This week the United Nations-convened Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) overwhelmingly voted in favour of abandoning its commitment to “transition all…attributable GHG emissions from our lending and investment portfolios to align with pathways to net-zero by...
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Gomeroi Traditional Owners vow to continue fighting Santos to protect Country
Santos continued to face heat over its oil and gas expansion plans at its 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre. Shareholders were greeted with a protest outside the AGM in support of a safe climate and Gomeroi Traditional Owners, who...
Scientists call on ANZ to listen to science and stop banking new fossil fuels
Thursday 19 December: Climate change scientists have backed hundreds of shareholders demanding ANZ and all big four Australian banks meet their climate commitments by ending finance for companies developing new and expanded fossil fuel projects. The calls by...
Farmers join shareholders to demand NAB ends finance for new fossil fuels
Wednesday 18 December: Farmers across Australia have joined hundreds of shareholders calling on NAB and all big four Australian banks to end finance for companies expanding coal, oil and gas production. The calls by farmers come as NAB - which calls itself the...
ANZ, NAB and Westpac still have no clear plan to stop financing fossil fuel expansion
ANZ, NAB and Westpac all released their annual Climate Reports last month, with mostly disappointing results. The key takeaway is that the door is still open for fossil fuel companies to keep receiving more finance for their climate destroying expansion plans. Take...
Australia’s sovereign wealth fund invests $1 billion in big coal and gas
Thursday 24 October: New Market Forces analysis reveals that the Future Fund has more than $1 billion invested in three of Australia’s biggest fossil fuel expanding companies, Woodside Energy, Santos and Whitehaven Coal. The analysis finds the Future Fund is a top 10...
Shareholders file first ever climate resolution on Australian gas pipeline company
MEDIA RELEASE Wednesday 21 August: Market Forces has filed a resolution on behalf of 128 APA Group shareholders calling on the company to disclose how it is managing the emissions from new gas infrastructure, including planned Beetaloo basin pipelines, in line with...
Big four Australian banks pour $3.6 billion into fossil fuels in 2023
MEDIA RELEASE Tuesday 16 July: A new report by Market Forces reveals Australia’s big four banks have poured more than AU$61 billion into fossil fuels since the global agreement to limit climate change was adopted in Paris over eight years ago. The analysis finds ANZ,...
Super funds invest $39 billion in fossil fuel growth
MEDIA RELEASE Tuesday 28 May: A new Market Forces report reveals Australia’s top 30 super funds have more than $39 billion invested in companies globally with the biggest fossil fuel expansion plans. Investments in this group of 190 companies - dubbed The Climate...
Big coalition of civil society organisations put AustralianSuper on notice
Today, AustralianSuper received a strong message from a big coalition of climate, environment and other civil society organisations, urging the fund to live up to its climate commitments and push for an end to Woodside’s reckless oil and gas expansion plans. The...