How we evaluate products
Responsible Investment strategies, processes, practices and disclosures are assessed against the eight criteria for product certification in the Responsible Investment Standard and accompanying Guidance and Assessment Notes.
What this symbol means
General certification: This Symbol signifies that a product or service offers an investment style that takes into account environmental, social, governance or ethical considerations, and that it adheres to the operational and disclosure practices required under the Responsible Investment Certification Program for the category of Product.
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Themes & Issues
Society
Sustainable water
Included
High scoring ESG companies
Included
More sustainable companies
Included
Renewable energy and energy efficiency
Included
Fossil fuels
Partially avoided
Gambling
Partially avoided
Pornography
Partially avoided
Tobacco
Partially avoided
Alcohol
Partially avoided
Environment
Sustainable water
Included
High scoring ESG companies
Included
More sustainable companies
Included
Renewable energy and energy efficiency
Included
Fossil fuels
Partially avoided
Gambling
Partially avoided
Pornography
Partially avoided
Tobacco
Partially avoided
Alcohol
Partially 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
Description
Our Global Water Fund is an ethical equity fund intended to be a satellite global equity exposure for responsible investors.   The Fund invests in listed water companies, covering a wide range of activities, including water utilities, filtration, monitoring technology and the manufacture of pumps, pipes and irrigation equipment.
The ethical screening for stock selection has multiple layers: 1 - several exclusion screens are applied including the NZ Super Fund exclusions list and additional revenue exclusions for gambling, tobacco, thermal coal, pornography, controversial armaments and bottled water. 2 - stocks with high current operational "controversy" levels are excluded (i.e. significant current ESG issues based on news flow, lawsuits etc) 3 - portfolio selection optimises the highest portfolio ESG score that will satisfy the Pathfinder Investment Committee targets for geographic spread and other portfolio factors (dividend, volatility, growth, company size etc). ESG is treated as an investable factor.  Currency exposure in the Global Water Fund is partly hedged with a base target of 50%.
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Themes & Issues
4
themes included
0
issues fully avoided
0
issues mostly avoided
5
issues partially avoided
Product Targets
Retail
Certified Since
2018
Last date certified
June 20, 2024
Primary RI Strategy
Negative Screening
Secondary RI Strategy
ESG Integration