec 22, 2017 | adani, Banks, Feature, News, Shareholder action at AGMs
In the nearly five years since Market Forces began, there has not been a more successful and fast-changing year as 2017. Let's take a look at the year that is rapidly coming to an end. A big thank you to all our supporters who took part in our campaigns and helped...
by Will van de Pol | Nov 13, 2017 | Blog, Feature, News, Shareholder action at AGMs
13 November 2017 Australia's biggest health insurer today announced it will divest from fossil fuels due to the negative health impacts of climate change. This is a huge win for the thousands of shareholders, customers and other members of the community who have...
