Super fund and retirement and aged care operator Australian Unity has been named as a Sustainability Leader by the Australian Financial Review.
On the AFR’s inaugural Sustainability Leaders List, Australian Unity was also recognised with the ESG Metrics Innovator Award for improving measurements of environmental, social and governance (ESG) impacts.
According to Darren Mann, Chief Financial Officer and Group Executive for Finance and Strategy at Australian Unity (pictured), inclusion on the list, as well as the award for its Community & Social Value (CSV) Framework demonstrates the fund’s commitment to measuring and targeting investments that create positive impact for members, customers, and the broader community.
“As a mutual organisation, originally established to fulfil societal and economic needs for members and the community—delivering positive ESG and social impact is a natural fit for describing and driving what we do and have done for over 180 years," he said.
“Though there is much growth in public scrutiny and expectations of companies when it comes to sustainability and social impact, there are limited ways for companies to measure and report how they are performing in this space.”
Darren added that CSV has been a part of Australian Unity’s vernacular since long before the beginning of an external focus on ESG.
“Being able to author and articulate our contribution through our CSV framework has been extremely important to enable us to ‘put our money where our mouth is’ and to both demonstrate the value of our social impact and to identify and drive further impact growth opportunities,” he said.
Australian Unity last month split its Independent and Assisted Living division into separate Home Health and Specialist Care divisions.
