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Super fund invests in Australian Unity Green Bond Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... builds off of the fund's existing work around ESG integration, including having previously screened out thermal coal, tobacco and controversial weapons, Squires told FS Sustainability at the time of the announcement. "Through looking at all of the ...

Advisers seek education, clarification on ESG investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... is what led to the launch of services including the ability to screen based on 12 categories including animal testing, tobacco, thermal coal, fossil fuels and others, as well as offering integrated access to Sustainalytics research. "The adviser/client ...

War, vice and climate: assessing investors ethical stands

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... strong difference in attitudes to investing in 'Vice' category of companies comprising gambling, pornography, tobacco, alcohol and cannabis. The analysis divided investors by generation and gender with the age categories being Silent Generation ...

Rest launches Sustainable Growth option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... involved in labour and human rights abuses, unethical supply chains, fossil fuels, animal cruelty, gender discrimination, tobacco, gambling, palm oil, controversial weaponry, or have a recent track record of environmental damage, or excessive executive ...

Perennial launches boutique ESG business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... screen is a minimum market cap of $50 million. Perennial then applies a negative screen, eliminating fossil fuels, alcohol, tobacco, weapons, forestry activities, gambling activities, and unhealthy fast food. The team then applies its internal ESG score ...

Industry fund sets bar higher with Net Zero timing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... builds off of the fund's existing work around ESG integration, including having previously screened out thermal coal, tobacco and controversial weapons, noted Ben Squires, NGS Super chief investment officer. "Through looking at all of the research ...

Using ESG, ethical screens in multi-asset strategy investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... integration." The multi-asset strategy began applying negative screens in 2017, and within each theme, the fund excludes tobacco, controversial weapons, fossil fuels, GMO plants and seeds, gambling, companies that receive more than 5% of revenue from ...

Ausbil drops fossil fuel companies from sustainable fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... the fund had excluded material investments in controversial activities such as uranium, thermal coal, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, weapons and armaments, and pornography. The exclusion list has been expanded to include investing in exploration, mining ...

Perennial sustainable small cap fund shows double-digit returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... screen is a minimum market cap of $50 million. Perennial then applies a negative screen, eliminating fossil fuels, alcohol, tobacco, weapons, forestry activities, gambling activities, and unhealthy fast food. The team then applies its internal ESG score ...

ESG in fixed income more than green bonds: Daintree

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... categories." Daintree screens out coal and energy extraction companies on environmental grounds, among other exclusions such as tobacco, controversial weapons, and, for New Zealand-based clients, whale meat and cannabis. Daintree's fossil fuel exclusions ...