15 March 2022 Today, Hostplus announced its commitment to a net zero emissions investment portfolio by 2050. However, the fund has failed to announce any near term steps or interim targets towards that goal, and remains a laggard with no policies to cut investments in...
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Cbus and Media Super merger: Combined fund must go further on climate action
4 March 2022 Cbus and Media Super announced merger plans last year, and have now set a completion date. However, each fund takes a different approach to climate change, and the question that remains to be answered for members of both funds is this: what will this...
Solidarity with Ukraine, and shame on the institutions investing our money in the invasion
Market Forces stands in solidarity with the people of Ukraine, who have been subjected to a brutal and illegal invasion perpetrated by the Russian military. We are also appalled that the custodians of our money, governments and financial institutions, have used...
Super funds still undermining climate goals, despite $1 trillion shift out of coal
15 February 2022 New research from Market Forces reveals every major super fund in the country continues to undermine the Paris Agreement and net zero by 2050 climate goals by investing in companies expanding the scale of the fossil fuel industry. However, the...
2021 HESTA Annual Member Meeting: The fund avoids climate scrutiny at all costs
1 December 2021 Executives and board members of super fund HESTA failed to address members’ concerns about the fund’s investments in companies expanding oil and gas production at its annual member meeting yesterday evening. A group of members calling themselves the...
New legal opinion confirms super funds must manage climate risks
22 April 2021 Released today, a new legal opinion commissioned by Market Forces has confirmed super funds are legally required to understand and manage the material financial risks posed by climate change. The new legal advice from barristers Noel Hutley SC and James...
Market Forces launches UniSuper DIVEST campaign
13 January 2020 Market Forces has joined with academics, scientists, researchers and university employees across Australia to launch a major new campaign to pressure super fund, UniSuper, to divest billions of dollars of members’ retirement savings from fossil fuel...
Super funds still obstructing climate action
[cs_content][cs_element_section _id="1" ][cs_element_row _id="2" ][cs_element_column _id="3" ][cs_text style="font-size:large;"]Over the past few weeks, your super fund has had the opportunity to vote, on your behalf, for real climate action from two of Australia’s...
Take action – Call out Cbus’ climate hypocrisy
With millions of people around the world taking to the streets to call for urgent action to halt the climate crisis, Cbus has proved itself a massive climate hypocrite. At AGL’s annual general meeting, Cbus voted against a shareholder proposal that asked Australia’s...
Rio Tinto investors baulk at climate risk management
9 May 2019 The vast majority of Rio Tinto's investors - which includes just about every super fund in Australia - today failed to ensure the company acts to manage down its exposure to climate change risk. A Market Forces-coordinated shareholder resolution was put to...