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Ausbil drops fossil fuel companies from sustainable fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... material investments in controversial activities such as uranium, thermal coal, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, weapons and armaments, and pornography. The exclusion list has been expanded to include investing in exploration, mining and/or the distribution ...

Responsible investment AUM grows, but disclosure lags: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... Responsible Returns online tool, the most important exclusionary screens are fossil fuels (36%), human rights abuses (17%) and armaments (12%). Further, responsible investment AUM using sustainability-themed investing grew from 4% in 2018 to 6% in 2019. ...

BetaShares ethical ETFs see nearly $300m in new inflows in 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... carbon emission perspective. Both ETFs screen out companies with material exposure to fossil fuel, gambling, tobacco, armaments, uranium/nuclear energy, destruction of valuable environments, animal cruelty, chemicals of concern, mandatory detention of ...

Teachers Mutual Bank's certified responsible products hit $1.17 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... knowledge that their investment or loan is not being used to fund harmful industries such as fossil fuels, tobacco or armaments. "We know that our existing members value this enormously, and that it is of great appeal to potential members who are seeking ...

Praemium enhances ESG tools with SMA, research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... construct negative screens to eliminate companies based on the following categories: pornography, gaming, animal testing, armaments, alcohol, tobacco, and three categories in fossil fuels- thermal coal, oil sands, and oil and gas. These screens feed ...

BetaShares ethical ETFs surpass $1 billion funds under management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... carbon emission perspective. Both ETFs screen out companies with material exposure to fossil fuel, gambling, tobacco, armaments, uranium/nuclear energy, destruction of valuable environments, animal cruelty, chemicals of concern, mandatory detention of ...

Teachers Mutual Bank receives RIAA certification for products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... exclusions, rising to $1 billion in 2018 with an additional $500 million investment covering exclusions in alcohol, armaments, correctional facilities, gambling, gross environmental degradation, slavery, and other activities deemed harmful. "Teachers ...

Perpetual launches new Ethical SRI Credit Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... the company is in - is the business earning 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 ...

BetaShares' Australian Sustainability Leaders ETF certified by RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... as funding fossil fuel projects, as well as companies with other negative ESG exposures, including gambling, tobacco, armaments, junk foods and payday lending, are also removed. FAIR also applies a gender diversity screen to companies in the index as ...

BetaShares launches Australian equities ethical ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... screens out companies that pose significant environmental social and governance risks, including gambling, tobacco, armaments, uranium and nuclear energy, destruction of valuable environments, animal cruelty, chemicals of concern, mandatory detention ...