Funds

Smart Global ESG ETF

Total Ethical Concerns: 12.67%

The average total concerns of all managed aggressive funds is 12.02%.

Companies of Concern

  • Environmental Harm 1.71%

    • The Coca-Cola Company
      0.79%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • PepsiCo
      0.54%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Danone
      0.13%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Nutrien Ltd.
      0.09%
    • Coca-Cola Bottler
      0.08%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Mowi Asa
      0.03%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Wh Group
      0.03%
    • Saputo
      0.02%
  • Fossil Fuels 3.78%

    • Caterpillar
      0.84%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • The Williams Cos., Inc.
      0.23%
      !!
      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
      0.21%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Valero Energy Corp.
      0.19%
    • Itochu Corp.
      0.18%
      !!
      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.
      0.16%
      !!
      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
      0.16%
      !!
      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.
      0.14%
    • E.On Se
      0.13%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Marubeni 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
    • Consolidated Edison, Inc.
      0.11%
    • Atmos Energy Corp.
      0.08%
    • Fortis, Inc.
      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
    • Pembina Pipeline Corp.
      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
    • Acs Actividades De Construcción Y Servicios SA
      0.06%
    • Bkw AG
      0.06%
    • CMS Energy Corp.
      0.06%
    • Eneos Holdings, Inc.
      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
    • Lyondellbasell Industries Nv
      0.05%
    • Nisource, Inc.
      0.05%
    • Edp-Energias De Portugal SA
      0.04%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Neste Corp.
      0.04%
    • Nippon Yusen Kk
      0.04%
    • Osaka Gas
      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
    • SGS
      0.04%
    • Snam Spa
      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
    • Tokyo Gas Co., 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
    • Centrica PLC
      0.03%
    • Dassault Systèmes Se
      0.03%
    • Delta Air Lines, Inc.
      0.03%
    • Ebara Corporation
      0.03%
    • Bureau Veritas
      0.02%
    • Hong Kong & China Gas 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
    • Intertek Group PLC
      0.02%
    • Keyera 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
    • Smiths Group
      0.02%
    • Yokogawa Electric
      0.02%
  • Animal Cruelty 3.13%

    • Air Liquide
      0.30%
    • L'Oréal SA
      0.25%
    • Colgate-Palmolive Co.
      0.17%
    • Ecolab Inc.
      0.17%
    • Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
      0.17%
    • Hermès International Sca
      0.15%
    • Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize Nv
      0.10%
    • Nutrien Ltd.
      0.09%
    • Givaudan SA
      0.08%
    • Kimberly-Clark Corp.
      0.08%
    • Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
      0.06%
    • Kering SA
      0.06%
    • PPG Industries, Inc.
      0.06%
    • Henkel AG & Co. Kgaa
      0.05%
    • International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.
      0.05%
    • Lyondellbasell Industries Nv
      0.05%
    • Novozymes A/S
      0.05%
    • Essity
      0.04%
    • Kao Corp.
      0.04%
    • Symrise AG
      0.03%
    • The Clorox Co.
      0.03%
    • Akzo Nobel Nv
      0.02%
    • Beiersdorf AG
      0.02%
    • Hormel Foods Corp
      0.02%
    • Kikkoman Corp.
      0.02%
    • Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc.
      0.02%
    • Shiseido Co., Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Unicharm Corp.
      0.02%
  • Human Rights Violations 4.73%

    • Tesla
      2.67%
    • Caterpillar
      0.84%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Toronto-Dominion Bank
      0.40%
    • Booking Holdings
      0.34%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Motorola Solutions Inc
      0.19%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Volvo Group
      0.13%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Maersk
      0.05%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Kingspan Group
      0.03%
  • Weapons 0.3%

    • Daikin Industries Ltd.
      0.08%
    • Jacobs Solutions, Inc.
      0.04%
    • Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd.
      0.02%

From the Fund Provider

  • About this fund

    About this Fund

    The Smart Global ESG ETF is designed to track the return (before tax, fees and other expenses) of the MSCI World Ex Australia Custom ESG Leaders Net Total Return Index. The Index is comprised of global companies screened for exposure to controversial weapons, civilian firearms, tobacco, thermal coal and oil sands. The Index excludes companies that fail to comply with the United Nations Global Compact Principles. For more information, please refer to the Smart Responsible Investment Policy.

