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Older resources are in our archives of Publications prior to June 2021, Submissions prior to December 2022, Policy Briefings Prior to December 2022 (Members only).

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

Submission on methane accounting standards under NGERS legislation

Submission | Anna Hancock, Bethany Richards, Dani Siew, Francesca Muskovic | 8 May 2026

Methane emissions are generally under-reported and IGCC strongly supports more accurate accounting and reporting of methane emissions as essential to give greater clarity to investors. This will assist in making alternative, low to zero emissions investments more attractive, enabling more finance to be deployed towards prospective green industries.   IGCC supports many of the changes contemplated in this consultation draft and provides some further suggestions to strengthen NGER scheme operation that will in turn support climate-aligned innovation and investment.

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Submission: More work needed on the foreign resident capital gains tax regime for renewables

Submission | Katharina Surikow (IGCC) | 24 April 2026

IGCC respects the Government’s intentions to strengthen and provide clarity to the foreign resident CGT regime. However, the draft legislation contains a number of elements that will chill much-needed investment in renewable energy and create undue sovereign risk. More analysis of the economic impact of the proposed changes is required to establish a level playing field for all investors and appropriate transition arrangements that avoid jeopardising Australia’s energy transition.

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AustraliaDecarbonising the EconomyEnergyNet Zero Investment FrameworkPolicy & AdvocacyPolicy & Advocacy Working Group

Submission: CCA Evidence Platform to Support Investors on Progress to Net Zero

Submission | Bethany Richards (IGCC), Dr Kate Simmonds (IGCC), Nayanisha Samarakoon (RIAA) and Tori Huggins (RIAA). | 30 April 2026

While the government’s sector decarbonisation plans and National Adaptation Plan and National Climate Risk Assessment are positive steps towards a resilient, net-zero economy, they have been less useful in identifying how much and when climate-aligned investment is required. These documents lack short- and medium-term decarbonisation and adaptation goals and milestones, and don’t provide investment roadmaps across key sectors.

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AustraliaDecarbonising the EconomyEnergy Transition Working GroupGovernance & DisclosureInvestor PracticePhysical Risk, Adaptation & ResiliencePolicy & AdvocacyPolicy & Advocacy Working Group

Climate Change and Natural Hazards SEPP: Submission to NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure

Submission | Kate Simmonds | 16 March 2026

Investors are strongly supportive of introducing an overarching climate risk clause in the Climate Change and Natural Hazards State Environmental Planning Policy (SEPP) and welcomes the NSW Government’s intention to integrate climate resilience into the planning system in a more consistent and systematic manner.   Investors are broadly supportive of the Draft Climate Scenario Guidelines, which address a clear need for consistency in physical climate risk assessments.

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AustraliaPhysical Risk, Adaptation & ResiliencePolicy & AdvocacyPolicy & Advocacy Working 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

Submission: Community Benefits Principles for a Future Made in Australia

Submission | Bethany Richards (IGCC) and Tori Huggins (RIAA) | 2 February 2026

It is also an opportunity for the finance sector and government to work together to harness capital toward sustainable economic, environmental and social outcomes, ensuring the energy transition creates decent work and does not leave individuals, workers, regions or communities behind. The energy transition and FMiA additionally offer a significant opportunity to advance broader government priorities – such as reducing inequality and improving social outcomes – by ensuring underrepresented communities are active participants and beneficiaries.

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AustraliaPolicy & Advocacy Working Group

Systems Stewardship: Managing Interconnected Climate Risks for Lasting Value

Report | Dr Donna Lopata, UTS | 15 December 2025

This report examines how Australian investors understand and apply systems stewardship as part of managing interconnected, system-level climate risks.

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Corporate EngagementInvestor Group on Climate Change

Climate Scenario Guidance: Submission to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Submission | Kate Simmonds | 17 December 2025

Investors welcome the draft Climate Scenario Guidance, which addresses a critical challenge for investors: the lack of consistency in physical climate risk assessments, but recommend some adjustments.

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AustraliaGovernance & DisclosurePhysical Risk, Adaptation & ResiliencePolicy & AdvocacyPolicy & Advocacy Working Group