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UniSuper appoints ESG manager

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022
... considerations in investments and operations, to inform decisions taken in investments. Barns joins the fund from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors. There she specialised in climate risk and provided research to funds on how companies ...

Calls to pay super on parental leave grow

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022
... calling for the reform include Women in Super, Australian Women Lawyers Association, Early Childhood Australia, Australian Council of Social Service and Chief Executive Women. "Parental leave is the only commonly taken form of paid leave that does not ...

Net zero commitments in ASX200 companies doubles

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2022
... Australian companies with $1.59 trillion or 70% of the ASX200's collective market capitalisation adopting them. Australian Council of Superannuation Investors' Promises, pathways and performance report details climate change disclosures in the ASX 200 ...

ASX 100 chief executive bonuses hit record highs

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2022
... paid to ASX 100 chief executives hit record highs in FY21, jumping from 31% to 76.7%, a new report from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors said. In the first year of the pandemic, Australian boards responded to market turmoil, and appropriately ...

Queen's honours highlight industry veterans, ESG experts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2022
... Byrne led STA for eight years before heading UniSuper for another eight. She was then chief executive of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors until 2013. Byrne was also a founding member of Women in Super and remains in the industry today ...

ACSI bolsters engagement capabilities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2022
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors is growing, adding two senior staff members, including the former manager of ethical investments at AMP Capital's multi-asset group. Fiona Manning has joined ACSI as a senior analyst within the engagement ...

Qantas Super invests $2bn in Calvert, Goldman Sachs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2022
... whole weapon systems as well as tobacco producers from its investment portfolio. The super fund also joined the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors in 2017 to engage companies on ESG issues and implemented an Impact Investing Framework. The ...

LUCRF Super executive joins Cbus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
... Prior to that he was a trustee director of the fund for five years. He is also a former vice president of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors and has served on its board since 2013. Thow worked various roles at the National Union Workers ...

Gender imbalance persists in ASX200

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
... reveals. Women make up 9.5% of chair roles while just 6.5% serve as chief executives, new research from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) shows. Nearly 35% of women hold a seat on an ASX200 board, almost doubling from seven years ...

Proxy advice reforms defeated

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... expense of respect for property rights, the freedom to contract and the right to confidential advice." The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) is another of the four impacted organisations. It is owned by the super fund members it advises ...