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Vanguard Australia licenses FTSE Russell index for ESG-related products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... management, as of 31 July 2018. The index excludes companies based on their business lines and product involvement in fossil fuels, nuclear power, adult entertainment, alcohol, gambling, tobacco, and weapons, FTSE Russell noted. "The adoption of ESG ...

Perpetual launches new Ethical SRI Credit Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... 5% or more of revenue from things from alcohol, tobacco, gambling, nuclear armaments genetic engineering, upstream fossil fuels, pornography. The SRI screen considers how those companies conduct their business, and that's the ESG side of things. The ...

Nanuk Asset Management explores themes underpinning New World Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... flip side,, Nanuk excludes more than 1700 companies from investment, formalised around three areas - climate change, fossil fuels and environment, weapons, and ethical values and human rights. Nanuk also aligns its investments to the Sustainable Development ...

Future Super Renewables Plus option sees $50 million inflow in two weeks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... Renewables Plus option "boasts an industry-leading 20% target allocation to renewable energy and zero investment in fossil fuels," Future Super said. The majority of funds have come from existing members switching their money into the new option, and ...

ASX adds social license to operate, TCFD to corporate governance guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... entities will be exposed to these types of risks, even where they are not directly involved in mining or consuming fossil fuels; and suggesting that listed entities with material exposure to climate change risk implement the recommendations of the Financial ...

Government finds no legislative barriers to implementing TCFD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... report also recommends that the ASX develop guidance for implementing TCFD. "Increased regulatory activity around fossil fuels, combined with pressure from investors, means that companies will increasingly be under pressure to disclosure information ...

Eight Investment Partners launches 8IP Australian Equity Impact Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... certain categories - alcohol, tobacco, logging of old growth forests, weapons, gambling, pornography, nuclear and fossil fuels. In addition to disclosing financial returns, 8IP also issues an annual impact report, where the fund explores how the companies ...

BetaShares sees increased demand for "true to label" ethical products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... really make sure that the product is true to label in terms of the values. What we mean by that is when we talk about fossil fuels, the approach we take in the fund is that the fund is managed as a fossil fuel free fund. There is no threshold in terms ...

Strong consumer demand for responsible, ethical super and investment: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... match their values. "From investing in sustainable transport and education, to avoiding investing in armaments and fossil fuels, Responsible Returns allows users to filter products based on their areas of interest and location," O'Connor said.

IGCC annual conference discusses managing climate change risk, solutions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... investments at UniSuper noted that the superannuation fund tended to be underweight the benchmark in its exposures to fossil fuels, and had "almost no thermal coal" exposure. Where the fund has exposures to fossil fuels through investments in BHP Billiton ...