About this report

Scope of report

This report covers the activities of VicSuper Pty Ltd for the financial year ending 30 June 2008. Initiatives and activities undertaken prior to this period have been covered where relevant or where data exists. All data relates to the 2007/08 financial year unless otherwise stated.

VicSuper Pty Ltd ABN 69 087 619 412 is the trustee and administrator of VicSuper Fund ABN 85 977 964 496 and holds an Australian Financial Services Licence issued by ASIC under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cwlth), and a RSE Licence issued by APRA under the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993. VicSuper Fund has also been registered by APRA as a registrable superannuation entity.

VicSuper's previous sustainability report was released in November 2007, covering the 2006/07 financial year. We plan to retain the sustainability report as part of our annual year-end reporting, which means that the next report is due to be released in October 2009.

In this report we refer to VicSuper Pty Ltd as VicSuper, and VicSuper Fund as VicSuper Fund.

Where assumptions are used about the data presented, they are explained in the text or in the GRI Index. Similarly, any restatements of information are indicated within the body of the report.

This report was written and compiled by VicSuper's in-house sustainability team, with input and support from many other teams within VicSuper.

VicSuper Ecosystem Services Pty Ltd

VicSuper Ecosystem Services Pty Ltd was incorporated on 3 January 2006 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of VicSuper Pty Ltd.

We have not separated the activities and costs of VicSuper Ecosystem Services Pty Ltd from those of VicSuper Pty Ltd in this report. All resources consumed by VicSuper Ecosystem Services Pty Ltd, such as paper and energy, are included in the total figures for VicSuper Pty Ltd.

Contact us

For further information about this report, or further detail about any of VicSuper's sustainability activities, email sustainability@vicsuper.com.au or call VicSuper's Member Centre on toll free 1300 366 216 (Australia only) or +61 3 9667 9679 if you are outside of Australia.

Executive statement

Bob Welsh and David Craig

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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