by Matt Tomkins | Aug 8, 2022 | Feature, News, Santos, Super Funds, Woodside
The Environmental Defenders Office has sent HESTA a legal letter on behalf of HESTA members Rod and Sue. The letter states that HESTA’s investments in Santos and Woodside could be in breach of the fund’s obligations to manage climate risk. The letter also...
by msurowiec | Aug 1, 2022 | Actions, Banks, Blog, Feature, News, Santos
2 August 2022 Last week, Westpac announced it was joining the Net-Zero Banking Alliance and made some further climate change commitments that still fail to demonstrably align with the Paris Agreement’s goals. As Westpac made the announcement, another part of the...
by Matt Tomkins | Jul 21, 2022 | Media releases, News, Super Funds
MEDIA RELEASE: 21 July 2022 New analysis by Market Forces reveals several super funds are potentially misleading consumers and contravening the Australian corporate regulator’s ‘greenwashing’ advice. Eight of 11 major super fund investment options labelled...
by Rachel Deans | Jun 17, 2022 | Blog, Feature, Fossil Fuels, Gas, News, Super Funds, Woodside
17 June 2022 Today, more than one hundred health and community services workers across Australia shifted millions of dollars away from HESTA over the fund’s investments in companies expanding fossil fuels. In the single biggest climate divestment day targeting a...
by Matt Tomkins | Jun 17, 2022 | Media releases, News, Super Funds
17 June 2022 Health workers around Australia are divesting their funds from HESTA superannuation due to its investments in companies expanding fossil fuels. In the biggest single climate divestment day targeting a superannuation fund in Australia’s history, more...