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. 1.56%
    • Johnson & Johnson 0.48%
    • Nestlé 0.32%
    • Thermo Fisher Scientific 0.29%
    • Caterpillar 0.24%
    • Wells Fargo 0.24%
    • Uber Technologies, Inc. 0.17%
    • Rio Tinto 0.14%
    • Ubs 0.13%
    • Motorola Solutions Inc 0.09%
    • Palantir Technologies 0.09%
    • Glencore 0.07%
    • Saudi Aramco 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
    • Petrochina 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
    • Bank Hapoalim B.M. 0.02%
    • Bank Leumi Le-Israel B.M. 0.02%
    • China Petroleum & Chemical 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
    • Grupo México S.A.B. De C.V. 0.02%
    • Oil & Natural Gas Corp. Ltd. 0.02%
    • Teva Pharmaceuticals 0.02%
    • Zijin Mining 0.02%
    • Adani Ports and Sez 0.01%
    • Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras SA 0.01%
    • Mtn Group Limited 0.01%
    • Wilmar International Ltd. 0.01%
    • Chevron Corp. 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
    • Shell 0.26% !!
      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 0.19% !!
      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
    • Duke Energy Corp 0.11%
    • 3M 0.09%
    • Freeport-Mcmoran Inc 0.09%
    • Glencore 0.07%
    • Basf Se 0.06%
    • Vale SA 0.06%
    • Corteva, Inc. 0.05%
    • Pg&E Corp 0.05%
    • Archer-Daniels Midland 0.04%
    • Barrick Gold 0.04%
    • Bayer 0.04%
    • Ntpc Ltd. 0.03%
    • Nutrien Ltd. 0.03%
    • Posco 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
    • Zijin Mining 0.02%
    • Southern Copper Corporation 0.01%
    • Vedanta Resources 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
    • Wh Group 0.01%
    • Wilmar International Ltd. 0.01%
    • Exxon Mobil Corp. 0.65% !!
      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. 0.51%
    • Chevron Corp. 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
    • LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton Se 0.26%
    • Shell 0.26% !!
      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 0.24%
    • Reliance Industries Ltd. 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
    • Air Liquide 0.14%
    • L'Oréal SA 0.13%
    • The Sherwin-Williams Co. 0.12%
    • Colgate-Palmolive Co. 0.10%
    • Hermès International Sca 0.10%
    • 3M 0.09%
    • Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. 0.09%
    • Ecolab, Inc. 0.08%
    • Basf Se 0.06%
    • Givaudan SA 0.06%
    • Kimberly-Clark Corp. 0.06%
    • Corteva, Inc. 0.05%
    • Bayer 0.04%
    • Dow, Inc. 0.04%
    • Dupont De Nemours 0.04%
    • Eni 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
    • Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize Nv 0.04%
    • PPG Industries, Inc. 0.04%
    • Cabot Corp. 0.03%
    • Church & Dwight Co., Inc. 0.03%
    • Henkel AG & Co. Kgaa 0.03%
    • International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. 0.03%
    • Kao Corp. 0.03%
    • Kering SA 0.03%
    • Novozymes A/S 0.03%
    • Nutrien Ltd. 0.03%
    • Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd. 0.03%
    • The Clorox Co. 0.03%
    • The Estée Lauder Companies, Inc. 0.03%
    • Akzo Nobel Nv 0.02%
    • Asian Paints Ltd. 0.02%
    • Beiersdorf AG 0.02%
    • Celanese Corp. 0.02%
    • China Petroleum & Chemical 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
    • Eastman Chemical Co. 0.02%
    • Entegris, Inc. 0.02%
    • Hindalco Industries Ltd. 0.02%
    • Rentokil Initial 0.02%
    • Rpm International, Inc. 0.02%
    • Sabic 0.02%
    • Symrise AG 0.02%
    • Tyson Foods Inc 0.02%
    • Unicharm Corp. 0.02%
    • Albemarle Corp. 0.01%
    • Covestro AG 0.01%
    • Ems-Chemie Holding AG 0.01%
    • Hormel Foods Corp 0.01%
    • Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. 0.01%
    • Kikkoman Corp. 0.01%
    • Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc. 0.01%
    • Nan Ya Plastics Corp. 0.01%
    • Shiseido Co., Ltd. 0.01%
    • The Swatch Group AG 0.01%
    • Transdigm Group, Inc. 0.10%
    • Amphenol Corp. 0.09%
    • Howmet Aerospace, Inc. 0.05%
    • Daikin Industries Ltd. 0.04%
    • Rheinmetall AG 0.03%
    • Teledyne Technologies, Inc. 0.03%
    • Bharat Electronics Ltd. 0.02%
    • Mtu Aero Engines AG 0.02%
    • Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd. 0.01%
    • Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. 0.01%
    • Saab Ab 0.01%
    • Exxon Mobil Corp. 0.65% !!
      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. 0.32% !!
      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
    • Shell 0.26% !!
      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. 0.22%
    • BHP Group 0.19% !!
      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 0.18% !!
      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
    • Conocophillips 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
    • Reliance Industries Ltd. 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 0.14%
    • Iberdrola 0.12% 1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • The Southern Co. 0.12%
    • BP 0.11% !!
      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
    • Duke Energy Corp 0.11%
    • Enbridge, Inc. 0.11% !!
      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
    • Constellation Energy Corp. 0.10%
    • Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. 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
    • Eog Resources, Inc. 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
    • Mitsubishi Corp. 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
    • Enel 0.08% 1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Itochu Corp. 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
