Awards and ratings

Best Green Super Fund 2012

Local Government Super has continued to be awarded for leading the way in sustainable investment by taking home Money Magazine's Best of the Best award for Best Green Super Fund 2012. The award, based on environmental and social responsibility of investments, recognises our commitment of over $3 billion in responsible investment strategies, by far the largest of any Australian super fund.

SelectingSuper AAA rating

Leading financial services information company, SelectingSuper has confirmed Local Government Super’s triple-A rating. This rating means that Local Government Super is rated exceptionally well on organisational strength, administration communications, investment performance, insurance and other services.

SuperRatings Gold ranking and Rising Star finalist

Australia’s leading ratings agency for Super Funds, SuperRatings confirmed our Gold Ranking and in 2011 we were a finalist in the SuperRatings Rising Star award recognising our competitive service, insurance benefits fees and strong fund governance.

Sustainable Super Fund of the Year

In December 2010, at the tenth Ethical Investor Australian Sustainability Awards, we were named the Sustainable Super Fund of the Year in recognition of the way we have led the industry with a strong commitment to sustainable investing over the last ten years.

SuperRatings Infinity Award

We won the 2011 SuperRatings Infinity Award as an acknowledgment of our pursuit of leading responsible investment principles and open communication of these principles with our members.

Australian Business Award

For the second year running Local Government Super received an Australian Business Award for Environmental Sustainability based on the sustainability achievements across our direct property portfolio.

The Asset Owner Disclosure Project Climate Survey

In April 2011 for the second year in a row, we topped the rankings for the way we manage the risks and opportunities of climate change.

Local Government Super grabbed the top spot in ten out of the eleven categories of the survey conducted by the Climate Institute and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST), firmly positioning us as the industry leader when it comes to investment practice relating to climate change.