How we evaluate products
Responsible Investment strategies, processes, practices and disclosures are assessed against the eight criteria for product certification in the Responsible Investment Standard and accompanying Guidance and Assessment Notes.
What are the requirements?
In order to certify products as certified responsible investments, RIAA assesses them against its RI Certification Standard. The Certification Standard is underpinned by eight requirements that act as the guiding principles of the RI Certification Program. Since its inception the RI Certification Standard has evolved significantly, reflecting the dynamic evolution of responsible investment. These eight requirements are:
- RI strategies are formal, disclosed, consistent, auditable and fit for purpose
- Labels are clear, honest and not misleading
- Product avoids significant harm
- Discloses full holdings, performance, sustainability outcomes and engagement and voting practices
- Managed by active stewards, and managers can detail the stewardship practices and outcomes
- Organisation has formal commitment to responsible investment
- Organisation provides educational information to members and customers about RI strategies
What this symbol means


General certification: This Symbol signifies that a product or service offers an investment style that takes into account environmental, social, governance or ethical considerations, and that it adheres to the operational and disclosure practices required under the Responsible Investment Certification Program for the category of Product.
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Themes & Issues
Society
Education
Included
Green property
Included
Healthcare and medical products
Included
Renewable energy and energy efficiency
Included
Social and sustainable infrastructure
Included
Sustainable transport
Included
Animal cruelty
Fully avoided
Human rights abuses
Fully avoided
Labour rights violations
Fully avoided
Nuclear power
Fully avoided
Armaments
Mostly avoided
Fossil fuels
Mostly avoided
Tobacco
Mostly avoided
Gambling
Partially avoided
Pornography
Partially avoided
Alcohol
Partially avoided
Environment
Education
Included
Green property
Included
Healthcare and medical products
Included
Renewable energy and energy efficiency
Included
Social and sustainable infrastructure
Included
Sustainable transport
Included
Animal cruelty
Fully avoided
Human rights abuses
Fully avoided
Labour rights violations
Fully avoided
Nuclear power
Fully avoided
Armaments
Mostly avoided
Fossil fuels
Mostly avoided
Tobacco
Mostly avoided
Gambling
Partially avoided
Pornography
Partially avoided
Alcohol
Partially avoided
For RIAA’s definitions of the themes included and issues avoided, please view this guide . Product-specific exclusion criteria and practices may vary. You can find these by referring directly to the product provider.
Overview
Future Super’s mission is to seek out financially rewarding investments in companies that are working for a better planet. Our investment strategy seeks to provide a competitive financial return for our members while making a positive impact for the environment and our society. Future Super is Australia’s first fossil free super fund. This means that Future Super will not invest in companies or activities which mine, extract, burn or distribute fossil fuels or which provide significant services or finance to fossil fuel projects. Future Super members believe the fossil fuel industry poses too many risks from an environmental, social and financial perspective. We believe that there are great opportunities to invest in companies and activities which are providing climate change solutions and making a positive contribution to the protection of our environment and our society.
Description
Future Super was created to connect Australians to their power to invest in a better future. Our impact is achieved by creating a community that divests from unethical and harmful activities and invests in businesses and projects that are making the world sustainable and equitable. We do not invest in any fossil fuel companies, or in any companies providing significant services and financing to the fossil fuel industry. We are the only super fund to not invest in the big four banks, who are the major financiers of fossil fuel projects in Australia. We also screen out investments in detention centres, live animal export, armaments, and more. Instead, we seek out investments in companies making a positive social and environmental impact, such as renewable energy and healthcare.
Future Super offers both Account-based Pensions and Transition to Retirement Pensions with a Balanced Growth Investment Strategy. Our aim is to grow your wealth for retirement while building more of the world we all want to live in.
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Themes & Issues
6
themes included
4
issues fully avoided
3
issues mostly avoided
3
issues partially avoided
Product Targets
Retail
Certified Since
2015
Last date certified
November 10, 2023
Primary RI Strategy
Negative Screening, Positive Screening
Secondary RI Strategy