08 September 2022 “Today climate change is one of the biggest challenges. Those challenges also open up huge business opportunities. The opportunity in this case is energy transition, the transition from fossil fuels to renewables and to hydrogen.” (Gautam Adani, quoted in Fortune India, June 2022) It’s statements like the … Read More
Lockton rejects Adani’s Carmichael coal mine
26 August 2022 Adani continues to face difficulties managing insurance coverage for its climate-wrecking Carmichael thermal coal project. Would-be insurance broker Lockton has revealed to Market Forces that it never signed the letter of appointment it was sent by Adani Australia, and that it will never work for the Carmichael … Read More
Has Lockton put ethics aside to back Adani’s disastrous coal mine?
UPDATE 26 August 2022 Lockton has confirmed to Market Forces that it is not and will not broker insurance for Adani’s Carmichael thermal coal project. Find out more here. 23 June 2022 Two weeks ago, the #StopAdani campaign received a tip-off that on 29 May 2022, Lockton, a US-based insurance … Read More
Wangan and Jagalingou people call on GLAS to cut Adani coal ties
31 May 2022 Wangan and Jagalingou (W&J) Traditional Owners have released a video calling on UK-based debt administration services company GLAS Agency to do no further work for Adani in Australia. In the video, W&J Cultural Custodian Coedie McAvoy, who has been continuously occupying the Adani Carmichael coal mine site … Read More
Help GLAS make time to Stop Adani
10 May 2022 There are now 112 major companies that have ruled out providing any support to the climate-wrecking Adani Carmichael coal project. However, debt administration services provider GLAS is not one of them. With Adani’s Australian coal port, NQXT, currently looking to raise hundreds of millions of dollars in … Read More
Adani planning to self-fund coal port debt refinancing
22 March 2022 According to a note published on 14 March, Adani has indicated to the Moody’s ratings agency that it is failing to find an external source to refinance the US$500m of bonds maturing in December of this year, issued by its coal port North Queensland Export Terminal (or … Read More
Will GLAS shatter its reputation on Adani’s coal port?
26 May 2022 In November 2021, after a short and sharp public backlash, the Bank of New York Mellon (BNYM) became the 104th company to cut ties with Adani’s disastrous Carmichael coal project. For many years, BNYM was playing a specialised role as the security trustee for the debt linked … Read More
Will GLAS shatter its reputation on Adani’s coal port?
In November 2021, after a short and sharp public backlash, the Bank of New York Mellon (BNYM) became the 104th company to cut ties with Adani’s disastrous Carmichael coal project. For many years, BNYM was playing a specialised role as the security trustee for the debt linked to Adani’s coal … Read More
Convex rules out insuring Adani’s mega mine and all new thermal coal production
4 February 2022 Earlier this week, UK and Bermuda-based Convex Insurance published a statement confirming it “will not insure the construction or operation of any new thermal coal mine and/or its dedicated infrastructure”. This commitment means Convex has ruled itself out of ever insuring the disastrous Adani Carmichael thermal coal … Read More
Coal port operator Adani Ports no longer part of UN’s Race to Zero
19 January 2022 Back in December, Market Forces drew attention to the fact that Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone’s (Adani Ports) removal from the Business Ambition for 1.5C campaign run by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) should also see it removed from the UN’s Race to Zero campaign. … Read More