Topic: Investor Group on Climate Change
19 March 2020
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) welcomes the release of the Climate Change Authority’s Climate Policy Toolkit for Australia, with a strong focus on creating investable policies which support the transition to a net zero emissions economy by 2050.
In response to the release of the report, IGCC Chief Executive Officer, Emma Herd, said:
“Large institutional investors understand the systemic risk climate change poses to long-term sustainable returns and our economy as a whole.
21 February 2020
In response to the Federal Opposition’s recommitment to a net-zero emissions target for 2050, Emma Herd, Chief Executive Officer of the Investor Group on Climate Change said:
“We are seeing an increasing consensus among investors and the business community that a 2050 net-zero emissions target constitutes the responsible economic management needed to address systemic climate change risk.
12 February 2020
Investors continue to adopt new targets and strategies for pursuing net-zero emissions by 2050 and investing in climate solutions, according to a new report released today by the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC).
The new report –
Zero Emissions/Sustainable Returns – is a practical guide for investors on strategies to pursue net-zero emissions portfolios while ensuring sustainable returns.
29 January 2020
Australia can boost its climate change resilience and accelerate emissions reductions with policies that unlock private capital, the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) said in response to Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s address to the National Press Club.
IGCC Chief Executive Officer, Emma Herd, said Australia needed prudent management of climate risks that would reduce the financial, economic and community costs of climate change.
16 January 2020
Institutional investors increasingly taking their own climate action | Emma Herd, CEO, IGCC
This article first appeared in The Age on 15 January 2020.
For decades persistent scientific and economic warnings that Australia is on the frontline of climate change has fallen on too many deaf ears in Canberra. So it’s only natural that many Australians now hope that this devastating bushfire season will shake our leaders out of their apathy and open the door for a more constructive approach to climate change.
18 December 2019
Six leading organisations representing Victorian workers, business, investors, community and the environment have joined forces for the first time to call for decisive and responsible Victorian Government action on climate change.
The Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Australian Industry Group, the Investor Group on Climate Change, Victorian Trades Hall Council, the Victorian Council of Social Service and Environment Victoria developed the statement, urging the Victorian Government to reduce emissions and implement a plan to transition to a low-carbon economy.
9 December 2019
Largest-ever group of investors calls on governments to phase out thermal coal power worldwide, put a price on carbon, end subsidies for fossil fuels, and strengthen nationally-determined contributions
MADRID – 631 institutional investors managing more than $37 trillion in assets urged governments to step up efforts to tackle the global climate crisis and achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, in a joint statement issued today at the United Nations Climate Conference (COP25).
5 December 2019
As Australia and our international peers gather at the UN Climate Conference in Madrid, it is clear that the world is not yet on track to stay within the temperature limits set out in the Paris Agreement. Getting there will require more ambition and action around the world, including in Australia.
2 December 2019
# and New Zealand* Governments must support a managed transition to net zero emissions and build resilience to the impacts of climate change.”
“As nations gather in Spain for this year’s Climate Summit, investors are looking to governments to deliver on their commitments under the Paris Agreement, and develop long term plans to manage economic impacts of climate change and unlock new investment opportunities.”