Barry Coates
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 4 Jun
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They're actually quite similar.
So people want to avoid investments in animal cruelty, and that's about 88% of Australians.
But 87% want to avoid violations of human rights.
85% want to avoid environmental damage.
And then you've got the other categories of weapons, about 80%.
Fossil fuel, 69%.
And then a range of issues around that.
Gambling, actually, 75%.
So then there are other issues which don't meet that kind of threshold.
So what we do is we pick up the things that are the main issues that Australians want to avoid, and that's what we show in our report, and even better for most people, on an interactive website where they can go and explore what their fund looks like, what other funds look like, and it's all for free, which is a very good thing.
It's called www.mindfulinvesting.au.
Right.
It's often posited as a kind of an either or.
Actually, you should do both.
I mean, your fund should, in the companies it invests in, it should be engaging with them and writing letters and going to meetings with them and persuading them to improve their performance.
And that's part of the sort of whole corporate governance system.
You know, they're shareholders and that's what they should do.
But often that doesn't lead to substantial change.
So, for example, if you look at the fossil fuel industry, they've been promising for the last 30 years that they will transition to renewable energy.
You know, most of the big oil majors are not only not transitioning, they're doubling down on fossil fuels and they're investing in expansion projects.
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