Partner organisation, Market Forces, has made it easy for AustralianSuper members and anyone else to challenge the Fund's massive re-investment in Whitehaven Coal.

Whitehaven Coal has the biggest coal expansion plans of any company in Australia, and the nation’s biggest super fund is Whitehaven’s top shareholder. With corporate sensitivity to protecting their brand, it's often quite fruitful to make your concerns known directly to a company. It's even more fruitful if you are a member or shareholder.

Please sign Market Forces' open letter.

AustralianSuper members: AustralianSuper members: Sign the open letter

Members of other Funds: Members of other funds: Email AustralianSuper

Burning coal from Whitehaven’s proposed projects could result in nearly four billion tonnes of climate pollution. This is equivalent to running all of Australia’s coal-fired power stations until nearly 2060.

As Whitehaven’s largest shareholder, AustralianSuper could use its influence to demand that the company ends its polluting coal expansion plans, which pose a threat to a stable climate and secure retirement for members.

Instead, its silence speaks volumes. By failing to publicly challenge Whitehaven’s new and expanded coal mines, AustralianSuper is complicit in the company’s polluting business plans.

ARRCC has challenged Whitehaven Coal for more than a decade now. Whitehaven has knowingly violated Gomeroi sacred sites, treated traditional custodians with contempt, destroyed remnant Box Woodland and polluted local water. Please challenge Australian Super to stop using people's life savings to finance coal mining - one of the main causes of climate pollution that is threatening our children's future. With so many positive initiatives to invest in, Australian Super can do much better. 

Super funds like AustralianSuper manage our money. This means we have a say in how super funds act on climate. The more people that join this campaign, the more likely AustralianSuper will be to listen to our powerful movement.

Join the campaign demanding that AustralianSuper uses its shareholder power to deliver an end to Whitehaven’s polluting coal expansion plans.

Thanks for taking action.

posted by Thea Ormerod, 3 August 2026