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Active Super to face court over greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... that posed too great a risk to the environment and the community, including tobacco manufacturing, oil tar sands and gambling," ASIC said. "Active Super also stated that they had added Russia to their list of excluded countries, following the invasion ...

More greenwashing investigations ahead: ASIC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... Superannuation exposed investors to industries the fund said were excluded from the offering, such as coal, alcohol production and gambling," Longo said in his speech. ASIC alleges Mercer made false and misleading statements and engaged in conduct that ...

ASIC takes Mercer to court over greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... fossil fuels like thermal coal. Exclusions were also stated to apply to companies involved in alcohol production and gambling. According to ASIC, the regulator alleged that the Sustainable Plus options had investments in companies involved in industries ...

Vanguard, Hejaz, abrdn launch sustainable products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... considered to be morally or socially injurious and in companies which primarily operate in such sectors - i.e. tobacco, gambling, adult entertainment, conventional banking and insurance, pork, and weapons. The Hejaz Equities Fund is a growth fund with ...

Innova launches ESG model portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... tobacco and weapons, and companies that derive more than 10% of revenue from thermal coal mining, fossil fuel, alcohol, gambling, pornography, as well as companies that undergo severe discrimination controversies, Innova said. The first two ESG portfolios ...

Australian Shareholders' Association issues net zero policy for companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... industry sectors due to ethical or sustainability concerns. The top three exclusions for investors who exclude sectors were gambling, at 42%, coal/fossil fuels at 25% and tobacco at 25%.

Apostle Funds Management launches people and planet fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... traditional balanced funds. The fund excludes a range of industries, including fossil fuels, animal agriculture, armaments and gambling. Investee companies are also assessed for human rights violations, unethical corporate governance and deforestation. ...

HSBC Asset Management launches ESG Asia bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... social bonds. The fund will also use negative screening to exclude low ESG rated sectors, such as weapons, thermal coal, gambling and tobacco, and issuers considered to be breaching the UN Global Compact Principles. It will be managed by Alfred Mui ...

Islamic fund to expand into banking

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... following business activities is not allowed: conventional banking and insurance, alcohol, pork and all non-Halal food items, gambling, tobacco, adult entertainment, conventional derivatives, weapons, and all other impermissible actions as decided by ...

New ethical fund appoints Equity Trustees as RE

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... Heuzenroeder said. The fund screens out companies invested in tobacco, alcohol, controversial weapons, nuclear, fossil fuels and gambling among other exclusions. "We go through a process of looking at controversial areas, and we take a binary approach ...