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Majority of 50 largest super funds have RI approach: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... options, ethical potions, etc. There are about 54 RI options in total." Behind tobacco, followed by armaments/ controversial weapons was the second most commonly cited exclusion. Seventeen funds - or 34% - indicated use of Sustainability themed investing ...

New Zealanders want KiwiSaver funds to consider ESG factors: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... five industries that most respondents want to avoid investing in include whaling, nuclear power, tobacco, gambling and weapons, whilst key issues that New Zealanders want their KiwiSaver providers to take into account are issues related to people and ...

SSGA launches tobacco, controversial weapons-free global equities fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... Advisors (SSGA) has launched an international equities fund which screens out companies involved in tobacco and controversial weapons. Jonathan Shead, head of portfolio strategies, Asia Pacific, SSGA The State Street International Equities Index Trust ...

LGS adapts investment screens for Sustainable Australian Shares option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... existing screens to exclude companies that provide "significant services" to prohibited industries including armaments, weapons, tobacco, mining and gambling; a new screen that precludes investment in companies in fossil fuel industries, and an additional ...

Human rights considerations part of trustee board obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... precedents for this," Davidson said. "I think that a number of our members have divested their holdings in controversial weapons, particularly land mines and cluster munitions. There is a concern about investing in those companies manufacturing weapons ...

Investors consider ESG in alternative assets: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... company's long-term risk, reputation or overall performance are viewed as significant - carbon intensity, controversial weapons and bribery and corruption "garner strong support", according to the survey, while exclusion criteria, such as alcohol or ...

Local Government Super enhances carbon-related screens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... good safety records and newer technologies are invested in." LGS has also fully excluded investments in controversial weapons - land minds and cluster bombs - and tobacco.

ESG integration into quantitative investment management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... sustainability at LGS, called "enhanced passive." Screening out classes of equities linked to tobacco or controversial weapons is one technique for managing ESG exposures, and it is an extensively used technique, said Jon Shead, head of portfolio strategy ...

Ethical Investment Advisers launches fossil-fuel free SMA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... Mid-Cap SMA screens out fossil fuel investments, including oil, gas, coal and coal seam gas, tobacco, uranium mining, and weapons, and holds companies in areas including aged care, sustainable property, healthcare, renewable energy, medical technologies ...

Northern Trust launches emerging markets ESG index, fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... screen eliminates companies that breach the UN Global Compact, and the other screens remove manufacturers of controversial weapons such as cluster bombs and landmines and tobacco manufacturers. After those screens, constituent companies that lack sufficient ...