ASX Listed Companies that do good (Ethical, Cleantech, Renewables…) |

ABOUT THE LISTING

The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) and the Impact Management Project (IMP) have created guides for measuring, monitoring and managing the impact companies and organisations and investments in them make. Their guides and frameworks which are adopted by ethical investment funds, institutional investors and philanthropic entities, provide a very mature and comprehensive lens through which to consider how companies contribute positively to the world.
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The published list of ASX companies (attempts) to apply the GIIN & IMP taxonomies and categories to help you quickly find those that are doing good.
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Entries can also be filtered by market capitalisation, industry sector, key business activity keywords to help you focus on your individual areas of interest.

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IMPACT CATEGORy & DElivery Models

Each company in this listing identified against a primary or predominant impact category. GIIN’s IRIS+ framework provides more granularity within each category through specific delivery models which are also identified.
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Agriculture

Sanitation (services, products, and infrastructure, including fecal sludge management)
Wastewater management (including for agriculture)
Water conservation (including watershed management and restoration, water infrastructure, waterless and water-efficient equipment or technology)
Water distribution (including water technology)
Water production (including rainwater harvesting)
Water treatment (including desalination, wastewater treatment, water filtration)

Air

Manufacturing with reduced emissions (NOX, SOX)
Domestic solutions (clean cookstoves, clean light and power)
Fuels and Vehicles (removal of air pollutants from fuel prior to combustion, emissions control, efficiency combustion, renewable fuels)
Services (scrubbers)
Technology

Biodiversity & Ecosystems

Control, management, and eradication of invasive species
Habitat conservation and restoration services
Payment for ecosystem services (PES)
Preservation, enhancement, restoration, or creation (PERC) of wetlands, streams, or habitat conservation (mitigation banking)

Climate

Bioproducts and biochemicals
Cap & Trade or other government-driven financial incentives to reduce GHG emissions
Carbon capture, storage, and sequestration
Climate bonds
Infrastructure for climate adaptation
Re-investment and divestment
Weather warning systems

Education

After-school and extracurricular programs
Alternative schools, tools, platforms, and training programs (including employment-readiness training and services)
Early childhood development and education
Educational financing and scholarships
Educational materials, tools, and platforms (including ed-tech and self-teacher • technologies)
Information and communications technology (ICT) training programs and tools (including Education Management Information Systems, or EMIS)
Postgraduate, professional, and doctoral programs
Preparation for admission (e.g., exams)
Primary and secondary schools
Special education services
Teacher training programs
Technical and vocational education and training (TVET)
Tertiary education or university

Energy

Energy management (for renewable energy facilities and power plants)
Energy management and energy efficiency for demand side (residential, commercial, industrial)
Energy-efficient materials, products, and equipment
Fuel-efficient transport and public transport
Generation, transmission, distribution, and storage of energy from renewable sources, including wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, waste energy, wave and tidal, small-scale hydropower, and renewable fuels
Products, services, and technologies to provide quality energy access (both on- and off-grid) at lower cost to underserved groups and communities (including lighting, phone charging, household appliances, etc.)
Services to enable deployment and management of renewable energy facilities
Waste-to-energy

Financial Services

Inclusive digital finance (including digital models that enable mobile payments, personal financial management or advisory, insuretech, challenger/neo banks, and savings platforms)
Microfinance, including credit, savings, payments, microinsurance, home improvement loans, equipment lending, and value-chain finance for microentrepreneurs
SME finance, including equipment lending and value-chain finance
Funding for impact related businesses including venture capital, private equity, managed funds
Intermediaries that facilitate access to credit (e.g., credit-scoring systems)
Refugee finance

Health

Inclusive digital finance (including digital models that enable mobile payments, personal financial management or advisory, insuretech, challenger/neo banks, and savings platforms)
Microfinance, including credit, savings, payments, microinsurance, home improvement loans, equipment lending, and value-chain finance for microentrepreneurs
SME finance, including equipment lending and value-chain finance
Funding for impact related businesses including venture capital, private equity, managed funds
Intermediaries that facilitate access to credit (e.g., credit-scoring systems)
Refugee finance

Land

Bioprospecting
Certification programs
Eco-tourism
Forest conservation
Forest restoration
Grass or pasture management
Land conservation
Land restoration
Marginal lands protection
Natural habitats regeneration assistance
Reforestation

Oceans & Coastal

Coral reef (and other) restoration projects
Ocean plastics mitigation
Responsible seafood capture
Sustainable seafood processing and distribution
Sustainable, low-input aquaculture and fisheries management

Pollution

Biodegradable materials
Design, redesign, reformulation, or modification of products, systems, or processes
Environmentally conscious consumer goods (e.g., eco-cleaners, certified or clean cosmetics)
Installation of end-of-pipe equipment to comply with pollution-control regulations
Physical treatment to reduce volume
Pollution-monitoring equipment
Thermal treatments (e.g., incineration)
Treatment to reduce toxicity or production volume

Real Estate

Housing acquisition, development, and preservation (both rental and ownership, includes mortgages)
Housing management (service providers)
Supportive housing services (including employment, physical and mental health services, rental subsidies, links to public transport)
Sustainable urban design (new and retrofitted green or energy- efficient buildings)

Waste

Agricultural waste management
Cradle-to-cradle systems
Electronic, hazardous, and solid waste management
Energy recovery
Environmentally sound waste recycling, reducing, reclaiming, reusing (includes composting)
Incineration or other thermal treatment
Landfill waste treatment or landfill remediation
Physical treatment to reduce volume
Treatment to reduce toxicity or production volume

Water

Sanitation (services, products, and infrastructure, including fecal sludge management)
Wastewater management (including for agriculture)
Water conservation (including watershed management and restoration, water infrastructure, waterless and water-efficient equipment or technology)
Water distribution (including water technology)
Water production (including rainwater harvesting)
Water treatment (including desalination, wastewater treatment, water filtration)

IMPACT TYPES

Impact types (adopted from IMP) allow consideration of an organisations impact independent of its specific activity or output. Not all of the companies that society depends on can be focused on solving problems, but every company can positively change the impact of its operations.

AVOIDS DOING HARM

The enterprise prevents or reduces significant effects on important negative outcomes for people and planet

BENEFIT STAKEHOLDERS

The enterprise not only acts to avoid harm, but also generates various effects on positive outcomes for people and the planet

CONTRIBUTE SOLUTIONS

The enterprise not only acts to avoid harm, but also generates one or more significant effect(s) on positive outcomes for otherwise underserved people and the planet.

The following is a listing of companies listed on the ASX that involved solely in the green arena covering waste recycling, water, wind energy, biogas & biofuels, green building materials, transport technologies or carbon management.

HOW TO USE THE COMPANY LISTING

Start with the full listing, then filter, sort or group, by
Market cap (Micro, Small, Mid, Large), then by
Sector (e.g. media, software, utilities), then by
Impact Category (e.g. energy, waste, health), then by
Delivery Model (e.g. conservation farming, biodegradable materials, renewable energy generation), then by
Impact Type (Acts to avoid harm, benefits stakeholders, contributes to solutions), optionally
Use Keyword Search to find specific stocks or areas of interest.

The end result is a shortlist of companies that you’re interested in based on your search criteria. Use this as the starting point of your regular investment analysis.