Topic: Investor Group on Climate Change
5 December 2018
Investors with more than $2 trillion in assets under management welcome today’s launch of the New Zealand Green Investment Finance fund by the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Climate Change Minister James Shaw as a welcome step to achieve net zero emissions.
“Unlocking investment requires robust, investment-grade policies to reduce emissions in line with the objectives of the Paris Agreement and achieving net zero emissions,” Emma Herd, CEO of the Investor Group on Climate Change said.
22 November 2018
The ALP’s energy policy announcements today present significant risks and rewards to achieving net zero emissions, say investors with more than $2 trillion in assets under management.
“Unlocking investment in the electricity sector requires robust, investment-grade policies to reduce emissions in line with the objectives of the Paris Agreement,” Emma Herd, CEO of the Investor Group on Climate Change said.
25 October 2018
Ahead of the Council of Australian Governments Energy Council meeting this week, IGCC has joined a broad coalition of industry, environmental and civil society groups in calling for emissions reductions policy to be addressed as a key part of the “energy trilemma”.
The statement notes that “investors will only view policy as durable if it effectively addresses all parts of the trilemma, including meeting emissions reduction commitments”.
20 September 2018
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) welcomes a new report released today by ASIC on the state of corporate reporting on climate change and calls on Australian companies to lift their game to meet investor needs.
Report 593
Climate risk disclosure by Australia’s listed companies (REP 593) sets out ASIC’s high-level findings and recommendations for listed companies following an ASIC review of disclosure practices in the market.
13 September 2018
Partner organisations launch first-of-its-kind global agenda, to demonstrate and accelerate investor-led action critical to achieving goals of the Paris Agreement
SAN FRANCISCO, 12 SEPTEMBER 2018 / (13 SEPTEMBER 2018 AEST)– The Investor Agenda launched today in San Francisco will support investors in accelerating and scaling-up the actions that are critical to tackling climate change and achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement.
28 August 2018
Investor appetite for low carbon and green investment opportunities is strong but regulatory uncertainty threatens future growth, according to a new survey of institutional investors released today by the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC).
Set out in a new report –
Scaling Up – institutional investors have provided new insights into how they are approaching low carbon and green investment opportunities and where they are active by market and asset class.
20 August 2018
Investors with more than $2 trillion in assets under management have expressed dismay at the sidelining of emissions reduction policy in Australia.
“Today’s decision to shelve the implementation of emissions reduction targets under the National Energy Guarantee has serious repercussions for investment in the energy sector in Australia”, said Emma Herd, Chief Executive Officer of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC).
7 August 2018
Investors with over $2 trillion in assets under management are calling for outstanding flaws in the design of the National Energy Guarantee to be addressed in order to establish much needed investment certainty.
Ahead of the meeting of the COAG Energy Council on 10 August, the Investor Group on Climate Change has outlined three key outstanding issues that should be addressed before focus shifts towards the implementation of the National Energy Guarantee.
24 July 2018
IGCC has today joined with the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA), the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), the UN Environment’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance, and the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) – collectively representing over 300 institutions with $10 trillion in assets – to sign a joint statement that commits to starting the development of Sustainable Finance Roadmaps for Australia and New Zealand.
23 July 2018
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) is today launching a new guide for investors on climate risk tools and resources and managing for resilience.
The guide –
Investing in Resilience: Tools and Frameworks for Managing Physical Risk – provides a snapshot of emerging tools and resources to help investors assess and manage physical climate risk, at both the portfolio and the asset level.