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Greenpeace reveals greenwashing ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... country's largest environmental organisation and conducts public campaigns around biodiversity, pollution, and use of nuclear material. The organisation's use of direct action, such as protests, has been a source of controversy in a number of instanc ...

New ethical fund appoints Equity Trustees as RE

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... multi-asset fund," 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 ...

Using ESG, ethical screens in multi-asset strategy investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... companies that receive more than 5% of revenue from the sale of alcoholic beverages, adult entertainment, animal welfare, and nuclear power production. As of 2020, the combination of those screens could remov e between 30% and 55% of companies in major ...

Industry fund lifts game on SRI options

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... supply chain and significantly reduces tolerance thresholds on many other industries, including gambling, alcohol, and nuclear power. The new SRI options also have a new screen on live animal exports. 'While these options do have greater risk due to ...

Vanguard expands Ethically Conscious product range

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... significant business activities involving fossil fuels, alcohol, tobacco, gambling, military weapons and civilian firearms, nuclear power, and adult entertainment. "We've had ESG related products in the market for some time," said Evan Reedman, head ...

Retail sustainable investments grow by 21%: Morningstar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... excluding tobacco and 81 excluding controversial weapons - companies that derive a significant portion of revenue from nuclear weapons, land mines, cluster munitions, etc. Gambling, adult entertainment, and thermal coal are the next largest group of ...

Strong inflows to sustainable option: Stockspot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... screen out gas pipelines, gambling, adult entertainment, weapons, alcohol, tobacco, animal testing, detention centres, nuclear energy, junk food and companies embroiled in human rights controversies. The portfolios also use positive screens to include ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... 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 asylum seekers ...

Majority of Australians want greater action on climate change: Glow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... important to have data like this available, so that blind decisions aren't made." The survey tested appetites for the use of nuclear power as a solution. According to the report, a large portion of citizens surveyed in all countries, except nuclear-free ...

BetaShares ethical ETFs surpass $1 billion funds under management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... 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 asylum seekers ...