Extreme weather around the globe, the threat of pandemics, such as Covid-19, and a decline in corporate governance in some sectors are reminders that risks abound and pose a threat to our future prosperity and sometimes our very existence.
There is consensus that global warming is posing a significant risk to economic growth and by extension our super savings, prompting fund members, especially younger ones, to pay more attention to environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues.
Super fund trustees have a fiduciary duty to maximise their members’ retirement savings
