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Responsible Investment assets top $622 billion: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... 36%. Issues attracting negative screening include the 'ESG and ethical issues such as tobacco, controversial weapons, alcohol and gambling. The RIAA survey also found significant increases in exclusions focused on human rights and nuclear energy. "That ...

VicSuper launches updated Socially Conscious investment option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... companies that are materially involved in activities that potentially cause social harm, for example tobacco production, alcohol, gambling, military weapons, civilian firearms, pornography and genetically modified organisms; protect human rights, labour ...

NAB raises $500m for first ever gender equality social bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... capital financing, NAB The NAB Social Bond also added an overlay excluding industries whose primary activities involve alcohol, gambling, tobacco, military weapons, predatory lending, fossil fuels, palm oil, transport of live cattle or whaling, said ...

NAB launches social bond focusing on companies, gender equality

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... negative screen - a social/governance screen to make sure the loans we've made to these companies don't have an exposure to alcohol, tobacco, predatory lending, fossil fuels, etc. So there's the positive screen - the WGEA citation, and a negative screen ...

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank launch Socially Responsible Growth Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... recognised, true to label Bendigo SmartStart Super fund." Sandhurst Trustees has screens in place for gambling, tobacco, alcohol, adult entertainment services, controversial weapons, cosmetic companies that use animal testing, but aside from that, the ...

SVA launches South Australian homelessness social impact bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... to reduce recidivism by parolees in that state. The Victorian state government will fund programs dealing with drug and alcohol treatment and young people transitioning from Out of Home Care as the focus of its first two social impact bonds (SIBs). The ...

UCA Funds Management adds Nine Entertainment Company to exclusions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... advertising and promotional placement screened in Nine's G-rated time slots and prime-time sports broadcasts," as well as alcohol advertising, another industry exclusion for the fund manager. Nine Entertainment Company is "the market leader by revenue" ...

Victorian government chooses programs for social impact bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
The Victorian state government will fund programs dealing with drug and alcohol treatment and young people transitioning from Out of Home Care as the focus of its first two social impact bonds (SIBs). Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas The Victorian government ...

Dimensional Fund Advisors launches Global Sustainability Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... to "exclude or reduce exposure" to companies connected to or derive revenue from practices such as tobacco, gambling, alcohol, child labour, cluster munitions, pornography and factory farming, the asset manager said. Dimensional's methodology is augmented ...

Altius Sustainable Bond Fund certified by RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... companies if their "primary business activity involves armaments, uranium, gambling, tobacco production, pornography, alcohol production, or production or sale of thermal coal," according to Altius Asset Management. Altius uses research provider CAER ...