    • Mitsui & Co., Ltd. 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
    • National Grid PLC 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
    • Petrobras 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
    • American Electric Power Co., Inc. 0.07%
    • Glencore 0.07%
    • Marathon Petroleum Corp. 0.07%
    • Phillips 66 0.07%
    • The Williams Cos., 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
    • Dominion Energy, Inc. 0.06%
    • Kinder Morgan, 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
    • Oneok, Inc. 0.06%
    • Sempra Energy 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
    • Suncor Energy, 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
    • Tc Energy Corp. 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
    • Vale SA 0.06%
    • Cheniere Energy, Inc. 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
    • Consolidated Edison, Inc. 0.05%
    • Hess Corp. 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
    • Pg&E Corp 0.05%
    • Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. 0.05%
    • Valero Energy Corp. 0.05%
    • Vistra Energy 0.05%
    • Xcel Energy, Inc. 0.05%
    • Barrick Gold 0.04%
    • Diamondback Energy, 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
    • E.On Se 0.04%
    • Engie SA 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
    • Eni 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
    • Entergy Corp. 0.04%
    • Occidental Petroleum 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
    • Saudi Aramco 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
    • Targa Resources Corp. 0.04%
    • Wec Energy Group, Inc. 0.04%
    • Woodside Energy Group 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
    • Acwa Power 0.03%
    • Ameren Corp. 0.03%
    • Atmos Energy Corp. 0.03%
    • Cenovus Energy, 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
    • Cms Energy Corp. 0.03%
    • Dassault Systèmes Se 0.03%
    • Devon Energy 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
    • Dte Energy Co. 0.03%
    • Eqt 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
    • Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. 0.03%
    • Firstenergy Corp. 0.03%
    • Fortis, 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
    • Franco-Nevada Corp. 0.03%
    • Halliburton Co. 0.03%
    • Marubeni 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
    • Nrg Energy, Inc. 0.03%
    • Ntpc Ltd. 0.03%
    • Pembina Pipeline 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
    • Petrochina 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
    • Posco 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
    • Ppl Corp. 0.03%
    • Rwe AG 0.03%
    • Sumitomo 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
    • Teck Resources Limited 0.03%
    • Aes Corporation 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
    • Centerpoint Energy, Inc. 0.02%
    • China Petroleum & Chemical 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
    • China Shenhua Energy 0.02%
    • Citic Ltd. 0.02%
    • Ck Hutchison 0.02%
    • Clp Holdings Ltd. 0.02%
    • Coal India Ltd. 0.02%
    • Edp-Energias De Portugal SA 0.02% 1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Equinor Asa 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
    • Grupo México S.A.B. De C.V. 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
    • Imperial Oil 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
    • Inpex 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
    • Loews Corp. 0.02%
    • Marathon Oil 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
    • Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. 0.02%
    • Nippon Steel Corp. 0.02%
    • Nippon Yusen Kk 0.02%
    • Oil & Natural Gas Corp. Ltd. 0.02%
    • Power Assets Holdings Ltd. 0.02%
    • Repsol 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
    • Santos 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
    • South32 Ltd. 0.02%
    • Tata Steel Ltd. 0.02%
    • Texas Pacific Land Corp. 0.02%
    • Tourmaline Oil 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
    • Weg SA 0.02%
    • Adani Ports and Sez 0.01%
    • Aker BP 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
    • Alliant Energy Corp. 0.01%
    • Arc Resources Ltd. 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
    • Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras SA 0.01%
    • Chesapeake 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
    • Chord 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
    • Emera, Inc. 0.01%
    • Endesa SA 0.01% 1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Eneos Holdings, Inc. 0.01%
    • Evergy, Inc. 0.01%
    • Galp Energia Sgps 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
    • Hd Hyundai Co., Ltd. 0.01%
    • Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. 0.01%
    • Intertek Group PLC 0.01%
    • Keyera 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
    • Lg Corp. 0.01%
    • Neste Corp. 0.01%
    • Nisource, Inc. 0.01%
    • Origin Energy 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
    • Osaka Gas 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
    • Ovintiv, 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
    • Samsung C&T Corp. 0.01%
    • Snam Spa 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
    • Taiwan Cement Corp. 0.01%
    • Tata Power Co., Ltd. 0.01%
    • Tenaga Nasional Bhd. 0.01%
    • The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. 0.01%
    • Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. 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
    • Vedanta Resources 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

