Issues of concern

The graph below shows the percentage of the fund invested in each of the worst issues of concern to New Zealanders. Below the graph are listed all the companies this fund invests in, by issue of concern.

Key:

  • Human Rights Violations
  • Environmental Harm
  • Animal Cruelty
  • Weapons
  • Fossil Fuels
  • Social Harm

Companies of concern

    • Meta Platforms Inc-Class A 0.56%
    • Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc 0.26%
    • Johnson & Johnson 0.23%
    • Nestle SA-Reg 0.21%
    • Rio Tinto Ltd 0.13%
    • Thermo Fisher Scientific 0.09%
    • Wells Fargo & Co 0.07%
    • Caterpillar Finl Service 0.06%
    • Rio Tinto PLC-Spon Adr 0.04%
    • Uber Technologies Inc 0.04%
    • Glencore PLC 0.03%
    • Motorola Solutions Inc 0.02%
    • BHP Group Ltd 0.69% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Chevron Corp 0.15% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Shell PLC 0.15% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • BHP Group Ltd-Spon Adr 0.08% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Newcrest Mining Ltd 0.07%
    • Freeport-Mcmoran Inc 0.04%
    • 3M Co 0.03%
    • Corteva Inc 0.03%
    • Duke Energy Corp 0.03%
    • Glencore PLC 0.03%
    • Vale SA 0.03%
    • Archer-Daniels-Midland Co 0.02%
    • Basf Se 0.02%
    • Bayer AG-Reg 0.02%
    • Pg&E Corp 0.02%
    • Barrick Gold Corp 0.01%
    • Nutrien Ltd 0.01%
    • LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vui 0.41%
    • Exxon Mobil Corp 0.31% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Procter & Gamble Co/The 0.20%
    • Chevron Corp 0.15% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Shell PLC 0.15% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • L'Oreal 0.12%
    • LVMH Moet Hennessy Vuitt 0.10%
    • Shin-Etsu Chemical Co Ltd 0.09%
    • Reliance Industries Ltd 0.06% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Unilever PLC 0.06%
    • Air Liquide SA 0.05%
    • Sherwin-Williams Co 0.05%
    • Ecolab Inc 0.04%
    • 3M Co 0.03%
    • Colgate-Palmolive Co 0.03%
    • Corteva Inc 0.03%
    • Dow Inc 0.03%
    • Dupont De Nemours Inc 0.03%
    • Exxon Mobil Corporation 0.03% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Hermes International 0.03%
    • PPG Industries Inc 0.03%
    • Basf Se 0.02%
    • Bayer AG-Reg 0.02%
    • Eni Spa 0.02% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Estee Lauder Co Inc 0.02%
    • Givaudan-Reg 0.02%
    • Hindustan Unilever Ltd 0.02%
    • Kering 0.02%
    • Kimberly-Clark Corp 0.02%
    • Orica Ltd 0.02%
    • Shiseido Co Ltd 0.02%
    • Church & Dwight Co Inc 0.01%
    • Fancl Corp 0.01%
    • Itc Ltd 0.01%
    • Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N 0.01%
    • L'Oreal SA 0.01%
    • Nutrien Ltd 0.01%
    • Walmart Inc 0.23%
    • Amphenol Corp 0.03%
    • Safran SA 0.03%
    • Brookfield Corp 0.02%
    • Daikin Industries Ltd 0.02%
    • L3Harris Technologies Inc 0.02%
    • Larsen & Toubro Ltd 0.02%
    • Transdigm Inc 0.02%
    • Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 0.01%
    • Contact Energy Ltd 0.81% 1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • BHP Group Ltd 0.69% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Woodside Energy Group Ltd 0.32% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Exxon Mobil Corp 0.31% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Chevron Corp 0.15% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Shell PLC 0.15% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Rio Tinto Ltd 0.13%
    • Channel Infrastructure NZ Lt 0.11%
    • Equinor Asa-Spon Adr 0.09% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Total SA 0.09% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • BHP Group Ltd-Spon Adr 0.08% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Conocophillips 0.07% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Totalenergies Se 0.07% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Nextera Energy Inc 0.06%
