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Climate-related shareholder resolutions put to Rio Tinto, QBE AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... to disclose the risks to its business from climate change. That resolution was coordinated by Market Forces and co-filed by LGS as well, and received was backed by 18.6% of shareholder support. Bill Hartnett, head of sustainability at the $10 billion ...

BHP Billiton to maintain membership in US Chamber of Commerce

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... Rio Tinto AGM. More than a hundred individual shareholders and three global asset owners including Local Government Super (LGS) have co-filed a shareholder resolution calling on Rio Tinto to review and fully disclose its relationships with industry bodies ...

Local Government Super co-files ACCR-organised Rio Tinto shareholder resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
More than a hundred individual shareholders and three global asset owners including Local Government Super (LGS) have co-filed a shareholder resolution calling on Rio Tinto to review and fully disclose its relationships with industry bodies including ...

Local Government Super appoints Bruce Miller as board chair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) has appointed Bruce Miller as the new board chair. Miller replaces Katherine O'Regan, who is no longer acting as a director on behalf of Local Government NSW, LGS said. O'Regan had been LGS's first female board chair. Miller ...

Local Government Super hires David Smith as new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) has hired David Smith as the new chief executive officer. Katherine O'Regan, LGS board chair Smith comes to LGS from AXIS Specialty Australia, where he was CEO. Prior to this, he was CEO of Zurich Financial Services, and ...

Local Government Super appoints Katherine O'Regan as board chair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) has appointed Katherine O'Regan as its first female chair to the board. O'Regan is an existing director, and "extensive experience in local government, financial services and board engagement," LGS said. O'Regan has previously ...

LGS adapts investment screens for Sustainable Australian Shares option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) has evolved the investment restriction screens on its Sustainable Australian Shares (SAS) investment option. LGS CEO Peter Lambert LGS has made three changes, including broadening existing screens to exclude companies that ...

Super funds on ESG engagement at ACSI conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... live.... We really believe that long term financial interests can't be achieved without a healthy environment and society." LGS and CareSuper also integrate ESG into their investment processes. CareSuper is in the process of reviewing its ESG policy ...

AODP releases 2016 Global Climate 500 Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... initiatives increase among the world's major investors, the bar keeps rising and this can only be a good thing," said Peter Lambert, LGS chief executive officer. "To know that we are rising with it represents a real endorsement of our approach. We believe ...

Demand exceeds supply in Australian green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... adequate supply in the Australian market has forced certain practicalities on institutional investors. Local Government Super (LGS) has a government bond mandate with a target of 15% green bonds, but does not maintain a similar target for Australian-denominated ...