Responsible Investing

Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) 

We are a member of RIAA. With membership including super funds, fund managers, banks, consultants, researchers, brokers, financial advisers and individuals, it is the largest and most active network of people engaged in responsible, ethical and impact investing across Australia and New Zealand. RIAA is dedicated to ensuring capital is aligned with achieving a healthy society, environment and economy. They do this by influencing policy and regulation to support long-term responsible investment and sustainable capital markets and by being a trusted source of information about responsible investment. 

Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC)  

CFS became a member of the Investor Group on Climate Change in 2020. Through our membership of the IGCC, we are supporting collaboration between super funds and the investment community to address the risks, opportunities and challenges that climate change may have on the value of investments. The IGCC also allows CFS to understand and contribute to relevant climate policy developments. 

Investors Against Slavery and Trafficking – Asia Pacific (IAST-APAC) 

CFS signed the Investors Against Slavery and Trafficking Statement in November 2020, which introduced us to Investors Against Slavery and Trafficking – Asia Pacific (IAST-APAC). IAST-APAC is an investor-led initiative convened to promote effective action among investee companies in the APAC region to find, fix and prevent modern slavery, labour exploitation and human trafficking in their value chains. 

Climate Action 100+  

CFS became a signatory to Climate Action 100+ in October 2021 and re-signed as a member for Phase 2 in 2024. Climate Action 100+ is an investor-led initiative to ensure the world’s largest corporate greenhouse gas emitters take necessary action on climate change. Together with other investors, CFS takes part in engagements with companies who have a major role in the transition to net zero emissions. As investors, this group has an opportunity to effect change, diversification and transformation among the most carbon-intensive companies through their equity and fixed-income holdings. This is done through direct engagement with companies to support corporate practices that are consistent with long term value protection and creation. 

PRI Advance

CFS became a supporter of a new initiative led by the PRI in late 2023. 

Advance is a PRI-led collaborative initiative where institutional investors aim to protect and enhance risk-adjusted returns by advancing progress on human rights through investor stewardship. 

40:40 Vision 

CFS is a supporting partner of the 40:40 Vision initiative led by HESTA, to pursue gender diversity in executive leadership in ASX300 companies.