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. 1.59%
    • Nestlé 0.56%
    • Johnson & Johnson 0.17%
    • Ubs 0.16%
    • Wells Fargo 0.13%
    • Thermo Fisher Scientific 0.10%
    • Caterpillar 0.08%
    • Uber Technologies, Inc. 0.06%
    • Rio Tinto 0.04%
    • Motorola Solutions Inc 0.03%
    • Glencore 0.02%
    • Palantir Technologies 0.02%
    • Chevron Corp. 0.13% !!
      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 0.10% !!
      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 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
    • 3M 0.03%
    • Duke Energy Corp 0.03%
    • Freeport-Mcmoran Inc 0.03%
    • Basf Se 0.02%
    • Corteva, Inc. 0.02%
    • Energy Transfer Lp 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
    • Glencore 0.02%
    • Vale SA 0.02%
    • Archer-Daniels Midland 0.01%
    • Barrick Gold 0.01%
    • Bayer 0.01%
    • Nutrien Ltd. 0.01%
    • Pg&E Corp 0.01%
    • Posco 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
    • Exxon Mobil Corp. 0.21% !!
      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. 0.17%
    • Chevron Corp. 0.13% !!
      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
    • LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton Se 0.11%
    • Shell 0.10% !!
      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 0.07%
    • Air Liquide 0.05%
    • L'Oréal SA 0.05%
    • Reliance Industries Ltd. 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
    • Orica Ltd. 0.04%
    • Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. 0.04%
    • The Sherwin-Williams Co. 0.04%
    • 3M 0.03%
    • Colgate-Palmolive Co. 0.03%
    • Hermès International Sca 0.03%
    • Basf Se 0.02%
    • Corteva, Inc. 0.02%
    • Dow, Inc. 0.02%
    • Ecolab, 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
    • Givaudan SA 0.02%
    • Kimberly-Clark Corp. 0.02%
    • The Estée Lauder Companies, Inc. 0.02%
    • Bayer 0.01%
    • Cabot Corp. 0.01%
    • Church & Dwight Co., Inc. 0.01%
    • Dupont De Nemours 0.01%
    • Kering SA 0.01%
    • Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize Nv 0.01%
    • Nutrien Ltd. 0.01%
    • PPG Industries, Inc. 0.01%
    • Amphenol Corp. 0.61%
    • Transdigm Group, Inc. 0.03%
    • Daikin Industries Ltd. 0.01%
    • Howmet Aerospace, Inc. 0.01%
    • Contact Energy Ltd. 0.64% 1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Exxon Mobil Corp. 0.21% !!
      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. 0.13% !!
      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
    • Genesis Energy Ltd. 0.10%
    • Shell 0.10% !!
      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
    • BHP Group 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
    • Nextera Energy, Inc. 0.06%
    • BP 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
    • Reliance Industries Ltd. 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
    • Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. 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
    • Enbridge, 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
    • Mitsubishi Corp. 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
    • Orica Ltd. 0.04%
    • Rio Tinto 0.04%
    • The Southern Co. 0.04%
    • Constellation Energy Corp. 0.03%
    • Duke Energy Corp 0.03%
    • Eog Resources, 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
    • Iberdrola 0.03% 1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Marathon Petroleum Corp. 0.03%
    • Mitsui & Co., 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
    • National Grid PLC 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
    • Petrobras 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 0.03%
    • Pioneer Natural Resources 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
    • Valero Energy Corp. 0.03%
    • American Electric Power Co., Inc. 0.02%
    • 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
    • Diamondback 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
    • Dominion Energy, Inc. 0.02%
    • Enel 0.02% 1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Energy Transfer Lp 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
    • 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
    • Glencore 0.02%
    • 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
    • Occidental Petroleum 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
    • Oneok, Inc. 0.02%
    • Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. 0.02%
    • 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
    • The 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
    • Vale SA 0.02%
    • Woodside Energy Group 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
    • Barrick Gold 0.01%
    • Cassa Depositi E Prestiti Spa 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
    • Consolidated Edison, Inc. 0.01%
    • Dassault Systèmes Se 0.01%
    • Devon Energy 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
    • Dte Energy Co. 0.01%
    • E.On Se 0.01%
    • Engie 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
    • Entergy Corp. 0.01%
    • Equinor Asa 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
    • Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. 0.01%
    • Franco-Nevada Corp. 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
    • Pg&E Corp 0.01%
    • Posco 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
    • 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
    • Targa Resources Corp. 0.01%
    • Vistra Energy 0.01%
    • Wec Energy Group, Inc. 0.01%
    • Xcel Energy, 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 31st March 2024 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

Invests in a wide range of assets, about 80% comprising growth assets such as shares and 20% comprising income assets such as bonds and cash. Suited to longer-term investors who want a diversified portfolio of assets with a high exposure to shares and other growth assets and are willing to accept more ups and downs than can be expected from both the Balanced Portfolio and the Conservative Portfolio.

Value $1.17M NZD
Period of data report 31st March 2024
Members 35
Fund started 1st Oct. 2021
Total annual fund fees 0.76%
Total performance based fees 0.0%
Manager's basic fee 0.47%
Other management and administration charges 0.29%
Total other charges 0.0
Total other charges currency NZD

David Young

Currently: Chair (8 years, 1 months)
Previously: Chair (15 years, 0 months)

Philippa Drury

Currently: Licensed Independent Trustee (0 years, 9 months)
Previously: (None years, None months)

Ray Welson

Currently: Trustee and Member of Investment Committee (3 years, 7 months)
Previously: Trustee (4 years, 4 months)

Ben Trollip

Currently: Investment Consultant (7 years, 1 months)
Previously: (None years, None months)

This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each KiwiSaver fund has filed with Disclose register to 31st March 2024.

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
2024 14.32% 17.87%
2023 -3.87% -2.83%
2022 1.40% -3.81%

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 March 2024.

Top 10 Investments

  • Mercer Overseas Shares Index Portfolio
    New Zealand International Equities
    31.64%
  • Nikko Wholesale Global Equity Hedged Fund
    New Zealand International Equities
    29.9%
  • Hunter Global Fixed Interest Fund
    New Zealand Int Fixed Interest
    9.08%
  • Fisher Institutional Australian Equity Fund
    New Zealand Australasian Equities
    8.64%
  • Salt Core Equity Fund
    New Zealand Australasian Equities
    7.5%
  • Nikko Wholesale NZ Bond Fund
    New Zealand NZ Fixed Interest
    4.87%
  • Fisher Institutional Trans Tasman Equity Fund
    New Zealand Australasian Equities
    4.31%
  • Nikko Wholesale NZ Cash Fund
    New Zealand Cash and Equivalents
    2.18%
  • Nikko Global Bond Fund
    New Zealand Int Fixed Interest
    1.87%
  • Nikko Multi-Strategy Fund
    New Zealand Other
    0.01%
Type Target Actual
Cash and Cash Equivalents 3.0% 2.18%
New Zealand Fixed Interest 5.0% 4.87%
International Fixed Interest 12.0% 10.95%
Australasian Equities 20.0% 20.44%
International Equities 60.0% 61.55%
Listed Properties 0.0% 0.0%
Unlisted Properties 0.0% 0.0%
Other 0.0% 0.01%
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 March 2024.