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Responsible Investment assets top $622 billion: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... billion in 2015, an increase of 36%. Issues attracting negative screening include the 'ESG and ethical issues such as tobacco, controversial weapons, alcohol and gambling. The RIAA survey also found significant increases in exclusions focused on human ...

Parametric explores integration of responsible investing in peer-constrained world

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... Parametric's research finds that when it comes to implementing strategies such as screening for assets such as fossil fuels, tobacco, controversial weapons, labour and human rights concerns, etc., the impact of screens can have a minimal impact and can ...

Man Group appoints Steven Desmyter head of responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... Advisory Committee since 2014. Mitchell is a member of the Plastic Disclosure Project Steering Committee and part of the Tobacco Free Portfolios Working Group. Mitchell has written and presented widely on sustainable investment and social-political issues ...

VicSuper launches updated Socially Conscious investment option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... not investing in companies that are materially involved in activities that potentially cause social harm, for example tobacco production, alcohol, gambling, military weapons, civilian firearms, pornography and genetically modified organisms; protect ...

VicSuper affirms status as a tobacco-free superannuation fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
Superannuation fund VicSuper has signed a global investor statement on tobacco and reaffirmed its status as a tobacco free superfund. Michael Dundon, CEO, VicSuper This week marked World No Tobacco Day, and the AU$17 billion VicSuper signed the investor ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... meet the varied exposure requirements of clients, Anderson said. "We manage portfolios where we excluded sectors - ex-tobacco, or ex other sectors," Anderson said. "That is a common way of doing things. But we are also developing indices, or working ...

NAB raises $500m for first ever gender equality social bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... NAB The NAB Social Bond also added an overlay excluding industries whose primary activities involve alcohol, gambling, tobacco, military weapons, predatory lending, fossil fuels, palm oil, transport of live cattle or whaling, said Steve Lambert executive ...

AMP Capital to divest from tobacco, controversial weapons

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
AMP Capital will divest from approximately $440 million in holdings related to tobacco manufacturers and $130 million in holdings related to manufacturers of cluster munitions and landmines. AMP Capital has revised its Environmental, Social and Governance ...

NAB launches social bond focusing on companies, gender equality

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... screen - a social/governance screen to make sure the loans we've made to these companies don't have an exposure to alcohol, tobacco, predatory lending, fossil fuels, etc. So there's the positive screen - the WGEA citation, and a negative screen to make ...

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank launch Socially Responsible Growth Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... highly recognised, true to label Bendigo SmartStart Super fund." Sandhurst Trustees has screens in place for gambling, tobacco, alcohol, adult entertainment services, controversial weapons, cosmetic companies that use animal testing, but aside from that ...