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Human rights considerations part of trustee board obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
When industry superannuation fund HESTA announced that it had divested from its holdings in Transfield Services, it cited social governance concerns that, in their view, represented an unacceptable risk to members' future retirement savings for the ...

HESTA creates first Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
HESTA has launched its first Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), outlining steps the fund will take to engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stakeholders. HESTA is the first superannuation fund to sign a RAP, which has been endorsed by Reconciliation ...

PRI active on climate change, tax avoidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... publicly disclosing the carbon footprint of their investment portfolios on an annual basis. Australian Ethical Investment, HESTA, Plato Investment Management Limited, Catholic super, Local Government Super, UCA Funds Management, and VicSuper, are all ...

Regnan reorganises ownership structure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... six previous owners included Hermes Equity Ownership Services, Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC), VicSuper, HESTA, and Vanguard Investments Australia. Most of the six previous shareholders will convert to long-term clients of Regnan's ESG ...

Local Government Super top AODP index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... have had a number of good public announcements, but this index is about action, not announcements," Connor said. "While HESTA and others talk about divestment, we hope that those announcements and other moves, the architectural moves, will translate ...

Panel discusses fossil fuel divestment for super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... - French FRR and Swedish AP4, have announced 1 billion euros will be invested in the low-carbon fund managed by Amundi. HESTA, Unisuper, USS, ERAFP have also announced strategic decisions. Local Government Super has also recently changed negative screening ...

VicSuper, SAS Trustee Corporation to divest from tobacco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... of approximately AU$222 million at the end of December 2012 - 0.3% of the value of the Future Fund. Superannuation funds Hesta and Sunsuper have also decided to divest. See Also: Future Fund excludes tobacco producers from portfolio VicSuper integrates ...

IGCC working group engages on green finance design, function

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... CEFC expert review panel, said Andrew Major, chair of the LCFWG and general manager - investments at superannuation fund HESTA. "The focus of the LCFWG is on complementary measures that provide funding for risk mitigation and/or to support adaptation ...

IGCC working group to engage with green finance banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... low-carbon assets. The working group, announced last week, will be is chaired by Andrew Major, general manager - investments of HESTA Super Fund. It will establish talking points for engagement not only with the review panel that will advise on the design ...

Jillian Broadbent to chair Clean Energy Finance Corp panel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... be undertaken by the expert review team. The working group is chaired by Andrew Major, general manager - investments of HESTA Super Fund. Photo via Wikimedia Commons