Last week the Wilderness Society targeted the ANZ in protest against their involvement with the Gunns Pulp Mill. At the behest of GetUp, I wrote to ANZ telling them I intended to withdraw as a customer if they went ahead and funded the mill. Today I received a reply, saying the ANZ have “not made a decision on whether to finance the project” and have committed to “applying the Equator Principles to our decision … We have engaged an independent environmental expert to assist us with this process”.
In summary, we will only fund the mill once we are assured that: * all potential significant social and environmental issues have been identified; * measures to manage these are put in place by the client; and * the regulating governments are satisfied with these measures.
More info can be found on the ANZ current issues website. Now is the time for anyone who has a bank account or credit card with the ANZ to get in touch with them about the pulp mill.
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