Answer: Well, I’ve worked all my life to get some money into
my super and I don’t want to be left behind, I don’t want to lose out on my
grand plans for retirement… I want the larger and more reliable returns from
sticking with the proven performers.
Hmmm… you may want to read on!! “For 13
years the Responsible Investments Association Australasia has been producing a report
that assesses the industry including its size, growth and performance of both
responsible/ethical funds and the mainstream funds. What has been shown over
the last 13 years is that responsible and ethical funds have been outperforming
the market (ASX300 index & the average conventional funds) in nearly all
time horizons and nearly all investment classes.” Simon O’Connor, CEO of Responsible Investments Association Australasia on the
show this week.
This week is a must listen (listen here) and although I think we might be
preaching to the converted here, I recommend heading to the Responsible Investments Association Australasia (RIAA) website to get your head around what it means to invest responsibly and ethically. It
is a great resource for those looking to find out some more info on this topic,
and there is probably more to it than what you first think.
If anything, when looking into moving your investments,
whether that be you bank savings, your super, your investment portfolio, make
sure you look for the Certified Responsible Investment logo. The Responsible
Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) is the peak body for professionals
working in responsible investment so you can be sure that if it’s certified by
RIAA it’s has been thoroughly checked out and ticks all the right box’s, and that
applies to financial advisers too.
Links from this week’s show:
On the show this week we discussed a recent piece written by
our guest Simon which appeared in The Guardian, Beyond Politics: how finance can influence climate change in Australia.
China coal consumption down 23% as more funds dump fossil fuels. Some key points from this article include a long list of public and
private institutions, organisations and groups moving away from fossil fuel
investments, a common myth used by fossil fuel linked industries around losses
to retirement savings and also the issue of moving out of fossil fuel in favour
of nuclear…is this still responsible and ethical? A question I would have liked
to ask Simon. What do you think?
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| RenewEconomy |
Vested interests cutting down clean energy, resisting change. As the title suggests this piece shines a light on the great progress
that the clean energy sector has been making in recent years and the current
moves to halt progress, including the overtly biased Warburton review of the
RET. If the RET is weakened, it will effectively transfer $10 billion from
renewable energy generators back to fossil fuel generators.
Hopefully you are still reading and not bored completely by
this stuff but I for one find the topic of responsible/ethical/renewable
investment not only interesting but I think it is the crucial link we need to
promote in order to achieve the rapid positive environmental change required to
keep climate change in check.
On next week’s show we have our resident gardening expert Jodi
Jackson in the studio. Tune in live to 98.9 North West FM or download the
Tunein or North West FM app and search for us on there!
Unfortunately, the music tracks were omitted this week due
to time constraints, however Simon did provide some suggestions before the show
which we will play over the coming weeks! Stay tuned.
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