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Active ownership is the new sheriff in town

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... Speaking at the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) conference in Sydney yesterday, Deanne Stewart, CEO of Aware Super, spoke about how the $150 billion super fund stepped up its 'active ownership' duties in recent years. Take ...

Doing better on First Nations heritage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
The destruction of Juukan Gorge in 2020 in the Western Pilbara was a flash point in awareness of First Nations heritage and engagement issues in Australia. In May 2020 two ancient rock shelters on the traditional lands of the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and ...

Aware Super appoints ESG, product and insurance heads

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024  |  NEWS
Aware Super's real estate arm has hired a new executive to lead its ESG effort. Emma Thomas is Head of ESG at Aware Real Estate which manages the superannuation fund's directly owned Australian property portfolio. Thomas is responsible for ESG ...

Podcast: The international fight against greenwashing with John Pabon

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024  |  NEWS
In this episode of The Greener Way, host Rose Mary Petrass welcomes sustainability expert John Pabon to discuss the importance of international collaboration in combating greenwashing. They discuss cultural attitudes, consumer awareness, and regulatory ...

Mercer nabs Aware sustainability expert

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... appointed Guy Shearman as a senior sustainable investment analyst. Shearman joins from the $160 billion superannuation giant Aware Super, where he spent three years as a responsible investment analyst. Before that, he was an ESG investments associate ...

Legal loophole fail: compliance won't dodge risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... cultural heritage as defined by First Nations peoples," Muir added. RIAA co-CEO Estelle Parker said investors are increasingly aware that the destruction of First Nations' cultural heritage poses legal, reputational and operational risks. "These are ...

Members beef up ESG checks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
A new report reveals that investors are keener than ever to secure their financial future by investing responsibly and will pull their money if their manager doesn't do so. A whopping 88% of Aussies expect their super, bank accounts, and other investments ...

Super battle on impact investing and returns

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... However, at the recent Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) conference representatives from Industry Super, Aware Super and HESTA pushed back - telling the crowd that financing the energy transition and solutions for the housing crisis ...

New campaign pushes for reproductive leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... prematurely because of severe menopause symptoms," ASFA chief executive Mary Delahunty said. Presently, employers including Aware Super, Cbus and Future Group offer paid forms of reproductive leave.

Members shouldn't carry energy and housing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... Superannuation Investors (ACSI) conference on Thursday, Schroder was joined by two other industry titans - Sam Mostyn, chair at Aware Super, and Sonya Sawtell-Rickson, chief investment officer at HESTA - to challenge the misguided debate about the purpose ...
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