16 May 2020 The value of Australia’s fossil fuel producers has tanked over the last 10 years, a trend which has been exacerbated during the Covid-19 pandemic. We identified 11 companies in the top 300 listed on the Australian share market (ASX 300) whose sole business...
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Caltex still has no emission targets or fossil fuel exit plans
14 May 2020 Caltex claims to support the Paris climate goals, but still has not set any targets to bring down its greenhouse gas emissions, or transition away from its fossil fuel operations. The company today told shareholders it plans to continue investing in its...
Huge gains in investor support for real climate action at Rio Tinto
7 May 2020 37% of Rio Tinto's shareholders today voted in favour of a shareholder proposal calling on the mining giant to set Paris-aligned targets to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, including those generated by the use of its products. Given Rio Tinto’s board...
Oil Search must abandon oil and gas expansion
1 May 2020 Oil Search, Australia’s third largest pure play oil and gas company, today told shareholders its current strategic review will lead the company to “settling on a strategy that is consistent with the interests of shareholders.“ Company Chair Richard...
Woodside fights historic investor demand for Paris-alignment
30 April 2020 A record-breaking 50% of Woodside Petroleum's investors today voted in favour of a shareholder proposal calling on the company to align with the Paris climate goals. This is an incredible result, considering the Woodside board's vehement opposition to...
Super funds continue to block climate action
23 April 2020 Major super funds in Australia are continuing to vote, on behalf of their members, against the majority of shareholder proposals that would improve companies’ climate risk management. By investing our retirement savings in company shares, super...
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...
Which super fund did you leave?
If you're a member of a super fund that doesn't invest in fossil fuels, you’ve already taken action to align your money with your values. But there’s one more thing you can do to have maximum impact. We’re collecting information about how many members have switched...
Super funds back Origin’s smoke and mirrors climate plan
16 October 2019 Origin Energy’s annual general meeting today was dominated by shareholder and community concerns over the climate, environmental and social impacts of the company’s dirty fossil fuel operations and plans. That’s not surprising given Origin is one of...
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...