Vision Super takes an active ownership approach in relation to certain investments by exercising shareholder rights and engaging in collaboration and engagement with companies about environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors where practicable to help reduce associated risks and maximise long term returns. Our key activities are summarised below.
As a shareholder we are entitled to undertake proxy voting at annual general and other meetings for our directly held listed equities. We vote in accordance with our Responsible Investment policy and Proxy Voting policy. While we aim to vote all our listed equity shareholdings, we may be unable to vote for technical reasons or because we would face burdensome restrictions (however this usually only occurs in very few instances). How we voted in company annual general meetings during the last financial year is set out below.
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Another way we encourage positive ESG behaviour is by being transparent in our investment reporting. This includes participating in responsible investment benchmarking surveys, including the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) reporting framework and the SuperRatings annual ESG module. In accordance with our Responsible Investment policy, we may engage proxy voting service providers to assist with the exercise of our voting power. Our current provider for this service is Glass Lewis. The latest recommendations for particular companies are shown here. We also seek to encourage positive ESG behaviour by the companies we directly invest in through robust reporting. This includes participating in responsible investment benchmarking surveys including the Super Ratings annual ESG module and the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) benchmarking surveys.