This data is compiled by Mindful Money from the fund information and portfolios that each fund has filed with the Disclose register to 30th Sept. 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

The fund is a passively managed international shares portfolio that is designed to track the return of the MSCI All Country World ex Tobacco Index. Environmental, Social and Governance characteristics are integrated into the underlying investment managers' investment processes. The fund aims to provide a return that closely matches the return of the MSCI All Country World ex Tobacco Index with net dividends reinvested (50% hedged to NZD on an after-tax basis).

Value $79.4M NZD
Period of data report 30th Sept. 2024
Fund started 27th Nov. 2017
Total annual fund fees 0.46%
Total performance based fees 0.0%
Manager's basic fee 0.3%
Other management and administration charges 0.16%
Total other charges 0.0
Total other charges currency NZD

Ross Butler

Currently: Chair - Mercer (N.Z.) Ltd (1 years, 5 months)
Previously: Director - Mercer Investments (Australia) Limited (10 years, 4 months)

Martin Lewington

Currently: CEO - Mercer (N.Z.) Ltd (15 years, 7 months)
Previously: Head of Investments - Mercer (N.Z.) Ltd (3 years, 8 months)

Kylie Willment

Currently: Chief Investment Officer, Pacific, Mercer Australia (Pty) Ltd (6 years, 11 months)
Previously: Senior Manager, Investment & Client Strategy - TCorp (NSW Treasury Corporation) (17 years, 0 months)

Padraig Brown

Currently: Chief Investment Officer - New Zealand, Mercer (N.Z.) Ltd (2 years, 4 months)
Previously: Head of Real Estate Investment Management, Mercer Australia (Pty) Ltd (11 years, 2 months)

Robert Kavanagh

Currently: Head of Portfolio Management NZ - Mercer (N.Z.) Ltd (10 years, 6 months)
Previously: Vice President - Account Management PIMCO Australia Pty Limited (7 years, 0 months)

This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each fund has filed with Disclose register to 30th Sept. 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 14.61% 24.27%
2023 -4.85% -3.58%
2022 3.53% 6.59%
2021 35.55% 37.32%
2020 -7.06% -6.01%
2019 10.17% 5.43%

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 30th Sept. 2024.

Top 10 Investments

  • Macquarie True Index Emerging Markets Fund
    Australia International Equities
    11.41%
  • Apple Inc
    United States International Equities
    4.2%
  • Microsoft Corporation
    United States International Equities
    3.76%
  • Nvidia Corporation
    United States International Equities
    3.69%
  • Amazon.Com Inc
    United States International Equities
    2.16%
  • Meta Platforms Inc
    United States International Equities
    1.56%
  • Alphabet Inc Class A
    United States International Equities
    1.2%
  • Alphabet Inc Class C
    United States International Equities
    1.04%
  • Broadcom Corporation
    United States International Equities
    0.94%
  • Telsa Inc
    United States International Equities
    0.93%
Type Target Actual
Cash and Cash Equivalents 0.0% 3.5%
New Zealand Fixed Interest 0.0% 0.0%
International Fixed Interest 0.0% 0.0%
Australasian Equities 0.0% 1.7%
International Equities 100.0% 94.8%
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 against the fund's targets.

This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each fund has filed with Disclose register to 30th Sept. 2024.