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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 ...

California pension giants must divest from coal

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... Sacramento, and the $184 billion ($253 billion) California State Teachers' Retirement System, to liquidate holdings in thermal coal companies by July 1, 2017. As of June 30, 2015, the fund was invested in approximately 27 thermal coal companies with ...

Altius fund added to netwealth platform

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... involves armaments, uranium, gambling, tobacco production, pornography, alcohol production, or production or sale of thermal coal. Companies are also excluded from the investment universe if they are involved in causing or perpetuating injustice and ...

LGS rejects coal, tar sands

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... fund to have any sort of fossil fuel screening policy across all investment options. HESTA's policy only screens out thermal coal, and only companies that it is not yet invested in, or that are not yet listed. LGS' screening policy is therefore much ...