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Local Government Super top AODP index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... conversation here in Australia. We're still overall extremely disappointing that the majority of superannuation funds are still gambling with the retirement [benefits of members] when it comes to climate and carbon risk." The Climate Institute performed ...

Investors apply ethical screens to cash management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... hold corporate debt from fossil fuel companies or convertible notes from companies that derive material business from gambling, another area of exclusion, Walsh said. The cash portfolio's mortgage book makes loans to community service organisations ...

AMP Capital lists fossil fuel exclusions for RIL funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... fund also excludes companies that have more than a 10% exposure to tobacco, nuclear power, including uranium, armaments, gambling, alcohol and pornography. This range stands alone, but AMP Capital also integrates ESG issues more broadly. "AMP Capital ...

UCA Funds Management sets exclusions in fossil fuel policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... ethical decisions, one of the decisions we need to make is, does society need this industry to operate? We don't need a gambling industry - our civilisation would be fine without it. We have that values-based decision to exclude gambling from investment. ...

J.P. Morgan rates Australian REITs reporting, management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... in their buildings as well as the question of "pariah tenants" - tenants that work in alcohol, tobacco, pornography, gambling, armaments and nuclear energy. The equity research team spoke with the REITs about their approach to the ethical impacts of ...

Local Government Super selects SSgA for equities mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... management agreement - there's a minimum 10% threshold that screens out stocks from industries such as uranium mining, gambling, armaments and tobacco, and there's the SRI overlay." Hartnett said that it is more difficult to use responsible investment ...

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 ...