    • Reliance Industries Ltd 0.06% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • BP PLC 0.05% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Weir Group PLC/The 0.05%
    • Canadian Natural Resources 0.04% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Eog Resources Inc 0.04% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Petroleo Brasileiro-Spon Adr 0.04% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Rio Tinto PLC-Spon Adr 0.04%
    • Southern Co/The 0.04%
    • Duke Energy Corp 0.03%
    • Enbridge Inc 0.03% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Enel Spa 0.03% 1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Exxon Mobil Corporation 0.03% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Glencore PLC 0.03%
    • Iberdrola SA 0.03% 1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Marathon Petroleum Corp 0.03%
    • Mitsubishi Corp 0.03% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Origin Energy Ltd 0.03% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Phillips 66 Co 0.03% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Pioneer Natural Resource 0.03% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Vale SA 0.03%
    • Agl Energy Ltd 0.02%
    • American Electric Power 0.02%
    • Ampol Ltd 0.02%
    • Apa Group 0.02% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Cheniere Energy Inc 0.02% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Consolidated Edison Inc 0.02%
    • Constellation Energy 0.02%
    • Devon Energy Corp 0.02% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Dominion Energy Inc 0.02%
    • Eni Spa 0.02% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Halliburton Co 0.02%
    • Hess Corp 0.02% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Itochu Corp 0.02% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Kinder Morgan Inc 0.02% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Mitsui & Co Ltd 0.02% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • National Grid PLC 0.02% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Occidental Petroleum Cor 0.02% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Oneok Inc 0.02%
    • Orica Ltd 0.02%
    • Pg&E Corp 0.02%
    • Public Service Enterpris 0.02%
    • Saudi Arabian Oil Co 0.02% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Sempra Energy 0.02% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Suncor Energy Inc 0.02% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Tc Energy Corp 0.02% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Valero Energy Corp 0.02%
    • Washington H. Soul Pattinson 0.02%
    • Whitehaven Coal Ltd 0.02%
    • Williams Cos Inc 0.02% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Xcel Energy Inc 0.02%
    • Ameren Corp 0.01%
    • Cenovus Energy Inc 0.01% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Compagnie De Saint-Gobain SA 0.01%
    • Coterra Energy Inc 0.01% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Diamondback Energy Inc 0.01% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Dte Energy Co 0.01%
    • E.On Se 0.01%
    • Entergy Corp 0.01%
    • Firstenergy Corp 0.01%
    • Fortis Inc 0.01% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Franco-Nevada Corp 0.01%
    • Grupo Financiero Inbursa Sab De Cv 0.01%
    • Marubeni Corp 0.01% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Nippon Steel Corp 0.01%
    • Posco Holdings Inc 0.01%
    • Repsol SA 0.01% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Rwe AG 0.01%
    • Sumitomo Corp 0.01% !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and
      is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature
      rise to 1.5°C
    • Wec Energy Group Inc 0.01%

