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Shareholders to pressure supermarkets over seafood sourcing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... organising several other shareholder activism campaigns, including pressuring media giants Nine, Seven, and News Corp to drop gambling ads.

Net zero dreams float on unscaled tech

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... likely from more expensive solutions." Last month, a group of over 500 investors warning investors and companies against gambling their transition plans on CCS. Under the Paris Agreement, nations must limit warming to well below 2C above pre-industrial ...

Shareholders to say 'no' to gambling ads

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... and Future Group are backing an investor campaign to stop media giants Seven West and Nine Entertainment from running gambling ads. Ethinvest, a financial planning group, and Future Group, the parent company of super funds including Childcare Super and ...

Mercer Super cops landmark $11.3m greenwashing penalty

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... options promised to exclude companies involved in carbon intensive fossil fuels like thermal coal, alcohol production and gambling. They were promoted as suitable for members who "are deeply committed to sustainability". Many of the options, however ...

RIAA warns against carbon capture

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
A group of over 500 investors cautions investors and companies against gambling their transition plans on unproven and unscaled technology, as the Senate recommends a ban on carbon capture and storage (CCS). This comes as a host of players ramp up their ...

UniSuper sustainable option returns 15.2%

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) Certified. They exclude companies with material exposure to tobacco, alcohol, gambling, weapons, and fossil fuel exploration and production. ESG head Lou Capparelli said outperformance can be attributed to substantial ...

Future Super returns 10.1% to ethically minded members

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... said the use of sustainable investment screens provided a performance boost for both products, with neither invested in gambling, tobacco or weapons companies. For instance, the group pointed out, Australia's energy sector significantly underperformed ...

Active Super found guilty of greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... executive Phil Stockwell - that it eliminated investments that posed a risk to the environment and the community, including gambling, coal mining, and oil tar sands. Court documents showed that Active Super said it wouldn't invest in companies deriving ...

ESG demand still high for advisers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... Investors want to fund the environment, climate change solutions, nature and renewable energy. Human rights, gender equal, gambling, tobacco, weapons and firearms, are also top of the hit list. The events of the past few years - the pandemic, wars, inflationary ...

Government sets stage for sovereign green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... prohibited by any commitments under an international convention or treaty instrument to which Australia is a signatory; gambling development; and the refining and transportation of fossil fuels, as well as programs that predominately assist Australia's ...