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Dalton Nicol Reid: using ESG to find sustainable earnings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... in our investment universe, across ESG characteristics. We bias towards the companies that score well and screen out gambling, tobacco, exposure to armaments and pornography." Dalton Nicol Reid also manages an Australian equities income portfolio, which ...

US$178.5bn in sustainable investments in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... LGS now excludes investments in companies that take in more than 10% of their revenue from areas including "armaments, gambling, nuclear/uranium, old growth logging, tobacco, poor mining practices, questionable workplace practices, and questionable ESG ...

A view on Woolworths' corporate responsibility report

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... accelerate. On 'responsible gaming' though, we find a less compelling response. I've touched on the issues of problem gambling elsewhere [1]. Woolworths' response is that they take their responsibilities very seriously, but are just a small part of the ...

Woolworths poker machine vote fails, but push to continue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... general manager, strategy and communications. "From our ethical mandate we don't invest in any company which supports gambling, in either a direct or an indirect way," Smith said. "Whilst the advocacy fund has a focus on climate change, we're looking ...

Boards increasing engagement on remuneration reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... demanding the company limit the poker machines they own to AU$1 bets. GetUp, the activist group behind the campaign to curb gambling, will turn its attention to persuading investors to back the motion, meaning that superannuation funds will have to decide ...

Hermes Fund Managers launch quant ESG equity strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... in companies which exhibit high ESG risk, or who derive significant revenue from armaments, logging, nuclear energy, gambling and tobacco. "This is another step towards LGS developing and implementing innovative strategies that manage or mitigate our ...

Investors alert to possible Metcash poker machine move

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... grassroots community organisation GetUp, and a federal senator, demonstrating that the issue of poker machines and problem gambling is clearly on stakeholders minds, and they are willing to engage with corporations on the subject. Metcash is a wholesale ...

Shareholders to face activist lobbying on Woolworths vote

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... demanding the company limit the poker machines they own to AU$1 bets. GetUp, the activist group behind the campaign to curb gambling, will turn its attention to persuading investors to back the motion, meaning that superannuation funds will have to decide ...

Investor Profile: Local Government Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... there was the increasing risk of them operating in a more hostile environment. In the very early days we're talking about gambling, tobacco and old growth logging. So we started off with specific industries that we just negatively screened out of our ...
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