The Acadian Sustainable Australian Equity strategy seeks to maximise risk-adjusted, long-term active returns from a diversified portfolio of Australian securities whilst actively incorporating a range of socially responsible investment criteria.

In addition to the ESG factors embedded throughout our alpha forecasting, some additional screens are implemented. These include reducing the carbon intensity of the portfolio by 20% relative to S&P/ASX 300 Index; excluding securities where it is deemed (by a third party provider) that greater than 5% of its revenue* is derived from the production of tar sands oil; excluding securities with exposure to selective non-ethical industries, including screening out stocks that receive more than 5% of their revenue* derived from the production of goods and services and greater than 50% for associated business activities: Adult Entertainment, Alcohol, Gambling. The strategy excludes companies manufacturing cluster munitions, landmines, chemical weapons, controversial weapons (including nuclear) and has no exposure to companies that are producers or manufacturers of tobacco (or tobacco alternatives) as defined by third party providers.