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VFMC busted investing with tobacco giant

... of VFMC, Syd Bone, said the fund has been left to its own devices by the Government and its clients and has been given no SRI guidelines or policies, leaving it to their managers to invest where they think it is appropriate. "There's been no guidelines ...

Citibank's Agent Penny: licensed to teach

... reaching out to more than 10,000 children last year was indeed a great challenge but it was well worth the effort," said Tan Sri Datuk Dr Augustine Ong, MINDS' president. He said that this year they intend to reach out to approximately 15,000 students ...

SRI next gen - funds that only invest in companies run by women

If Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) needs ideas, they need look no further than the $A50 million Women's Equity Fund (WEF) in the US. WEF invests only in companies that seek to increase leadership opportunities for women employees, or who agree ...

Westpac supports Landcare with enviro term deposit

... responsible investment funds. According to Mercer, BT's Institutional Ethical Sector Trust has been the number one Australian SRI fund over the past three years with a 29% return in 2005. BT's Australian Sustainability Share Fund won Ethical Fund of ...

ASSET snares Anglican Provident Fund and shifts to alternatives

... urban and country NSW. Most significantly, ASSET Super has agreed to replicate the current socially responsible investment (SRI) option for the former Anglican Provident members whilst also making the new SRI option available to all ASSET Super members ...

Ethical investment education comes online

... announced that they will partner with the Ethical Investment Association (EIA) to bring a course to the market that offers an SRI symbol of certification upon completion. SAI Chief Executive, Ross Wraight, said that the partnership in bringing to the ...

Perpetual wins for being green

Perpetual's Ethical SRI Fund claimed the prestigious gong for the Socially Responsible Investments (SRI) fund of the year award beating two other finalists, BT Ethical Share Fund and SAM Sustainability Leaders Australia Trust. Michael Walsh, editor ...

EIA launches SRI accreditation scheme

The Ethical Investment Association (EIA) has launched its accreditation symbol for socially responsible investment (SRI) products. The new accreditation scheme and logo however is not an SRI rating but rather its an endorsement by the EIA that an SRI ...

Westpac Staff Super changes its SRI policy on uranium

Westpac Staff Super has dropped its Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) policy ban on uranium mining stocks, to exclude only those companies who mine it 'directly' for weapons manufacture. The change to the company's SRI policy, in place since August ...

SRI ratings launched by EIA

... just launched what they claim is the world's first certification program for providers of Sustainable Responsible Investment (SRI) and Ethical Investment products and services. The SRI Symbol program has been developed in response to investor requests ...