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ART extends exclusions in Socially Conscious option

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... gets any revenue from tobacco and alternative smoking products, or any company that has any involvement in controversial weapons; nuclear weapons; or live animal exports will also be excluded. However, ART said there are some exceptions to the exclusions. ...

Scottish Widows mandates Robeco to build new ESG indices

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... and negative screening policies. Scottish Widows' index-tracking OEIC funds excludes companies involved in controversial weapons, thermal coal, tar sands and tobacco. The Scottish Widows Ethical Fund avoids investments in companies involved in social ...

Best ESG super options revealed

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... months. Tracking the MSCI World Index, the option excludes nuclear energy and uranium, old growth forest logging, tobacco, weapons, and banks and new fossil fuel projects not aligned with the Paris Agreement. Scoring silver, Russell Investments-managed ...

Most-read articles of 2024

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... CareSuper announced it would abandon Spirit Super's emissions targets, impact investing, and exclusions of controversial weapons and fossil fuels. Read here. Super battle: Impact investing vs returns A new campaign urged Australian super funds to ...

Podcast: Responsible investing in the context of conflict with Estelle Parker

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
Today we take a closer look at weapons and defence-related holdings. We ask the question, what does responsible investing mean in the context of conflict? To answer this question Estelle Parker, co-CEO at Responsible Investment Association Australasia ...

Future Group ramps up screening

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... funds in the past, however going 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 ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... receives such grants under the Foreign Military Financing program that it must then use to purchase American-made military weapons, technology, and services. In the eight years he was in office, starting from 2009, Obama inherited the Afghanistan and ...

CareSuper ousts ESG policies in merger

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
CareSuper will drop Spirit Super's emissions targets, impact investing, and exclusions of controversial weapons and fossil fuels. The merger slated for November will create a new CareSuper entity with 573,000 members and $53 billion funds under management. ...

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? ...

UniSuper's environmental option returns -16%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... was totally at peace. "Is the world a riskier place now? That's quite subjective. The reality is that we've had weapons of mass destruction for decades, so I question whether the world is actually riskier now," he said. In his experience, and ...
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