Climate Biz Matters
Climate Biz Matters explores the business opportunities and decisions shaping the climate, environment and communities. Co-hosts Paula Martinez and Antony Balmain speak with experts and community members about moving toward a more sustainable future. The podcast is produced by Market Forces and focuses on practical climate-related business issues.
Episodes
Hot air and deception: How big gas companies are scamming us all
Gas is often sold to us as essential for our energy security, jobs and economy.But with much of our gas exported overseas, questions around tax and energy prices, and big new projects steaming ahead, like Beetaloo Basin fracking, Papua LNG and Browse off Scott Reef in Western Australia, there’s a much bigger story.What are we being told about gas, what’s being left out, and what are the consequenc
Asset managers pulling strings and burning our future
Money talks – and when it comes to the climate crisis, where that money flows matters.Joining us today on Climate Biz Matters, is Will van de Pol, Chief Executive at Market Forces. Thanks for joining Will.For over 10 years, Will has been trying to talk sense into some of the world’s biggest asset managers, like Blackrock, Vanguard and others that collectively control hundreds of trillions of dolla
Superannuation smoke screens? How green is your super fund
Did you know there’s a good chance your superannuation fund – or pension fund as they're known in most countries worldwide – is investing your retirement savings in companies building harmful coal, oil, or gas projects?We’re taking a closer look at Australia’s superannuation industry, the billions invested in fossil fuels, and what happens when tens of thousands of members raise concerns. Som
How our banks are funding the climate crisis
Australia’s biggest bank Commonwealth Bank has gone from worst to first of the big four in cutting funding to coal, oil and gas.Macquarie has become one of the country’s biggest fossil fuel funders rather than aligning with the climate goals of the Paris Agreement.In this episode of Climate Biz Matters we speak to Kyle Robertdson who’s the Research Director at Market Forces and Morgan Pickett, Mar
