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NGS Super divests from oil and gas producers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... forward for the fund and its members, and raises the bar for climate action in the superannuation industry," said Market Forces superannuation funds campaigner Brett Morgan. "This policy does not rule out investment in all companies expanding the fossil ...

From the courtroom to the boardroom: climate change risks and remedies

LOUISE CAMENZULI, JULIA GREEN, SANDY MAK  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
2021 will be seen as the year where international, environmental and market forces coalesced to bring climate change into sharp focus in Australian courtrooms and boardrooms. With the UN Biodiversity Conference of the Parties (COP15) and UN Climate ...

Hostplus announces four board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... members and one alternative director, with one departing director facing a campaign from climate activist group Market Forces. Peter Collins, an independent director, Mark Robertson and Mark Vaile, both employer directors, and Neil Randall, an alternative ...

Deep Decarbonisation: Green Hydrogen, Net Zero, and the Future of the EU-ETS

MARK LEWIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... it is a market mechanism: the regulator sets the targeted emissions reduction over a given period in advance and market forces then determine the price at which the required reduction occurs. By contrast, with a carbon tax the regulator sets the price ...

Insure Our Future calls for halt to insuring oil and gas projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... Internacional de Derecho y Medio Ambiente (Spain), Japan Center for a Sustainable Environment and Society (Japan), Market Forces (Australia), Rainforest Action Network (USA), Re:Common (Italy), Solutions for Our Climate (Korea), The Sunrise Project (Australia) ...

More than a third of investors back Rio Tinto climate resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... climate resolution at Rio Tinto's annual general meeting. Nearly 37% of investors voted for the resolution prepared by Market Forces, which called on Rio Tinto to set clear emissions targets including Scope 3 emissions, which are those generated by the ...

QBE, Suncorp among global insurers exiting coal: Unfriend Coal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... highlights the Adani Carmichael mine as a particular case study. Bosshard notes that Unfriend Coal collaborates with Market Forces for perspectives in the Australian market. "We see that Adani has not been able to access finance, but they say they have ...

Australian Ethical questions calls for limits on environmental activism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... environment, animal protection, and the treatment of people, and will work alongside civil society groups such as Market Forces, which Attorney General Christian Porter has singled out for criticism "It is hard to understand exactly what the government ...

Market Forces lodges shareholder resolutions with Westpac, NAB, ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
Market Forces has lodged shareholder resolutions with Westpac, NAB and ANZ, calling on the banks to reduce lending and exposure to fossil fuel companies consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change. Climate-related resolutions ...

Factor investing such as ESG strategies can be wise approach: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... that are resilient to market downturns while maintaining positions in companies that will benefit from long-run market forces, McDonald said. "I'll take the example of the climate related UN SDGs - sustainable energy and climate action," she said. "All ...