The Australian Equities portfolio is designed to suit investors who hold strong ethical values and would like to invest predominantly in small and medium sized Australian listed companies. The fund aims to provide long-term growth opportunities and outperform the S&P/ASX All Ordinaries Index over the long term, while providing access to companies which meet strict environmental and socially responsible standards.

The portfolio specifically targets investments with positive environmental or social aspects, and aims to exclude investments which damage the environment or cause harm to society. A key focus of the portfolio is to find companies which are involved in positive environmental activities or which provide benefits to society, such as healthcare, renewable energy, energy efficiency and technology, food, water, sustainable agriculture and education.

Ethical Investment Funds Management utilise a two stage screening process for the portfolio. Firstly, a negative screenis applied to companies which are involved in harmful environmental activities andsocially hazardous activities such as tobacco and weapons manufacture, uranium orInvestment style and approachother mining, fossil fuels, coal seam gas or gambling. Companies which do not pass thenegative screen are excluded from the portfolio.

Secondly, a positive screen is appliedto companies which are involved in positive environmental activities or which providebenefits to society, such as healthcare, energy efficiency, recycling, renewable energy,fair trade, community finance and social welfare. All companies which pass the negativescreen will be considered for investment

The Australian Equities portfolio is designed to suit investors who hold strong ethical values and would like to invest in small and medium sized Australian listed companies.

The fund aims to provide long-term growth opportunities and outperform the S&P/ASX All Ordinaries Index over the long term, while providing access to companies which meet strict environmental and socially responsible standards.

A key focus of the portfolio is to invest in companies which are involved in positive environmental activities or which provide benefits to society, such as healthcare, renewable energy, energy efficiency and technology, food, water, sustainable agriculture and education.The portfolio also aims to exclude investments which are involved in harmful environmental activities and socially hazardous activities such as tobacco and weapons manufacture, third world exploitation, fossil fuel extraction, uranium mining and gambling.