Betashares Australian Sustainability Leaders ETF (ASX:FAIR) Sustainability Mandate Reshapes Australian Sector Exposure

Sonal Goyal

04 October 2026 08:08 PM AEDT

Betashares Australian Sustainability Leaders ETF (ASX:FAIR) Sustainability Mandate Reshapes Australian Sector Exposure

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Key Highlights

The fund reports financial services exposure of 22.12%.
The management fee is reported as 0.49%.
The leading disclosed holding is Woolworths Group at 6.62%.
The final distribution entry records AUD 0.292 per unit.

Betashares Australian Sustainability Leaders ETF (ASX:FAIR) uses a passive management approach designed to track its sustainability index before fees and expenses. The stated full replication strategy generally invests in index securities in proportion to their index weights.

Investment Framework

The reported portfolio contains 77 companies. The benchmark field identifies a Nasdaq Australian sustainability leaders index, while the mandate describes how its constituents enter the fund. The available description does not reproduce the complete sustainability screening rules, so individual exclusions cannot be established from this record.

Sector Composition

The largest reported sector allocations are financial services at 22.12%, healthcare at 18.44% and real estate at 17.54%. The next entries are communication services at 11.13%, technology at 7.90% and consumer defensive at 7.68%. These weights describe the mix of industries represented in the portfolio.

Financial Services represents 22.12%, below the category figure of 30.14%. Utilities accounts for 0.03%, compared with 1.22% for the category. These are comparisons between the fund and its category, rather than increases or declines over time. The record does not provide a dated sequence of sector allocations.

Geographic Exposure and Portfolio Assets

Reported geographic exposure is led by Australia at 92.21%. Other allocations include United States at 4.82%, New Zealand at 2.30% and China at 0.67%. The asset-class record lists 100.00% in stocks and 0.00% in cash, with 0.00% in bonds. Geographic exposure and asset-class allocation describe separate aspects of the portfolio.

Disclosed Holdings

The leading reported positions are Woolworths Group at 6.62%, Telstra Group at 4.52% and Computershare at 4.44%. These are individual portfolio weights, rather than measures of the companies’ Earnings or share-price changes.

Additional disclosed positions include Suncorp Group at 4.13%, Goodman Group at 3.82%, CSL at 3.81% and Scentre Group at 3.79%. The reported holding-count field lists 77. These selected entries describe only part of the fund’s holdings and do not identify every remaining position.

Management Fee and Distribution

The management fee is reported as 0.49%. The distribution record lists a final amount of AUD 0.292 per unit, with an ex-distribution date of 1 July 2026, a Record Date of 2 July 2026 and a payment date of 16 July 2026. This amount relates to the listed distribution, rather than a forecast for subsequent payments. The management fee and the distribution amount are separate financial fields. The 2026 series records AUD 0.285 in January and AUD 0.292 in July, an increase between those entries. July 2026 was nevertheless below the July 2025 amount of AUD 0.461.

Key Takeaways

Betashares Australian Sustainability Leaders ETF (ASX:FAIR) has a reported management fee of 0.49%. The Investment framework, sector allocations and disclosed holdings describe the fund’s portfolio composition. Its fee and distribution schedule provide separate cost and payment details, without establishing changes in the earnings of the underlying companies.

FAQs

Q: What is the fund’s ASX ticker?

A: The ticker is FAIR, written as Betashares Australian Sustainability Leaders ETF (ASX:FAIR).

Q: What investment approach does the fund describe?

A: The fund uses a passive management approach designed to track its sustainability index before fees and expenses.

Q: What management fee is reported?

A: The reported management fee is 0.49%.

Q: Which holdings are listed first?

A: Woolworths Group at 6.62% and Telstra Group at 4.52% are the first two entries.

Q: What distribution details are available?

A: The final entry records AUD 0.292 per unit, with payment dated 16 July 2026.

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