“Planet of the Humans” documentary misleads viewers about renewable energy

On 21 April 2020, Michael Moore released a documentary on his YouTube channel titled Planet of the Humans, which has received over 5 million views as of May 1st. The film, directed and narrated by Jeff Gibbs, criticizes renewable energy technologies like solar panels, wind turbines, biomass-burning plants, and electric vehicles, as well as leaders of […]

Debatable Ethics

Ethical Advisers Co-op members, David Rae, Karen McLeod and Luke Price feature in a Financial Standard article, written by Elizabeth McArthur. Read more

Fifty Shades of Green

Challenges for Indigenous leaders ‘are
many,’ but so are the people working to
change things

RIAA Benchmark Report

Each year since 2002 RIAA has commissioned research into the size and growth of responsible investment in Australia and New Zealand. The objective of this research is to gather data on the various forms of responsible investment and to present analysis of growth in the sector in comparison with the total investment market.​RIAA’s Responsible Investment […]

Why global investors are embracing responsible investment

In Australia, we recently tipped over half of the professionally managed market having a commitment to responsible investment, whether that be taking an ethical investing approach, or, more commonly, incorporating the consideration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in investment decision-making to improve investment risk profiles.​  Read more

Recent Media Articles

The Ethical Advisers’ Co-operative has been featured heavily in the media recently, thanks to the launch of the Ethical Fund Ratings website. Links to the articles are below. InvestorDaily: Super industry charged with greenwashing Financial Standard: Advisers wary of ethical funds, launch own rating system Money Management: Super funds falling short on ethical options

ABC News Article

Ethical Advisers’ Co-op member, Karen McLeod, recently featured in an ABC News article. ​Every Australian owns shares through super. Here’s how to make a start at ethical investing

IFA Article

Ethical Advisers’ Co-op member, Alex Jamieson featured in the the IFA June 2019 Magazine. IFA: The Green Issue

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