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US activists target banks over finance to for-profit prisons, detention centres

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... working with unions that have identified pension funds that are invested in detention centres to run campaigns to do divestment work. "We have started conversations with the American Federation of Teachers," he said. "They in turn have identified some ...

Man Group analyses tobacco considerations in investment strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
Global fund manager Man Group is considering the impacts of divestment from tobacco as part of its broader approach to responsible investing. Jason Mitchell, sustainability strategist, Man Group, The fund manager does not have a blanket policy of divestment ...

Vision Super publishes Corporate Responsibility report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... plans to transition to a low carbon economy in future. "We haven't divested," Wyrsch said. "The issue we have with divestment generally is that it is partisanship. When we look around the world at what's happening, companies have a great deal of partisanship ...

RIAA annual conference to discuss how responsible investment will shape future economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... is that for a long time the industry has been focused on how we avoid ESG risk, how we avoid harmful industries from divestment, and where the industry is shifting is to focus on where we're allocating money as opposed to where we withdraw money from," ...

Negatively screened funds grow by over 2500% in New Zealand: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... values of consumers and I think we are really likely to see that emerge in Australia. AMP is a big signal with tobacco divestment. Partly it's because with KiwiSaver, there are full portfolio holdings disclosure requirements. You would have noted that ...

VicSuper affirms status as a tobacco-free superannuation fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... experience as an oncologist working on the front line treating lung cancer patients to engage with superfunds on tobacco divestment. Separately, ESG research provider Vigeo Eiris has downgraded the sector average scores of tobacco companies based on ...

Majority of investors believe ESG-focused investment improve returns: SSgA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... has been widely adopted in Australia, pointing to the fact that exclusion of companies on grounds such as fossil fuel divestment may prove impractical. "For example, consider Australia and the environmental impacts of the fossil fuel sector," he said. ...

AMP Capital to divest from tobacco, controversial weapons

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... fixed income funds managed by external fund managers on behalf of AMP Capital's Multi-Asset Group, AMP Capital said. Divestment will begin once AMP Capital updates the product disclosure statements (PDSs) for the impacted funds. AMP Capital has excluded ...

University of Melbourne launches Sustainability Plan 2017-2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... and the capabilities that a university has. Not just responding with a plan on operations, not just to address the divestment view or specific elements - we chose to do everything all together, making it transparent, and committing, as we have done ...

Investors discuss investing in two degree world at RIAA conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... Vision Super, the process of preparing for the 2 degree commitments means engaging with invested companies, rather than divestment, Wyrsch noted. Australian Ethical Investment in 2014 set a target of net zero emissions by 2050, Palmer said. The fund ...