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ASIC fines Vanguard for greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... Funds. ASIC noted that the Vanguard International Shares Select Exclusions Index Funds excluded certain investments in tobacco, but "while this screen applied to exclude manufacturers of cigarettes and other tobacco products, it did not exclude companies ...

Vanguard, Hejaz, abrdn launch sustainable products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... which are 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 ...

Measuring sustainability performance: comparing an SDG score with ESG ratings

JAN ANTON VAN ZANTEN  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... However, despite their prominence, the ESG ratings that are used to create such strategies are under fire. For example, tobacco companies, and mining giants can get top-notch ESG ratings. This suggests ESG ratings fail to thoroughly capture companies' ...

Innova launches ESG model portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... equality, and health and wellbeing. The negative screens ruling out companies that derive more than 1% of revenue from tobacco and weapons, and companies that derive more than 10% of revenue from thermal coal mining, fossil fuel, alcohol, gambling, pornography ...

Qantas Super in $2bn climate risk mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) to influence and engage with companies on ESG issues, excluding tobacco manufacturers from the portfolio, and implementing an Impact Investing Framework in 2020, which "will assist the fund in identifying ...

Strong flow of new ESG funds brought to market: Equity Trustees

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... expanding and people are getting greater choice. Soime managers are focusing on excluding certain things- we don't do tobacco, or we don't invest in gun manufacturers, whereas other managers are really focused on green or carbon neutral companies." Equity ...

RIAA certifies two Real Asset Management funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... interests of our stakeholders" RAM excludes companies that operate in armaments, gaming, pornography, coal mining and tobacco industry groups, and RAM's issuer-level research process reviews and scores issuers on a range of metrics with a number being ...

Australian Shareholders' Association issues net zero policy for companies

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

Strong demand for ESG managed accounts: Praemium

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... 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 into Praemium's ...

HSBC Asset Management launches ESG Asia bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... 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, managing director ...