NZ Super CEO: Decarbonising portfolios won't change real-world outcomes

In what is likely to be one of his last public speeches in his role as outgoing CEO of the New Zealand Super Fund, Matt Whineray said the economic status quo goes against progress in the energy transition space, and it needs to change.   Speaking to the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) conference in New Zealand last week, Whineray said there is a need to question whether investment activity by large asset owners is sufficient to drive the changes needed in dec…