Australia’s Largest Super Funds Invest $34 Billion in Fossil Fuels in 2022: Report

Australia’s Largest Super Funds Invest $34 Billion in Fossil Fuels in 2022: Report
Australian dollars in Sydney, Australia, on Jan. 15, 2016. AAP Image/Joel Carrett
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New research has found that the 30 largest superannuation funds in Australia invested $34 billion in fossil fuel companies, both domestic and overseas, in 2022.

Market Forces, an environmentalist organisation that wants financial institutions to “go green,” has released an analysis indicating that Australia’s biggest funds have raised their investment in companies developing coal, oil and gas projects by 50 percent in the past year.
Alfred Bui
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