CALSTRS

Updated 05-May-2020.

Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about CALSTRS!

CalSTRS.com – How will you spend your future?: CalSTRS provides retirement, disability and survivor benefits for full-time and part-time California public school educators.

CalSTRS Headquarters Achieves Platinum Certification for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design – CalSTRS.com: West Sacramento building recognized by the U.S. Green Building Council with highest sustainability certification in the world

$5 Trillion Investor Coalition to Pressure Gun Companies on Safety Measures: Thirteen institutional investors, including CalSTRS and Florida SBA, have signed on to five principles for a “responsible civilian firearms industry.”

CalSTRS Statement on its Decision to Divest of Certain Firearms Holdings – CalSTRS.com: Investment Committee decides to begin divestment process from assault weapons manufacturers.

CalSTRS Improves Proxy Vote Transparency – CalSTRS.com: CalSTRS offers public access to all its proxy votes through online services.

Sustainable investment overview – CalSTRS.com: The Teachers’ Retirement Board is charged with maintaining a strong, stable fund in order to pay benefits to CalSTRS members …

Why does Governor Brown say CalSTRS’ unfunded liability is $80.4 billion and CalSTRS say it is $71 billion – which is correct? – CalSTRS.com: Both the $71 billion and $80.4 billion CalSTRS unfunded liability values are accurate, as reported in the June 30, 2012 …

Comprehensive Annual Financial Report – CalSTRS.com: For Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2019

Current investment portfolio – CalSTRS.com: From CalSTRS investment portfolio, the asset allocation mix for the period ending March 31, 2020.

My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) provides retirement, disability and survivor benefits for California’s 950,000 prekindergarten educators and their families . as of February 2017, CalSTRS is the largest teachers’ retirement the board is responsible for ensuring benefits are paid by the system in accordance with law . the board also selected a Chief Investment Officer, (CIO) Christopher J. Ailman . individual proxy votes will be publicly available online through a partnership with ProxyDemocracy.org . the addition of online disclosure opens the process to all CalSTRS portfolio companies . as of may 2009, CalSTRS holds stock in over 3,800 North American companies . after the 2012 shooting, california’s treasurer considered ordering the company to eliminate investments in gun manufacturers . the headquarters was designed to meet the Gold certification LEED designation set by the U.S. Green Building Council . CalSTRS headquarters will add momentum to former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s push for “green” buildings at least 20 percent of construction materials come from within 500 miles (800 km) of the project site . Natural light: at least 90 percent of people in the building have a direct line of sight to a window to reduce lighting needs