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Trump presidency pushes Aussies to ethical super fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... directly or indirectly, and 66% wish to avoid investments that contribute to animal cruelty and 54% want to avoid animal testing for non-medical purposes. Labour rights abuses are also top of mind for Australians, as is avoiding investments that would ...

Scottish Widows mandates Robeco to build new ESG indices

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... companies involved in social problems, destruction of human life, human rights or labour abuses, environmental damage, animal testing for cosmetics, irresponsible corporate practices. Joop Huij, head of Robeco Indices, said the bespoke indices will "leverage ...

QIC invests in Australian biotech start-up

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... culture system that allows scientists to grow microscopic representations of human tissue to eliminate the need for animal testing in pharmaceutical drug development. A $2.2 million pre-seed round led by early-stage investor Jelix Ventures alongside ...

Members beef up ESG checks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... cruelty is rising in the minds of investors, with 66% now saying they want to avoid it - while 54% want to avoid animal testing for non-medical purposes. However, only 11% of AUM are negatively screened for this. "The financial industry needs to listen ...

Strong demand for ESG managed accounts: Praemium

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... advisers to construct negative screens to eliminate companies based on the following categories: pornography, gaming, animal testing, armaments, alcohol, tobacco, and three categories in fossil fuels- thermal coal, oil sands, and oil and gas. These screens ...

Emerging HNW seek ESG, ethical investments: Praemium

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... advisers can construct negative screens to eliminate companies based on the following categories: pornography, gaming, animal testing, armaments, alcohol, tobacco, and three categories in fossil fuels- thermal coal, oil sands, and oil and gas. These ...

Assessing animal testing as a governance issue: Vontobel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... Roc-Sennett identified 448 companies within the MSCI All Country World Index that are flagged by Sustainalytics for using animal testing. Jurisdictions like the US, EU and Australia don't require animal testing for cosmetics, and others, like China ...

Advisers seek education, clarification on ESG investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... saying that is what led to the launch of services including the ability to screen based on 12 categories including animal testing, tobacco, thermal coal, fossil fuels and others, as well as offering integrated access to Sustainalytics research. "The ...

Strong inflows to sustainable option: Stockspot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... 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 also use ...

Praemium enhances ESG tools with SMA, research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... advisers to construct negative screens to eliminate companies based on the following categories: pornography, gaming, animal testing, armaments, alcohol, tobacco, and three categories in fossil fuels- thermal coal, oil sands, and oil and gas. These screens ...
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