About this report
Commonly used terms
We use a range of terms and acronyms throughout our sustainability report. We have defined them in the relevant chapters the first time we use them as well as providing them here as a separate section of the report.
Term | What it stands for |
ABCG | Australian Business and Climate Group |
ACCA | Association of Chartered Certified Accountants |
ACSI | Australian Council of Super Investors |
AIST | Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees |
ABMVSS | Association of Business Managers in Victorian State Schools |
APRA | Australian Prudential Regulation Authority |
ARIA | Australian Reward Investment Alliance |
ASIC | Australian Securities and Investments Commission |
ATO | Australian Taxation Office |
AUSTRAC | Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre |
CDP | Carbon Disclosure Project |
CFSGAM | Colonial First State Global Asset Management |
CPSU | Community and Public Sector Union |
DEECD | The Department of Education & Early Childhood Development |
EAI | Enhanced Analytics Initiative |
EO | Equal opportunity |
EOWA | Employer of Choice for Women in the Workplace Agency |
EPA | Environment Protection Authority Victoria |
ESG | Environmental, social and governance |
ESSSuper | Emergency Services & State Super |
FOS | Financial Ombudsman Service |
FROGS | FROGS (Focused Recruits of Global Sustainability) is VicSuper's employee sustainability committee |
GreenPower | GreenPower is government accredited renewable energy sourced from the sun, the wind, water and waste. For a renewable energy product to be endorsed by the GreenPower program it must be generated from eligible renewable energy sources that meet strict environmental standards. |
GRI | Global Reporting Initiative |
GSO | Government Superannuation Office |
IGCC | Investor Group on Climate Change Australia/New Zealand |
MER | Management expense ratio |
NBMG | Net Balance Management Group |
OH&S | Occupational health and safety |
RAT | Response Alert Team |
RIAA | The Responsible Investment Association of Australasia |
RBL | Reasonable Benefit Limit |
SSF | State Superannuation Fund |
RSE | Registrable Superannuation Entity |
UN PRI | United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment |
UNEP FI | United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative |
VASSP | Victorian Association of State Secondary Principals |
VECCI | Victorian Employers' Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
VPA | Victorian Principals Association |
VSB | Victorian Superannuation Board |