Dirty and Dark – political donations from the fossil fuel industry

1 February 2023 The Australian Government continues to support fossil fuel exploration and development in Australia, despite 2021 modelling by the International Energy Agency (IEA), confirmed again in late 2022, which finds that there can be no new coal, oil or gas projects if the world is to achieve zero … Read More

NAB gets dangerously close to climate policy breach

NAB, which has committed to net-zero emissions by 2050 and the goals of the Paris Agreement, today released its inaugural Climate Report and once again failed to commit to ruling out financing companies building new fossil fuel projects.  NAB said it will be “considering selectively reducing exposure to high emitting … Read More

Westpac sees climate impacts, increases fossil fuel exposure

Westpac, which has committed to net-zero emissions by 2050 and the goals of the Paris Agreement, revealed an 11% increase in FY22 of its overall exposure to fossil fuels, with the increases attributed to customers in the coal rail transportation, LNG terminal, and oil and gas sectors.  Westpac cited that … Read More

Global Infrastructure Partners to light the fuse on Woodside’s carbon bomb

15 November 2021 US-headquartered Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) has entered into a purchase agreement for a 49% stake in Woodside’s planned Pluto Train 2 LNG project.  Woodside says the deal is a significant milestone towards a final investment decision on the Scarborough-Pluto 2 development project. It is estimated the project, … Read More

Shareholders call for true climate leadership from BHP

Updated 9am, 12 November 2021 A total of 14.2% of BHP Group’s investors have defied the board to demand the company responsibly wind up its fossil fuel production assets in line with its stated support for net zero emissions by 2050. This morning’s ASX announcement of the combined votes for … Read More

Tell GIP: don’t enable Woodside’s climate-wrecking Scarborough gas project

18 October 2021 After thousands of community members took action, infrastructure investor Brookfield has reportedly decided not to partner with Woodside on its climate-wrecking Scarborough-Pluto gas project. This is great news, and a reward for the efforts of community members who have made a stand against this project. But Brookfield’s … Read More