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NZ Super to divest from gun manufacture investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... munitions, the manufacture or testing of nuclear explosive devices, the manufacture of anti-personnel mines, the manufacture of tobacco, the processing of whale meat, and recreational cannabis. The fund also excludes a small number of individual companies ...

Zuper Super launches Wealthness hub to educate, engage member base

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... Super offers members two "bases", which constitute at least 80% of member's investments - Zuper Impact, which screens out tobacco and nuclear weapons, and Zuper Impact Plus, which also screens out gambling, pornography, alcohol and fossil fuels. On top ...

The pros and cons of using ESG signals in shorting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... your staff well, if you don't damage the environment, you're going to do better, in general," he said. "If you look at tobacco, the damage to public health is an unpriced externality, which is a risk. If you look at governance, we know that diverse teams ...

CAER urges investors to consider ESG risks of cannabis companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... indirect exposure through large companies' moves. Paterson compared recreational cannabis companies to pure-play alcohol and tobacco companies. In recent years, the Tobacco Free Portfolio pledge has become a global initiative, and assert owners that ...

Willis Towers Watson, MSCI launch Adaptive Capped ESG Universal Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... equity investments particularly," she said. "Clients have come to us to ask about ESG issues following member queries on tobacco and climate change. That allowed us to have a conversation more broadly about ESG and what their beliefs are and what their ...

Australian National University selects Aberdeen Standard Investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... overlay - negative screening of securities issued by any company that derives in excess of 20% of its revenue directly from tobacco, coal, gambling, or adult entertainment. In selecting Aberdeen Standard Investments as its sole external Australian fixed ...

Vanguard Australia licenses FTSE Russell index for ESG-related products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... on their business lines and product involvement in fossil fuels, nuclear power, adult entertainment, alcohol, gambling, tobacco, and weapons, FTSE Russell noted. "The adoption of ESG investing has accelerated in recent years, and more investors are looking ...

Perpetual launches new Ethical SRI Credit Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... screen considers the business the company is in - is the business earning 5% or more of revenue from things from alcohol, tobacco, gambling, nuclear armaments genetic engineering, upstream fossil fuels, pornography. The SRI screen considers how those ...

Super funds continue to expand responsible investment activities: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... within their portfolio companies that are harmful to humans, society and the environment - e.g. companies involved in tobacco production or cluster bomb manufacturing - whether those funds are self-declared ethical funds or not," and that leading superannuation ...

SSGA launches State Street Low Carbon ESG International Equities Index Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... an index fund launched 18months ago by State Street Global Advisors, which initially screened out companies involved in tobacco and controversial weapons. SSGA has partnered with MSCI to create a low carbon, high ESG international equities fund. The ...