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Industry fund drops Rio Tinto amid sacred site outcry

HARRISON WORLEY, ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... damage taking place," van de Pol said. "Perhaps if super funds were a little more active in their management of environmental, social and governance issues, the concerns raised by traditional owners over the Juukan Gorge might not have fallen on deaf ...

Hold super accountable for miners' actions: Future Super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
... position to make an impact, and pointed out ethical super funds are beginning to gain traction, "which means the environmental impact of ethical investing is becoming clearer". "Future Super is entirely fossil-fuel free," Hunter said. "It uses evolving ...

Report reveals superficiality of ESG pledges

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... report looked at how the 50 largest super funds in Australia, responsible for $1.85 trillion in assets, voted on 686 environmental, social and governance (ESG) shareholder proposals. The report's authors propose that one way to ensure funds' ...

Impact investing set to skyrocket: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) found that the market for impact investing; investments that create positive environmental and social return alongside financial gains, has experienced exponential growth over the past two years. The market has ...

Atlas Advisors makes wild investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
Atlas Advisors has announced it invested in two wildlife parks, but acquiring a significant stake in the Elanor Wildlife Park Fund. The fund consists of two wildlife park assets, Featherdale Wildlife Park, located in Western Sydney and Mogo Zoo located ...

Survey shows future of mandates

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... driving uptake. And 88% are addressing thematic issues through their investment approaches. Climate change was the top environmental issue these asset owners identified as a priority. "These results provide an additional proof point that sustainable ...

Fund pulls mandate, alters pandemic definition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
... members' requests for a more holistic socially responsible investment option that targets a positive impact on certain environmental and social issues, while avoiding investments that have a negative impact," QSuper said in a Significant Event Notice ...

Boutique launches sustainable Aussie equities strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... society, have a management focused on sustainability risk and have a clearly articulated path towards a sustainable environmental, social and economic future. "We invest on the basis of a forward-looking evaluation of future returns, not on past performance. ...

ESG-themed funds fall short of expectations

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... tobacco, gaming, weapons, or pornography," the report said. "The fund seeks exposure to companies offering leading environmental and social practices, products and services and as of 31 March 2020, BHP makes up more than 5% of that portfolio."

COVID-19 shines a light on ESG: First Sentier

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... crisis, and there appears to be an acknowledgement of this within the investment community." Turner said from an environmental perspective, reduced travel and tourism is resulting in lower carbon emissions, but the focus needs to be on what happens when ...