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Sovereign wealth fund revokes exclusions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
... Meanwhile, Walmart and Wal-Mart de Mexico were excluded in 2006 on the basis of serious or systematic violations of human rights. The Norges Bank's Council on Ethics has since found the grounds for exclusion are no longer present. In line with the fund's ...

Forrests donate $655m to foundation

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... early childhood development from conception to the age of five. It will also fund initiatives in eliminating global human rights abuses especially modern slavery, international advanced education scholarships and optimizing ocean health. Minderoo's ...

Industry Super Holdings slammed for weapons investment

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... switching funds. Those that are likely to switch funds were mainly female. Saudi Arabia has been accused of committing human rights atrocities as part of the ongoing conflict in Yemen, SumOfUs said, adding that this year marks the anniversary of the ...

Big banks, super funds join forces for sustainability

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... executive of the Responsible Investment Association Australia will also co-chair. "Issues such as climate change and human rights have become material to business and the financial services community," he said. "Climate change was recently described ...

Ausbil ESG strategy advances

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 JAN 2019
... However, this means the asset manager is almost "naturally incentivised to engage." One recent area of focus has been human rights in the supply chain and modern slavery. "It's something we've had a lot of positive feedback from, even internationally. ...

Commitment to ethical investing booms

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
... critical components that inform the investment decisions. "We are now at a stage whereby issues such as climate change, human rights, corporate culture, diversity and a whole range of other important sustainability issues are right at the forefront of ...

Catholic Super appoints CIO

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
... the management of external and internal relationships for CSF. Last month, Catholic Super committed to protecting human rights as a part of its ESG-based investment decision making. "One tool we are looking at is the introduction of a new reporting requirement ...

Catholic Super backs Modern Slavery Act

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
... investment stakeholders to report on slavery risks in their supply chains," Pegan said. The fund said it sees protecting human rights as a part of its ESG-based investment decision making. "While delivering strong returns to our members is our main measure ...

Responsible investment now mainstream

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
... into financial analysis. The most popular fund-wide screens were against tobacco and armaments stocks, to promote human rights and divest from fossil fuels. "This is playing out with many funds starting to flex their muscle with companies," O'Connor ...

SSGA launches ESG-heavy strategy for Aussie instos

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... nuclear weapons, and stocks flagged as not adhering to international norms and principles like the UN Declaration of Human Rights. SSGA head of global equity beta solutions, Asia ex Japan, Susan Darroch said: "The world is shifting towards a low-carbon ...