Market: Australia
Joint Statement: Why Climate Disclosures Matter
2 November 2026
High-quality climate information supports better investment decisions, stronger risk management and a more resilient financial system.
Media Release: Is Climate Rising or Falling on the Investment Agenda? IGCC Summit Puts It to Investors
26 October 2026
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) has today released the program for its 2026 Summit, A New Investment Reality, taking place on 24 and 25 November at Ilumina, Sydney. Tickets are on sale now.
New energy transition finance initiative for Southeast Asia
23 October 2026
New energy transition finance initiative for Southeast Asia
Submission: Safeguard Mechanism reforms for industrial transformations
Submission | Bethany Richards, Francesca Muskovic | 14 October 2026
The Safeguard Mechanism (SGM) works well in delivering abatement while keeping compliance costs low, but it does little to support or incentivise on-site abatement and the transition to resilient and competitive low-carbon industries. The review of the SGM presents an opportunity to accelerate Australia’s energy transition, strengthen energy resilience and support industrial competitiveness and development.
Submission: Safeguard Mechanism reforms for industrial transformations
14 October 2026
IGCC proposes reforms that will improve the Safeguard's ability to support on-site emissions reductions and create a productive, futureproofed industrial base that can serve the Australian economy to Net Zero and beyond, addressing transition barriers that inhibit companies from deploying near-term abatement technologies, and demonstrating efficiencies that can be gained by introducing more nuance into the scheme.
Submission: Improving the efficiency of Australia’s climate-related financial disclosures
Submission | Katharina Surikow (IGCC) | 02 October 2026
IGCC welcomes government’s consideration of targeted measures to improve the efficiency of Australia’s climate-related financial disclosures regime without compromising the integrity, comparability and usefulness of disclosures. Climate change is a systemic risk to the economy and presents both financial risks and opportunities for investors’ portfolios. Managing climate risk requires good data on material impacts, consistently reported to agreed and comparable standards and a clear articulation of the strategic steps being taken in response.Submission: Fossil methane is a near-term abatement opportunity
Submission | Anna Hancock | 7 August 2026
Our submission to the Climate Change Authority’s consultation on fossil methane. Top points: The Government should strengthen methane disclosure so thatmethane’s near-term potency is made explicit, and the Safeguard Mechanism Review should lead to reforms that support more
and earlier on-site abatement.
Advocacy Win: Renewables Receive Favourable Tax Treatment
20 August 2026
Government and the Greens agree to progress CGT legislation with an extended transition period for renewables
Safeguard Mechanism Reforms: How to Futureproof Industry
17 August 2026
New modelling by EY shows the lowest-cost, most-efficient settings for the Safeguard Mechanism to guide Australia's industrial base to long term success.Submission: Victorian Draft Adaptation Action Plans 2027-31
Submission | Kate Simmonds | 15 July 2026
IGCC strongly supports Victoria’s use of sector-based adaptation planning. For investors, these Plans help provide confidence that regions will maintain economic resilience and therefore are a safe place for investment. While IGCC is broadly supportive of the actions identified, we encourage the Victorian Government to strengthen the Plans by improving the specificity and accountability of actions, increasing focus on adaptation finance, prioritising regulation and planning reform, and developing longer-term adaptation pathways beyond 2031.