While Catholic Super will always strive to achieve the best investment returns, it will do so responsibly.
Investors welcome carbon price and clean energy futureThe Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) today welcomed the passage of the Clean Energy Future bills through the Senate and looks forward to greater regulatory certainty and investment opportunity.Investors need a long term, transparent and certain regulatory framework to address carbon emission risks in their investment portfolios and the Clean Energy Future package provides it. Chief Executives of IGCC member organisations made the following comments about passage of the Clean Energy Future package. “The Clean Energy Future package provides a market based framework to price emissions and we are delighted that it has finally passed the Parliament after so many years,” said Frank Pegan, CEO, Catholic Super and Chair of the IGCC. Download media release. ESGTo achieve these objectives means working with other investors to establish a constructive dialogue with corporations to ensure that they are properly managing their environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks.Being mindful of ESG principles lowers the overall level of risk and helps ensure long-term sustainability. Some of these risks include:
United Nations Principles of Responsible InvestmentCatholic Super was one of the first to adopt the UN Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI).The Principles for Responsible Investment are an initiative of the United Nations and provide a framework for the investment community to achieve better long term investment returns and more sustainable markets using ESG criteria. Signatories agree to:
Climate ChangeCatholic Super believes it is essential to reduce global carbon emissions in order to reduce the effect CO2 may have on our climate and to improve the quality of life.Catholic Super is a founding member of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) and the International Investor Groups on Climate Change (IIGCC) as well as a major sponsor of the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) - a world-wide survey of companies’ carbon usage and mitigation policies. Carbon Expo Australasia 2011Australia’s premier, industry-hosted Trade Fair & Conference for emissions intensive business and low-carbon economy product & service providers across Australasia, Carbon Expo Australasia 2011 was held at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre 7-9 November 2011. Catholic Super was a sponsor of the Carbon Disclosure Project 2011 - Australia and New Zealand report launch at the Carbon Expo. Dr Danyelle Guyatt, Investment Manager for Catholic Super presented at the expo on "What carbon pricing means for long-term investments".You can watch Danyelle's presentation at CarbonExpoTv. View the Carbon Expo website Carbon Disclosure ProjectA two speed business response to climate change, CDP Australia and New Zealand Report 2011Corporate ChangeOne powerful tool that we use in our efforts to effect positive change has been a collective engagement with the corporate world.
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Catholic Super ensures to exercise its voting rights as a shareholder in any Australian company it owns - view our voting policy here. It utilises advice from ACSI to determine how to vote on each issue. Catholic Super’s proxy voting register shows how it exercised its voting entitlements during the second half of 2009. This register will be updated early 2012. |
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