Super Fund eyes social targets for investment rules

Super Fund eyes social targets for investment rules
Gavin Evans
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund will look at ways to incorporate social sustainability in its decision-making when it reviews its responsible investment framework during the coming year, chief executive Matt Whineray said.Whineray said finding ways to measure a firm’s social impacts is more challenging than the environmental and climate impacts companies and investment funds are increasingly measuring and reporting to. But he said some European funds, such as ABP in the Netherlands - that country’s biggest pension fund, hav...

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