ANZ and NAB called upon to reduce exposure to fossil fuels in line with the Paris Agreement’s climate change goals. Thursday 1 October 2020 Environmental finance organisation Market Forces is today lodging shareholder resolutions with ANZ and NAB. The resolutions call...
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NAB to review oil & gas policy after competitors commit to tighten lending to the sector
14 September 2020 NAB has announced it will review its policy relating to finance for oil & gas within the next 6-12 months. The bank’s CEO Ross McEwan disclosed NAB’s intentions on Friday afternoon as part of a House of Representatives Economics Committee...
Media release: Fossil fuel lending by Australian banks tops AU$35bn
New Market Forces analysis - Funding Climate Failure Wednesday 8 July, 2020: Despite repeated pledges and policies to the contrary, Australia’s big four banks have once again increased funding to the expansion of the fossil fuel industry over the past year. The...
Shareholders fire a shot across NAB’s bow over climate failure
18 December 2019 After record levels of shareholder support for climate risk management resolutions at ANZ and Westpac, it was NAB's turn today to face the music over its failure to adequately manage climate risk. Since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015, NAB has...