This data is compiled by Mindful Money from the fund information and portfolios that each KiwiSaver fund has filed with the Disclose register to 30th Sept. 2023 and Mindful Money analysis of funds within those portfolios. The list of companies of concern has been drawn from ratings agencies and public sources, including the Norwegian Sovereign Fund, NZ Super Fund, Sustainalytics and research organisations.

Please note that companies may breach more than one of these areas of concern.

The listing of companies of concern is based on definitions used in Mindful Money's methodology. These definitions may be different from the exclusions policy and definitions applied by the fund provider.

Mindful Money uses the term Mindful Funds as our standard for ethical investment and responsible investment. This does not imply that other funds are unethical or that the fund providers that do not meet these standards are unethical providers.

About this fund

The Growth Fund is suited to investors who seek potentially relatively high returns on average over longer-term periods (seven years plus), allowing for short to medium term ups and downs. We aim to achieve this by investing primarily in growth assets, with a moderate allocation of income assets.

Value $620M NZD
Period of data report 31st Dec. 2023
Members 26,310
Fund started 28th April 2010
Total annual fund fees 1.24%
Total performance based fees 0.0%
Manager's basic fee 1.2%
Other management and administration charges 0.05%
Total other charges 36.0
Total other charges currency NZD

Nic Craven

Currently: Chief Investment Officer, Booster Financial Services Limited (2 years, 5 months)
Previously: Senior Manager - Research, Booster Financial Services Limited (3 years, 2 months)

Brendon Doyle

Currently: Director of Direct Investments, Booster Financial Services Limited (6 years, 11 months)
Previously: Deputy Secretary, Financial Operations, New Zealand Treasury (1 years, 1 months)

David Beattie

Currently: Chair of the Investment Committee, Booster Investment Management Limited (4 years, 10 months)
Previously: CIO, Booster Financial Services Limited (17 years, 6 months)

Aaron Usher

Currently: Portfolio Strategy Manager, Booster Financial Services Limited (2 years, 5 months)
Previously: Portfolio Manager - Australasian Equities, Booster Financial Services Limited (3 years, 8 months)

Rowan Calvert

Currently: Portfolio Manager - Global Equities, Booster Financial Services Limited (6 years, 2 months)
Previously: Senior Equity Analyst, Booster Financial Services Limited (7 years, 4 months)

This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each KiwiSaver fund has filed with Disclose register to 31st Dec. 2023.

Past Returns

Past annual returns for this fund are after fees and taxes. Please note that higher past returns do not always mean higher future returns.

Year Market Average Fund Annual Return
2023 -3.87% -3.67%
2022 2.25% 3.65%
2021 28.16% 25.97%
2020 -3.43% -2.14%
2019 6.75% 7.86%
2018 7.80% 6.96%
2017 9.24% 8.89%
2016 3.62% 2.26%
2015 13.73% 12.43%
2014 8.43% 5.84%

The market average is the average return for funds of the same risk category, sourced from the Commission for Financial Capability's Sorted website. The fund information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each KiwiSaver fund has filed with Disclose register to 31st Dec. 2023.

Top 10 Investments

  • Vanguard Int'L Shares Select Exclusions Fund - NZD Hgd
    Australia Fund
    25.14%
  • Vanguard Ethically Conscious Gbl Agg Bond Index Fund NZD Hgd
    Australia Fund
    9.71%
  • Vanguard Emerging Markets Share Index Fund
    Australia Fund
    3.97%
  • Vanguard ESG US Stock ETF
    United States Fund
    2.88%
  • Vanguard Int'L Prop Sec. Index Fund (AUD Hgd)
    Australia Fund
    1.82%
  • Ishares Msci Europe ESG ETF
    Germany Fund
    1.49%
  • Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited
    New Zealand Australasian Equities
    1.48%
  • Booster Wine Group Limited Partnership
    New Zealand Australasian Equities
    1.3%
  • NZ Cash (BNZ Bank Trust Account)
    New Zealand Cash and Equivalents A-1+
    1.27%
  • Auckland International Airport Limited
    New Zealand Australasian Equities
    1.26%
Type Target Actual
Cash and Cash Equivalents 2.0% 3.0%
New Zealand Fixed Interest 10.0% 10.56%
International Fixed Interest 8.0% 10.75%
Australasian Equities 27.0% 23.7%
International Equities 44.0% 46.79%
Listed Properties 4.0% 3.57%
Unlisted Properties 5.0% 1.63%
Other 0.0% 0.0%
Commodities 0.0% 0.0%

Investment Mix

How the money in this fund is invested against the fund's targets.

This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each KiwiSaver fund has filed with Disclose register to 31st Dec. 2023.