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Northcape adopts tier-based ESG investment framework for Warakirri funds

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
... investment in companies with revenue greater than 5% in the following: manufacture of alcoholic beverages; provision of gambling products and/or services; production of sugary drinks, confectionery and fast-food chains; and extraction of thermal coal ...

HESTA says ethical screens partly to blame for 'disappointing' ESG returns

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
... identified by our data provider related to environmental breaches, poor ESG policies and systems, uncertified palm oil, gambling, live animal exports and poor sovereign ESG ratings. HESTA also listed concentration in active strategies, including lower ...

Government seeks to exclude tobacco, gambling from R&D subsidies

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
The government is seeking feedback on draft legislation to stop gambling and tobacco related activities being eligible for research and development (R&D) tax incentives. Treasury is looking to amend the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to exclude the ...

ART extends exclusions in Socially Conscious option

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... obtain more than 5% of revenues from thermal coal; metallurgical coal; oil and gas; fossil fuel generation; alcohol; gambling; and adult entertainment. Additionally, any investment that gets any revenue from tobacco and alternative smoking products ...

Green moves: Alphinity, Australian Ethical, Climate Change Authority

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... advises businesses and governments on issues such as climate change, nature conservation, anti-slavery initiatives, and gambling-related harm. Toohill has previously co-chaired the UN Environment Programme's Banking Board and served on the UN's Net-Zero ...

Active Super to pay $10.5m for greenwashing

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... ESG programs..." Between 1 February 2021 and 30 June 2023, the super fund claimed it steered clear of investments in gambling, coal mining, oil tar sands, and Russian companies since the invasion of Ukraine. For example, an Active Super Responsible Investment ...

Future Group ramps up screening

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... forward their international equities portfolio contains no investments in fossil fuels, weapons, nuclear energy, and gambling. For tobacco however, there is a 5% threshold for distribution revenue and a 0% threshold for production. Future Group also ...

Activist platform launches full share trading

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... listed companies the ability to influence a board, but only with more than 100 investors. Campaigns range from issues like gambling to deforestation, paid parental leave, gas fracking and other environmental issues.

Betashares launches first ethical bonds ETF

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... screened to exclude issuers (other than sovereign bond issuers) with material exposure to fossil fuels. It screens for gambling, tobacco, uranium and nuclear energy, armaments and militarism, and adult entertainment, based on a 0-5% revenue threshold. ...

Podcast: Screening and controversies - tobacco, weapons, fossil fuels and more with Julia Leske

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
When investors want to avoid specific activities in their portfolio - like tobacco, gambling, weapons, fossil fuels, or adult entertainment - they turn to ESG screening. But what happens behind the scenes when fund managers make these crucial decisions? ...
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