Bethany Richards

Manager, Policy

Beth manages Energy policy work at IGCC, facilitating the Energy Sub Working Group with the Chair. She has developed responses to government on key energy policies including the Capacity Investment Scheme, Residential Electrification and the Renewable Guarantee of Origin Scheme.

Beth has a background on emissions reductions schemes, carbon border adjustment mechanisms and government-business relations.

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Submission: Improving productivity via meeting adaptation and mitigation objectives

12 June 2025

There will be a cost to meeting carbon targets, but this will be significantly lower than the cost of inaction towards a net-zero, resilient economy, as we wrote in our submission to the Productivity Commission's enquiry "Investing in cheaper, cleaner energy and the net zero transformation".
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State of Net Zero Report 2025

Submission: Australian Energy Market Operator FY26 corporate plan

3 June 2025

AEMO’s role appears to be growing beyond being market operator to become a de-facto advisor on the energy transition. With increased responsibilities comes the need for alignment with good governance principles. This submission focuses on what good governance principles businesses and investors need from entities responsible for delivering decarbonisation objectives
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Submission: Accelerating the direction of travel VIC 5-year climate strategy

15 April 2025

IGCC commends the Victorian Government on its leading approach to climate policy, which promotes an orderly transition to net zero.
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Submission: Investors weigh in on NSW Gov Annual Climate Report

17 February 2025

IGCC welcomes the level of ambition within the Climate Change (Net Zero Future) Act 2023 and broadly supports the findings of the NSW Government's first Annual Report of the Net Zero Commission. IGCC's response provides direction as to which of its priority areas are most critical to address for investors.
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