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Media Release: As Climate Risks Escalate, IGCC Summit 2025 Puts the Asia Pacific Opportunity in the Spotlight

1 October 2025

Sydney, 1 October 2025 — The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) has announced the full agenda and speaker line-up for the IGCC Summit 2025, to be held in Sydney on 16–17 October.
AustraliaCorporate EngagementInvestor PracticePolicy & Advocacy

Submission to XRB: Current disclosure timeframes position Aotearoa New Zealand as a destination for international capital

29 September 2025

IGCC responded to the External Reporting Board (XRB) proposals to delay by a further two years disclosure and assurance of Scope 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and disclosure of anticipated financial impacts (AFI).
Governance & DisclosureInvestor PracticeInvestor Practice Working GroupNew ZealandPolicy & AdvocacyPolicy & Advocacy Working Group

What do the Australian Government’s 2035 Climate Targets Mean for Investors?

25 September 2025

Australia’s 2035 climate target (62–70%) comes with an NDC, Net Zero Plan and sector roadmaps. IGCC’s policy team breaks down the implications for portfolios — from efficiency and electrification to methane, heavy vehicles, land sinks and clean exports — plus why the Safeguard Mechanism review in 2026–27 will set the pace.
AustraliaPolicy & AdvocacyPolicy & Advocacy Working Group
State of Net Zero Report 2025

Submission: What investors need from Treasury’s transition planning guidance

25 September 2025

IGCC supports Treasury’s development of transition planning guidance. Investors will use the guidance to inform their own transition planning and to scrutinise company transition plans, informing investment strategies.
AustraliaCorporate EngagementCorporate Engagement Working GroupGovernance & DisclosureInvestor PracticeInvestor Practice Working GroupPolicy & AdvocacyPolicy & Advocacy Working Group

Submission: Good governance for an evolving electricity system – NEM Review

23 September 2025

Investors support the dual intentions of the NEM Review, which is to propose solutions to challenges that hinder investment in the National Electricity Market (NEM), and to deliver electricity system services more efficiently.
AustraliaEnergyEnergy Transition Working GroupPolicy & AdvocacyPolicy & Advocacy Working Group

Australia’s First National Climate Risk Assessment and Adaptation Plan: What Investors Need to Know

19 September 2025

Australia’s first National Climate Risk Assessment and Adaptation Plan set a new benchmark for physical risk. IGCC’s climate resilience and policy team unpacks what this means for portfolios — from infrastructure and supply chains to health, nature and mandatory disclosures.
AustraliaPhysical Risk, Adaptation & ResiliencePolicy & AdvocacyPolicy & Advocacy Working GroupPrivate: Physical Risk & Resilience

2035 Target and Plans: Investors Call for Ambition Beyond Achievable

18 September 2025

It's policies that will get us to the top end of the government's range.
Policy & Advocacy Working Group

National Climate Risk Assessment is Much Needed Bad News

15 September 2025

IGCC's response to the release of the National Climate Risk Assessment and National Adaptation Plan
Policy & AdvocacyPrivate: Physical Risk & Resilience

Media Release: NSW Climate Minister Penny Sharpe to Address IGCC Summit 2025

3 September 2025

The Hon. Penny Sharpe, NSW Minister for Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Heritage, will join the lineup for the highly anticipated IGCC Summit 2025: Decoding the Transition, taking place on 16–17 October at Illumina, Sydney. Tickets are on sale now.
AustraliaCorporate EngagementCorporate Engagement Working GroupInvestor Group on Climate ChangeInvestor PracticeInvestor Practice Working GroupNew ZealandPolicy & AdvocacyPolicy & Advocacy Working Group

The State of Net Zero Investing in New Zealand

2 September 2025

Investors strengthen climate commitments, but action still lags opportunity.
Decarbonising the EconomyInvestor PracticeNew Zealand