Resource type: Guide

Expanding the Investible Market for Adaptation

Guide | Fergus Pitt | 19 August 2026

How institutional investors can create value by prioritising climate resilience.

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Corporate EngagementInvestor PracticePhysical Risk, Adaptation & ResiliencePolicy & Advocacy

Resilient Infrastructure: Physical Climate Risk Assessments for Defensible Decision‑Making

Guide | Timothy Grech and Kate Simmonds | 15 May 2026

Practical guidance for investors, companies and service providers supporting defensible decision-making and real-world resilience outcomes.
The guide defines what a defensible physical climate risk assessment looks like in practice and sets out a clear, consistent approach to improve transparency, comparability, and technical rigour.

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Buildings & InfrasctructureInvestor PracticePhysical Risk, Adaptation & ResilienceReal Assets Subworking Group

Just Transition in Action – Complement to NZIF Supplementary Guidance for Just Transition

Guide | February 2026

Accompanying the NZIF Supplementary Guidance on Just Transition, ‘Just Transition in Action’ provides practical, real-world examples of how investors can translate just transition principles into practice.

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Investor PracticeNet Zero Investment Framework

NZIF Supplementary Guidance on Just Transition

Guide | February 2026

The new supplementary guidance builds on NZIF 2.0 by helping investors seeking to integrate just transition considerations into their individual net zero strategies, consistent with fiduciary duties and diverse institutional mandates.

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Investor PracticeNet Zero Investment Framework

The Net Zero Investment Framework: New Implementation Guidance for Objectives and Targets

Guide | IIGCC, IGCC, AIGCC, Ceres | 24 January 2025

New implementation guidance is now available to assist asset owners and managers in effectively using the Net Zero Investment Framework (NZIF) to set and achieve net zero objectives and targets across various asset classes.

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AustraliaDecarbonising the EconomyInvestor PracticeInvestor Practice Working GroupNet Zero Asset Managers Initiative (NZAM)Net Zero Investment FrameworkNew ZealandParis-Aligned Asset Owners Initiative (PAAO)
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The Net Zero Investment Framework 2.0 (“NZIF 2.0”)

Guide | IIGCC, IGCC, AIGCC, Ceres | 25 June

The Net Zero Investment Framework 2.0 (“NZIF 2.0”) is the latest iteration of the most widely used resource by investors to develop their individual net zero strategies and transition plans.

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AustraliaDecarbonising the EconomyInvestor PracticeInvestor Practice Working GroupNet Zero Asset Managers Initiative (NZAM)Net Zero Investment FrameworkParis-Aligned Asset Owners Initiative (PAAO)

Uses and Limitations of Investee Scope 3 Disclosures for Investors

Guide | Lisa Caripis | 19 March 2024

This resource looks at the state of play in this tricky but important area. It also includes practical steps investors can take now to meaningfully report on investee’s scope 3 emissions.

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AustraliaGovernance & DisclosureInvestor PracticeInvestor Practice Working GroupNet Zero Asset Managers Initiative (NZAM)New ZealandParis-Aligned Asset Owners Initiative (PAAO)

Investor Expectations for Diversified Mining

Guide | Dani Siew, Kate Donnelly, Dr Sam Cornish, Dan Gardiner, Jheel Baldi | 7 September 2023

Investor Expectations for Diversified Mining is a supporting resource to be used in conjunction with the Net Zero Standard for Diversified Mining. The Standard is an adaptable and rigorous framework for institutional investors to ascertain how mining companies are navigating the multi-faceted and complex sector-specific aspects of the global transition to net zero.

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AustraliaClimate Action 100+Corporate EngagementCorporate Engagement Working GroupMiningNew Zealand

Net Zero Standard for Diversified Mining

Guide | Climate Action 100+ | 6 September 2023

This standard will help investors to assess how mining companies are navigating this complex transition to net zero.
It incorporates the comprehensive range of considerations specific to this sector, and provides a rigorous framework that is adaptable to the varied value chains, individual aims and strategies of diversified miners.

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Climate Action 100+Corporate EngagementCorporate Engagement Working GroupMining