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Vanguard expands Ethically Conscious product range

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... shares listed on the ASX while removing companies with significant business activities involving fossil fuels, alcohol, tobacco, gambling, military weapons and civilian firearms, nuclear power, and adult entertainment. "We've had ESG related products ...

Retail sustainable investments grow by 21%: Morningstar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... sustainable funds that employ some form of exclusion from investment in controversial areas, with a 85 funds excluding tobacco and 81 excluding controversial weapons - companies that derive a significant portion of revenue from nuclear weapons, land ...

Strong inflows to sustainable option: Stockspot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... to screening out fossil fuels, the ETFs also screen out gas pipelines, gambling, adult entertainment, weapons, alcohol, tobacco, animal testing, detention centres, nuclear energy, junk food and companies embroiled in human rights controversies. The portfolios ...

Responsible investment AUM grows, but disclosure lags: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... responsible investment practices?" Negative screening remains an important responsible investment strategy, and weapons, tobacco, gambling and pornography are the most frequently screened categories. The screening for fossil fuel exposures is beginning ...

State Street Global Advisors to list new ESG ETF on ASX

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... screening and best in class rankings to improve ESG characteristics. The S&P/ASX 200 ESG Index excludes companies involved in tobacco and controversial weapons, companies with low UNGC Scores and the lowest 25% of companies within industry groups, ranked ...

ESG ETP assets under management triple in last three years: Research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... principles," he said. "We make exclusions to the fairly consistently cited sectors and industries - alcohol, gambling, tobacco cluster munitions - tobacco and cluster munitions aren't relevant to the ASX, of course. In terms of fossil fuels, we applied ...

Ethical approach yields investment benefits: Crescent Wealth

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... director, Crescent Wealth Crescent Wealth's approach actively avoids investments in industries such as gambling, alcohol, tobacco, weaponry, and interest-earning organisations with a focus on profitable, asset-based investments that "contribute to the ...

BetaShares ethical ETFs see nearly $300m in new inflows in 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 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 ...

State Street Global Advisors launch Climate ESG International Equity Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... International Equity Fund is the latest evolution of a fund launched in 2016, which initially screened out companies involved in tobacco and controversial weapons. Two years ago, the firm announced it was changing the fund's index to one which, relative ...

First State Super joins Tobacco Free Finance Pledge Stamp

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
First State Super has joined the Tobacco Free Finance Pledge Stamp. Dr Bronwyn King, founder, Tobacco-Free Investment Initiative The Pledge Stamp is an initiative of not-for-profit Tobacco Free Portfolios and it showcases leading financial organisations ...