About VicSuper

Building a sustainable super fund

VicSuper's central operating principle is to 'create value for VicSuper stakeholders by building a sustainable super fund through the integration of economic, social and environmental considerations into all VicSuper's decision support systems'.

For VicSuper, sustainability is a way of operating and investing that recognises that long term economic growth depends on maintaining and restoring the environment and maintaining cohesive societies.

Without this long-term approach to operating and investing, we may not have economies that can provide investment returns for our members, or that can support a healthy society and a healthy environment. These are things that our members need in order to ensure quality of life during retirement.

We have identified seven key strategies in our quest to build a sustainable super fund:

1. Deliver value
2. Invest for the long term
3. Attract, develop and retain great people
4. Maintain sound governance and accountability
5. Continue financial stability and growth
6. Minimise our environmental impact
7. Foster effective partnerships

These strategies are further defined throughout this report - you can explore our approach and performance in each of the strategies by navigating through the options on the left column of this website. 

Executive statement

As a large superannuation fund with over $6 billion invested globally, we understand that sustainability issues affect company returns and thereby impact directly on our members and other stakeholders. More >>

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 The Full Sustainability Report 2008 (3.71MB)