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Themes & Issues
Society
Sustainable water
Included
Animal cruelty
Fully avoided
Armaments
Fully avoided
Fossil fuels
Fully avoided
Gambling
Fully avoided
Genetic engineering
Fully avoided
Human rights abuses
Fully avoided
Labour rights violations
Fully avoided
Illegal logging
Fully avoided
Nuclear power
Fully avoided
Pornography
Fully avoided
Tobacco
Fully avoided
Alcohol
Fully avoided
Environment
Sustainable water
Included
Animal cruelty
Fully avoided
Armaments
Fully avoided
Fossil fuels
Fully avoided
Gambling
Fully avoided
Genetic engineering
Fully avoided
Human rights abuses
Fully avoided
Labour rights violations
Fully avoided
Illegal logging
Fully avoided
Nuclear power
Fully avoided
Pornography
Fully avoided
Tobacco
Fully avoided
Alcohol
Fully avoided
For RIAA’s definitions of the themes included and issues avoided, please view this guide . Product-specific exclusion criteria and practices may vary. You can find these by referring directly to the product provider.
Overview
The Murray Darling Basin Balanced Water Fund (the Fund) is the first investment vehicle in Australia to provide investors the opportunity to achieve multiple objectives of securing water for agriculture, realising a financial return and restoring threatened wetlands.
Description
Operating in the world’s largest water market, the Murray-Darling Basin Balanced Water Fund is the first water investment fund in Australia to address balanced environmental, agricultural, social and financial outcomes. The Fund’s water portfolio is managed by Kilter Rural, one of Australia’s largest water fund managers with more than $190 million of water assets under management.
In October 2015 The Nature Conservancy Australia and Kilter Rural launched the Murray-Darling Basin Balanced Water Fund to provide water security for Australian farming families while protecting culturally significant wetlands that support threatened species. The Fund invests in permanent water rights in the Southern Murray-Darling Basin and allocates those rights in a smart way. When water is scarce and agricultural demand is higher, more water is made available to agriculture. When water is abundant and agricultural demand is lower, more water is allocated to wetlands. It is a win-win, aligning the interests of people and nature.
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Themes & Issues
1
themes included
12
issues fully avoided
0
issues mostly avoided
0
issues partially avoided
Product Targets
Wholesale
Institutional
Certified Since
2020
Last date certified
March 5, 2025
Primary RI Strategy
2020
Secondary RI Strategy
Sustainability themed