Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC)

📅 Save the Date! #IGCCSummit2025 is coming to Sydney on 16-17 October. Join investors, policymakers, and industry leaders as we navigate the next phase of climate finance in an evolving landscape. 🎥 Catch one of the highlights from our 2024 Summit, featuring Tanya Hodgson from Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), for a glimpse of what’s ahead! Sponsorship opportunities are available — reach out to Rachael.Millar@igcc.org.au to get involved. More details coming soon — stay tuned!

PEMEX released its first Sustainability Plan (March 2024), a milestone welcomed by Climate Action 100+ investors. #ClimateAction #SustainableFinance #NetZero

📢 Landmark tax credits to supercharge green investment in Australian industry IGCC welcomes the passage of the Future Made in Australia (Production Tax Credits and Other Measures) Bill 2024, an important step in strengthening Australia’s global competitiveness in an economy increasingly powered by clean energy. Read more: https://lnkd.in/g3Nmce38

Save the Date: IGCC Summit 2025 📅 16-17 October | 📍 Ilumina, Sydney This year’s theme — Mission Transition — reflects the defining challenge and opportunity for investors today. Climate action is no longer just a risk to manage — it’s a driver of long-term value and economic transformation. The IGCC Summit is where investors come to stay ahead: ✅ Secure returns in a changing world ✅ Navigate the risks. Seize the opportunities. ✅ Drive a fair, orderly, and well-planned transition 📢 Interested in sponsorship? Check out our sponsorship prospectus 👉 https://lnkd.in/gaRCaZXA

🎧 (Sound on!) Save the Date: IGCC Summit 2025 📅 16-17 October | 📍 Ilumina, Sydney Join us for a milestone event as IGCC celebrates 20 years of driving climate leadership. This year’s theme — Mission Transition — couldn’t be more timely. Investors must act to meet their fiduciary duty in a shifting global economy. Global capital is moving, demand for decarbonisation solutions is soaring, and Asia-Pacific trade opportunities are within reach. The IGCC Summit is the forum to stay ahead. 🔎 Watch this space — more details coming soon. 📢 Interested in partnership opportunities? Reach out to get involved: secretariat@igcc.org.au. In the meantime, check out some of the key moments from last year 👇

🎧 (Sound on!) “Direct corporate engagement is absolutely imperative … but it's not sufficient when we think about how quickly we need to transition.” Our CEO, Rebecca Mikula-Wright, and Australian Ethical Investment's Ethical Research and Climate Policy Lead Persephone Fraser explore how initiatives such as positive lobbying and policy advocacy can complement direct company engagement to drive meaningful corporate climate action. 👉 Learn more in the full video: https://lnkd.in/g43yztnt

There is a lot of media coverage around about the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative.   Quick backgrounder: NZAM’s purpose is to help investors mitigate climate risks and realise climate opportunities. That is as indispensable as ever and core to fiduciary duties. All participants in NZAM do so on a voluntary basis, making individual decisions based on their fiduciary duty. IGCC and our peer networks overseas continue to support target setting work, provide access to a community of practice, best-practice tools, and frameworks for setting and managing climate targets. This will keep going while NZAM’s review is underway and we’re consulting with NZAM’s advisory group and signatories. That said, the NZAM initiative is now operating in a different environment from when it was set up. The US political environment is an obvious change, but there are changes around the world: For example, in Australia climate disclosures are newly mandatory and they’re coming to more jurisdictions globally. It’s a good time for the NZAM initiative to consult participants, review some of its activities and make sure they’re fit for purpose. Here’s the official statement from NZAM: The Net Zero Asset Managers initiative exists to help investors mitigate the material financial risks of climate change and to realise the enormous benefits of the economic transition to net zero. Recent developments in the U.S. and different regulatory and client expectations in investors’ respective jurisdictions have led to NZAM launching a review of the initiative to ensure NZAM remains fit for purpose in the new global context. Signatories will be consulted throughout the review process and informed of any updates in a timely and transparent fashion. As the initiative undergoes this review, it is suspending activities to track signatory implementation and reporting. NZAM will also remove the commitment statement and list of NZAM signatories from its website, as well as their targets and related case studies, pending the outcome of the review. As a voluntary initiative, NZAM has successfully supported investors globally as they have sought to navigate their own individual paths in the energy transition in line with their fiduciary duties and clients’ long-term financial objectives. NZAM looks forward to continuing to play this constructive role with investors around the world.

Great new job opening today! The main part of this job is working on Climate Action 100+, helping Australia's largest investors engage with the most important companies in our economy. Click through for details, or get in touch with Richard Proudlove to find out more.

New Zealand is a couple of years ahead of Australia on mandatory climate disclosures. Now, the New Zealand regulator has reviewed local companies' first year efforts. Perhaps a good indicator of what Australian investors and companies can expect? https://lnkd.in/gfSNYWAa

💸 In life you get what you pay for... ... So investors want executive pay linked to company performance on climate. From our CEO Rebecca Mikula-Wright and Non-exec Director Zoe Whitton in today's AFR.