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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 ...

Future Super, Thomson Reuters launch new indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... issues, but there are very few if any combine a strict fossil fuel screen with an equally strict screen with ESG issues like alcohol, tobacco and gaming." The resulting indices are comprised of the 50 leading medium to large sustainable ASX-listed companies ...

Investors consider ESG in alternative assets: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... weapons and bribery and corruption "garner strong support", according to the survey, while exclusion criteria, such as alcohol or tobacco, are rarely considered. LGT Capital Partners and Mercer also surveyed respondents on stakeholder concerns. Overall ...

AMP Capital lists fossil fuel exclusions for RIL funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... excludes companies that have more than a 10% exposure to tobacco, nuclear power, including uranium, armaments, gambling, alcohol and pornography. This range stands alone, but AMP Capital also integrates ESG issues more broadly. "AMP Capital funds have ...

Northern Trust: investor call for ESG data in private equity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... exposures to arms manufacturers," Finlayson said. "Increasingly, around SRI and private equity, it tends to be thing around alcohol and tobacco, tends to be one where if companies are acting in the public interest - if you're a healthcare provider, and ...