26 October 2018 “We are feeling the effects of climate change already: we see it in our own industry’s data, which tells us an inescapable truth.” That was CEO Peter Harmer today at Insurance Australia Group (IAG’s) annual general meeting (AGM). His company used the...
QBE
QBE’s support for fossil fuels costing its customers and our climate
[cs_element_section _id="1" ][cs_element_row _id="2" ][cs_element_column _id="3" ][x_image type="none" src="https://www.marketforces.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/MF-QBE-Subversion-Web-Slider-v02-Coral-Bleaching-1500-x-400-px.png" alt="" link="false"...
QBE customers leaving insurer due to fossil fuel support
[cs_element_section _id="1" ][cs_element_row _id="2" ][cs_element_column _id="3" ] Market Forces has compiled videos of QBE customers from all over Australia calling on the insurer to end its investment in and insuring of coal, oil and...
Who’s coming clean on climate risk?
[cs_element_section _id="1" ][cs_element_row _id="2" ][cs_element_column _id="3" ]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...
QBE to review climate risk of investments and underwriting
[cs_element_section _id="1" ][cs_element_row _id="2" ][cs_element_column _id="3" ][x_image type="none" src="https://www.marketforces.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/qbe-action-image-small.jpg" alt="" link="false" href="#" title="" target="" info="none"...
QBE faces massive shareholder pressure at AGM
[cs_element_section _id="1"][cs_element_row _id="2"][cs_element_column _id="3"] Australia’s biggest insurer and fossil fuel underwriter QBE Insurance admits it needs to manage climate change risks much better but rejects shareholder...
Did your super fund vote for climate action?
[cs_element_section _id="1" ][cs_element_row _id="2" ][cs_element_column _id="3" ]You may have seen our recent research revealing that the vast majority of Australia's biggest super funds are regularly voting against climate action at...
Suncorp’s Climate Change Action Plan: plenty of detail but where are the outcomes?
27 April 2018 Suncorp, a major Australian financial services company and general insurer, today released its Climate Change Action Plan. As expectations mount from investors and regulators that companies disclose the risks they face from climate change and efforts to...
Shareholders put climate front and centre
[cs_section parallax="false" separator_top_type="none" separator_top_height="50px" separator_top_inset="0px" separator_top_angle_point="50" separator_bottom_type="none" separator_bottom_height="50px" separator_bottom_inset="0px"...
QBE supporting Adani!
[cs_section parallax="false" separator_top_type="none" separator_top_height="50px" separator_top_inset="0px" separator_top_angle_point="50" separator_bottom_type="none" separator_bottom_height="50px" separator_bottom_inset="0px"...