Shareholders in Australia's three top banks on Monday called for resolutions at the upcoming annual general meetings asking the lenders how they would avoid financing new or expanded fossil fuel projects.
also said they had received a similar request but did not disclose the name of shareholders who proposed it.With global investor focus have sharply pivoted towards climate change, banks are under scrutiny for their ties with fossil fuel projects. They have been under pressure to set goals to cut emissions and raise investment in clean energy projects.
Market Forces said in a separate statement it has lodged resolutions with ANZ, NAB and Westpac calling on the banks to stop financing coal, oil and gas expansion projects. A group of shareholders had filed climate change resolutions with Australia's three of the 'big four' banks last year, asking them to abide by their self-declared support for net-zero emissions by 2050 and stop financing fossil fuel projects.Westpac laid out plans earlier this year to reduce lending to coal, oil and gas companies by nearly a quarter by 2030, while ANZ said last year it aimed to lower scope 1 and 2 greenhouse emissions by 35% by 2030.
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