15 May 2019:RIAA NZ Briefing: Responsible Investment response to ChristchurchRIAA invited members to attend an important member forum in Auckland on 15 May to discuss the responsible investment community’s response to the Christchurch terrorist attack.Since the March attack, NZ responsible investors have been actively responding on topics including weapons exclusions as well as engagement with social media firms.The forum, hosted by NZ Super in Auckland, was for both NZ and Australian members to share insights and responses, to better equip the responsible investment community to play a key role in important responses to Christchurch.We welcomed our members to join us for this important forum, and we encouraged Australian members to join by conference call to hear of progress in the NZ market.Attendees heard more on:A collaborative engagement being led out of NZ with global social media companiesInsights to better definitions and parameters regarding the various levels of weapons exclusionsApproaches to implementation of exclusions within portfolios, consistent with new legislationExpectations by asset owners on manager consideration of such issuesThis event was run in conjunction with RIAA’s Corporate Engagement Working Group.