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BetaShares ethical ETFs surpass $1 billion funds under management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... industries from a carbon emission 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 ...

Superannuation funds that invest responsibly outperform: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... by beneficiaries that the most harmful industries are avoided in their investment. We see again that exclusions across tobacco and controversial weapons are common and cover 60% of the funds with baseline exclusions." The growing application of responsible ...

ESG engagement key to small cap value: Perennial Value Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  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 ...

Sustainalytics hires Jodie Tapscott as head of Australasia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... active member of the responsible investment community within Australia. She is currently an advisory committee member for Tobacco Free Portfolios and a member of the Financial Services Council's ESG working group. Previously, she was a lead investor ...

Willis Towers Watson launches Australian Global Equity Focus Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... principles in three ways - underlying manager research includes review of approach to sustainable investing; exclusion of tobacco and controversial weapons; and ongoing engagement with portfolio companies via Hermes stewardship overlay. "We like to have ...

Amundi launches Amundi Funds Multi-Asset Sustainable Future

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... investment universe excludes controversial issuers according to Amundi's pre-defined criteria - companies in defense, tobacco, alcohol, gambling, nuclear, pornography, any companies violating human rights, labour rights, or using child labour ; general ...

BlackRock launches unlisted iShares ESG Global Bond Index Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... unlisted iShares ESG Australian Bond Index Fund," according to BlackRock. The fund excludes issuers in eight core filters: tobacco, alcohol, gambling, military weapons, civilian firearms, nuclear power, adult entertainment and genetically modified organisms ...

RI market nears $1 trillion, increased focus on lifting leading practice: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... in their investment products. The most prevalent negative screens conducted by investment managers are for weapons and tobacco, followed by fossil fuels and human rights. But RIAA found that consumer's searches for negative screens products via its Responsible ...

Legg Mason launches QS Investors Global Responsible Investment Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... applied across the investment universe to remove companies that do not meet certain ethical criteria." Exclusions include tobacco, gambling, alcohol, defence and weapons, fur, genetically modified crops, nuclear energy, oil sands and thermal coal. "QS ...

CFSGAM to divest from tobacco products across portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
... First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM)/First State Investments is now excluding manufacturers of cigarettes and tobacco products from its portfolios. "There is no shortage of credible evidence of the wide-reaching harm caused by the tobacco industry ...