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Themes & Issues
Society
High scoring ESG companies
Included
Animal cruelty
Mostly avoided
Armaments
Mostly avoided
Fossil fuels
Mostly avoided
Gambling
Mostly avoided
Genetic engineering
Mostly avoided
Nuclear power
Mostly avoided
Pornography
Mostly avoided
Tobacco
Mostly avoided
Alcohol
Mostly avoided
Environment
High scoring ESG companies
Included
Animal cruelty
Mostly avoided
Armaments
Mostly avoided
Fossil fuels
Mostly avoided
Gambling
Mostly avoided
Genetic engineering
Mostly avoided
Nuclear power
Mostly avoided
Pornography
Mostly avoided
Tobacco
Mostly avoided
Alcohol
Mostly 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 Perpetual ESGAustralian Share Fund is an actively managed fund, targeting long-term capitalgrowth and income through investment in quality Australian shares that meetPerpetual’s ESG and values-based criteria.
The Fund seeks to invest in companies that represent the best investment quality, are appropriately priced and meet Perpetual’s ESG and values-based criteria.
Investment quality is determined based on four key criteria: conservative debt levels, sound management, quality business and recurring earnings.
Description
The Perpetual ESG Australian Share Fund is an actively managed fund, targeting long-term capital growth and income through investment in quality Australian shares that meet Perpetual’s ESG and values-based criteria.
Perpetual employs a rigorous investment process in managing our suite of Australian equities strategies. The Perpetual ESG Australian Share Fund employs this same disciplined process, but with additional screening based on Perpetual’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) and values-based criteria, to give investors an opportunity to align their investments with their personal values and ESG preference
The Perpetual ESG Australian Share Fund has two exclusion screens, with which we assess companies, including:
·        an exclusion for involvement in certain activities based on values-based criteria, and
·        a performance screen based on an evaluation of companies’ overall performance on ESG criteria.
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Themes & Issues
1
themes included
0
issues fully avoided
9
issues mostly avoided
0
issues partially avoided
Product Targets
Wholesale
Retail
Institutional
Certified Since
Last date certified
May 22, 2023
Primary RI Strategy
Negative Screening, ESG Integration
Secondary RI Strategy
Other (please detail)