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...
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Medibank confirms shift out of fossil fuel investments
[cs_content][cs_element_section _id="1" ][cs_element_row _id="2" ][cs_element_column _id="3" ][cs_text]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...
Medibank, NIB & HCF divestment job half-done
[cs_content][cs_element_section _id="1" ][cs_element_row _id="2" ][cs_element_column _id="3" ][cs_text _order="0"]Update 27 September 2018: Medibank has confirmed that it will have completed its shift to low-carbon investments for their Australian share portfolio by...
Adani unravels and major institutions dump coal. This was 2017.
[cs_content][cs_element_section _id="1"][cs_element_row _id="2"][cs_element_column _id="3"][cs_text _order="0"]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...
Medibank divestment driven by health impacts of climate change
[cs_content][cs_element_section _id="1"][cs_element_row _id="2"][cs_element_column _id="3"][cs_text _order="0"]13 November 2017Australia's biggest health insurer today announced it will divest from fossil fuels due to the negative health impacts of climate change.This...
Media Release: Climate change spurs Medibank fossil fuel divestment
Monday 13 November, 2017: Medibank’s announcement it will divest tens of millions of dollars from fossil fuels due to the ‘health effects of climate change’ has been welcomed by environmental finance group Market Forces. The decision came today in an ASX statement in...
Public Health Association calls on Medibank to divest
3 November , 2017 The Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) has made a strong statement in favour of fossil fuel divestment, calling on health insurer Medibank to divest its shares in coal, oil and gas companies. The peak Australian public health body, which...
Medibank losing customers due to fossil fuel investments
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Fossil fuels = climate change = health impacts. Helping Medibank join the dots
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Pressure forces Medibank to consider divestment
10 November 2016 Shareholders and health professionals flooded Medibank with question about their fossil fuel investments and preparedness for climate change at their annual general meeting (AGM) on Wednesday in Melbourne, prompting the Chairwoman to commit to...