Our ESG approach
We believe integrating ESG factors into our investment processes is consistent with better investment outcomes.
Our Sustainable Investment Policy covers our overarching principles.
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Our approach to sustainable investing is guided by our legal duty to members, our core investment beliefs, and our Sustainable Investment Policy.
We use the following as part of our approach to sustainable investment: ESG integration, stewardship (active ownership) and, in limited cases, exclusions.
We invest the majority of the Fund's portfolio through external investment managers. Therefore, ESG integration is predominantly executed through the selection, appointment, and monitoring of new and existing managers.
We undertake stewardship activities through engagement and proxy voting. The size of holdings means we can't engage with all the companies in which we are invested. Where we do engage with our investee companies, we use the following methods: directly, collaboratively or through a service provider.
Where possible, we will endeavour to vote at all company meetings on resolutions for which we are eligible to vote, with some exceptions, detailed in our Sustainable Investment Policy.
For the Australian and International shares asset classes across all QSuper options, we exclude direct investment in companies that we have identified as posing regulatory or reputational risks, or when engagement is not possible to mitigate risks such as litigation, as outlined in our QSuper Investment Guide.