    Value $314M NZD
    Period of data report 31st March 2026
    Fund started 6th June 2019
    Total annual fund fees 0.54%
    Total performance based fees 0.0%
    Manager's basic fee 0.54%
    Other management and administration charges 0.0%
    Total other charges 0.0
    Total other charges currency NZD

    Lisa Turnbull

    Currently: Chief Executive Officer - Smart (0 years, 6 months)
    Previously: Chief Executive Officer - NZX Wealth Technologies (11 years, 8 months)

    Stuart Kenneth Reginald Millar

    Currently: Chief Investment Officer - Smart (6 years, 10 months)
    Previously: Head of Portfolio Management - ANZ Investments (4 years, 6 months)

    Jon Raby

    Currently: Director - Smart (0 years, 5 months)
    Previously: Chief Financial Officer - ASB Bank (0 years, 11 months)

    Alister John Williams

    Currently: Director - Smart (10 years, 4 months)
    Previously: Investment Manager - Trust Management (4 years, 5 months)

    This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each fund has filed with Disclose register to 31st March 2026.

  • Past Returns

    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
    2026 10.96% 15.07%
    2025 4.27% 6.14%
    2024 15.02% 33.84%
    2023 -4.85% -1.63%
    2022 3.53% 10.21%
    2021 35.55% 29.81%

    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 fund has filed with Disclose register to 31st March 2026.

  • Investments

    Top 10 Investments

    • Ishares Core Msci World Ex Australia ESG ETF

      Australia International Equities

      99.95%
    • NZD Cash Account (ANZ Bank)

      New Zealand Cash and Equivalents AA-

      0.62%
    • BNP Paribas Nominees

      Australia Cash and Equivalents

      0.13%
    Type Target Actual
    Cash and Cash Equivalents 0.0% 0.05%
    New Zealand Fixed Interest 0.0% 0.0%
    International Fixed Interest 0.0% 0.0%
    Australasian Equities 0.0% 0.0%
    International Equities 100.0% 99.95%
    Listed Properties 0.0% 0.0%
    Unlisted Properties 0.0% 0.0%
    Other 0.0% 0.0%
    Commodities 0.0% 0.0%

    Investment Mix

    How the money in this fund is invested by asset type.

    This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each fund has filed with Disclose register to 31st March 2026.

This data is compiled by Mindful Money from the fund information and portfolios that each fund has filed with the Disclose register to 31st March 2026 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.

Issues of Concern

  • 1.71% Environmental Harm
  • 3.78% Fossil Fuels
  • 3.13% Animal Cruelty
  • 4.73% Human Rights Violations
  • 0.01% Social Harm
  • 0.3% Weapons

Companies of Concern

  • Environmental Harm

    • The Coca-Cola Company
      0.79%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • PepsiCo
      0.54%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Danone
      0.13%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Nutrien Ltd.
      0.09%
    • Coca-Cola Bottler
      0.08%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Mowi Asa
      0.03%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Wh Group
      0.03%
    • Saputo
      0.02%
  • Fossil Fuels

    • Caterpillar
      0.84%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • The Williams Cos., Inc.
      0.23%
      !!
      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
      0.21%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Valero Energy Corp.
      0.19%
    • Itochu Corp.
      0.18%
      !!
      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.
      0.16%
      !!
      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
      0.16%
      !!
      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.
      0.14%
    • E.On Se
      0.13%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Marubeni 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
    • Consolidated Edison, Inc.
      0.11%
    • Atmos Energy Corp.
      0.08%
    • Fortis, Inc.
      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
    • Pembina Pipeline Corp.
      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
    • Acs Actividades De Construcción Y Servicios SA
      0.06%
    • Bkw AG
      0.06%
    • CMS Energy Corp.
      0.06%
    • Eneos Holdings, Inc.
      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
    • Lyondellbasell Industries Nv
      0.05%
    • Nisource, Inc.
      0.05%
    • Edp-Energias De Portugal SA
      0.04%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Neste Corp.
      0.04%
    • Nippon Yusen Kk
      0.04%
    • Osaka Gas
      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
    • SGS
      0.04%
    • Snam Spa
      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
    • Tokyo Gas Co., 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
    • Centrica PLC
      0.03%
    • Dassault Systèmes Se
      0.03%
    • Delta Air Lines, Inc.
      0.03%
    • Ebara Corporation
      0.03%
    • Bureau Veritas
      0.02%
    • Hong Kong & China Gas 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
    • Intertek Group PLC
      0.02%
    • Keyera 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
    • Smiths Group
      0.02%
    • Yokogawa Electric
      0.02%
  • Animal Cruelty

