Christian Super has won the Best Green Super Fund award for 2011 from Money Magazine. Announced yesterday in the magazine’s annual ‘Best of the Best’ edition, the award recognises Christian Super’s commitment to ‘investing along ethical and environmental lines’.
“Winning this award is great recognition from the ethical investment community that our fund encompasses values-based decision making, sustainable principles and good
outcomes for our members,” said Christian Super CEO, Peter Murphy.
Christian Super, a public offer fund, is one of over 600 superannuation funds in Australia and is the fund of choice for 19,000 members across churches, schools and ministries. The ethical growth fund is a diversified investment with Australian and international shares.
In 2008, Christian Super was awarded, ‘Sustainable Super Fund of the Year’. Earlier this year they received the ‘Infinity Award’ from SuperRatings, and were ranked second in the second annual ‘Asset Owners Disclosure Project’, part of the Climate Change Investment Initiative run by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees.
Jennifer* has chosen Christian Super as her superannuation fund because of their ethical investment policy. She and her husband are active members of a suburban ‘sustainability street’ organisation in Melbourne. “It’s a not-for-profit group of local residents who work to educate the local community to reduce their environmental impact” said Jennifer.
The organisation held a workshop on ethical investing and superannuation that challenged participants to find out where their money is invested. “We both started researching our super funds, although I was already with Christian Super at the time,” said Jennifer.
“It turns out that Christian Super is the only ‘deep green’ super fund in Australia. After my husband, Tom, started investigating his super fund, he decided to switch to Christian Super also. We’re really glad to know our retirement funds are both ethical and green,” she said.
Christian Super also invests in funds that comprise renewable energy projects and clean technologies including geothermal, wind, solar and tidal sources; and a sustainable agriculture fund that is mindful of water efficiency and renewal energy practices.
For more information, visit the Christian Super web site.
