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Super fund offloads harmful holdings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
A $9.2 billion industry superannuation fund has become the latest to divest tobacco, thermal coal and tar sands producers. In addition to their existing controversial weapons exclusion, Vision Super will be culling investments in tobacco, thermal coal ...

VanEck ETF receives ethical tick

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2018
... selection process involves excluding all companies that own any fossil fuel reserves or derive revenue from mining thermal coal or from oil and gas related activities. It also excludes companies involved in socially irresponsible activities such as alcohol ...

Alphinity rolls out sustainable Aussie equities fund

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
... companies which generate more than 10% of their revenues from producing or operating high impact fuels such as uranium, thermal coal, coal seam gas, oil sands and arctic drilling which are considered environmentally unfriendly and for which sustainable ...

CBA climate risk court case abandoned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
... conjunction with its annual report - which showed the bank's failure to phase out investments in industries like thermal coal, thus contributing to climate change. Commenting on the decision to discontinue proceedings, shareholder Guy Abrahams said ...

Major US pension fund divests Australian coal

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
The largest educator-only pension fund in the world is divesting from all non-US thermal coal holdings, including Australia-based Whitehaven Coal. The US$206.5 billion California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) teachers' retirement board ...

Mercer wins university investment mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
... will also avoid companies with material exposure to tobacco, alcohol, gambling or gaming, adult entertainment and thermal coal, and will target companies with innovative solutions to sustainable development. Mercer global business leader, responsible ...

Climate calling

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
... change. Super funds have attempted to address climate change in various ways. Whether it be excluding investment in thermal coal, carbon footprinting investment portfolios or any one of a multitude of options, Cheang says it's beginning a conversation ...

Tobacco and super funds must split

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... primary business activity is armaments, uranium, gambling, pornography, alcohol production, production or sale of thermal coal and tobacco production, with all companies then ranked according to environmental impact, social consequences and governance. ...

Lonsec rates Altius bond funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2016
... involving armaments, uranium, gambling, tobacco production, pornography, alcohol production, or the production or sale of thermal coal. In its review of the funds, Lonsec said: "The funds seek to shift between cash and Australian bonds at various times ...

Norwegian pension fund drops 52 coal companies

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... companies and power producers which themselves or through entities they control derive 30% or more of their income from thermal coal, or base 30% or more of their operations on thermal coal, could be excluded from the fund." Australian companies Whitehaven ...