    • Air Liquide
      0.30%
    • L'Oréal SA
      0.25%
    • Colgate-Palmolive Co.
      0.17%
    • Ecolab Inc.
      0.17%
    • Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
      0.17%
    • Hermès International Sca
      0.15%
    • Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize Nv
      0.10%
    • Nutrien Ltd.
      0.09%
    • Givaudan SA
      0.08%
    • Kimberly-Clark Corp.
      0.08%
    • Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
      0.06%
    • Kering SA
      0.06%
    • PPG Industries, Inc.
      0.06%
    • Henkel AG & Co. Kgaa
      0.05%
    • International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.
      0.05%
    • Lyondellbasell Industries Nv
      0.05%
    • Novozymes A/S
      0.05%
    • Essity
      0.04%
    • Kao Corp.
      0.04%
    • Symrise AG
      0.03%
    • The Clorox Co.
      0.03%
    • Akzo Nobel Nv
      0.02%
    • Beiersdorf AG
      0.02%
    • Hormel Foods Corp
      0.02%
    • Kikkoman Corp.
      0.02%
    • Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc.
      0.02%
    • Shiseido Co., Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Unicharm Corp.
      0.02%
  • Human Rights Violations

    • Tesla
      2.67%
    • Caterpillar
      0.84%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Toronto-Dominion Bank
      0.40%
    • Booking Holdings
      0.34%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Motorola Solutions Inc
      0.19%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Volvo Group
      0.13%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Maersk
      0.05%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Kingspan Group
      0.03%
  • Weapons

    • Daikin Industries Ltd.
      0.08%
    • Jacobs Solutions, Inc.
      0.04%
    • Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd.
      0.02%

About this Fund

The Smart Global ESG ETF is designed to track the return (before tax, fees and other expenses) of the MSCI World Ex Australia Custom ESG Leaders Net Total Return Index. The Index is comprised of global companies screened for exposure to controversial weapons, civilian firearms, tobacco, thermal coal and oil sands. The Index excludes companies that fail to comply with the United Nations Global Compact Principles. For more information, please refer to the Smart Responsible Investment Policy.

Value $314M NZD
Period of data report 31st March 2026
Fund started 6th June 2019
Total annual fund fees 0.54%
Total performance based fees 0.0%
Manager's basic fee 0.54%
Other management and administration charges 0.0%
Total other charges 0.0
Total other charges currency NZD

Lisa Turnbull

Currently: Chief Executive Officer - Smart (0 years, 6 months)
Previously: Chief Executive Officer - NZX Wealth Technologies (11 years, 8 months)

Stuart Kenneth Reginald Millar

Currently: Chief Investment Officer - Smart (6 years, 10 months)
Previously: Head of Portfolio Management - ANZ Investments (4 years, 6 months)

Jon Raby

Currently: Director - Smart (0 years, 5 months)
Previously: Chief Financial Officer - ASB Bank (0 years, 11 months)

Alister John Williams

Currently: Director - Smart (10 years, 4 months)
Previously: Investment Manager - Trust Management (4 years, 5 months)

This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each fund has filed with Disclose register to 31st March 2026.

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
2026 10.96% 15.07%
2025 4.27% 6.14%
2024 15.02% 33.84%
2023 -4.85% -1.63%
2022 3.53% 10.21%
2021 35.55% 29.81%

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 fund has filed with Disclose register to 31st March 2026.

Top 10 Investments

  • Ishares Core Msci World Ex Australia ESG ETF

    Australia International Equities

    99.95%
  • NZD Cash Account (ANZ Bank)

    New Zealand Cash and Equivalents AA-

    0.62%
  • BNP Paribas Nominees

    Australia Cash and Equivalents

    0.13%
Type Target Actual
Cash and Cash Equivalents 0.0% 0.05%
New Zealand Fixed Interest 0.0% 0.0%
International Fixed Interest 0.0% 0.0%
Australasian Equities 0.0% 0.0%
International Equities 100.0% 99.95%
Listed Properties 0.0% 0.0%
Unlisted Properties 0.0% 0.0%
Other 0.0% 0.0%
Commodities 0.0% 0.0%

Investment Mix

How the money in this fund is invested by asset type.

This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each fund has filed with Disclose register to 31st March 2026.

This data is compiled by Mindful Money from the fund information and portfolios that each fund has filed with the Disclose register to 31st March 2026 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.