HONOUR ROLL
The Quit Nukes Honour Roll lists the Australian financial institutions that have adopted and implemented policies to comprehensively prevent any financial involvement with companies that produce nuclear weapons.
We congratulate these institutions for supporting progress towards the abolition of nuclear weapons, and a safer world for all.
Australian Ethical provides superannuation and managed funds.
Australian Ethical joined the Quit Nukes Honour Roll in October 2019. Previous Honour Roll member Christian Super merged with Australian Ethical in 2022.
Bank Australia provides banking, lending and insurance.
Bank Australia’s Responsible Banking Policy states “we don’t lend to corporations that produce or sell armaments”, including nuclear weapons.
Bank Australia was added to the Honour Roll in 2019.
Crescent Wealth joined the Quit Nukes Honour Roll in December 2020.
Crescent Wealth transferred its members to a new entity, Salaam Wealth, in 2024.
Future Super provides superannuation.
Companies involved in the “production of armaments” includes all nuclear weapons producers, and are fully excluded from investments. The policy applies to all assets, managed internally or externally. Future Super joined the Quit Nukes Honour Roll in October 2019.
GESB Superannuation is the superannuation fund for West Australian government employees.
GESB excludes nuclear weapons across its portfolio.
GESB was added to the Honour Roll in 2025.
Hostplus provides superannuation.
In 2021, after engagement with Quit Nukes, Hostplus updated its policies to exclude investments in nuclear weapons companies.
U Ethical provides managed funds.
U Ethical is one of the largest ethical investment managers in Australia with over $1 billion under management and takes ” bold positions on important ethical matters.”
U Ethical screens out companies with any involvement in nuclear power and nuclear weapons.
U Ethical joined the Quit Nukes Honour Roll in March 2021.
Vanguard Super entered the market in 2022 with some exposure to nuclear weapons.
Quit Nukes engaged with Vanguard Super and in Vanguard’s updated 2023 Product Disclosure Statement the controversial weapons definition included nuclear weapons; Vanguard was added to the Honour Roll in 2023.
*Verve Super was acquired by the Future Group in 2023
Verve Super joined the Quit Nukes Honour Roll in April 2020. At that time, Verve Super had been operating since 2018 and managed more than $18 million in assets. Verve applied negative screens to “armaments and militarism, support for regressive regimes or operations in countries of concern” and “nuclear and uranium”, including nuclear weapons.