Topic: Investor Group on Climate Change
28 February 2018
Investor briefing: The National Energy Guarantee | Emma Herd, CEO, IGCC
On February 15, the Energy Security Board released a Consultation Paper for input on the development of the National Energy Guarantee (NEG).
It builds on the high-level proposal released in October 2017, setting out a framework to apply an emissions obligation and a reliability obligation to energy retailors.
19 December 2017
It’s all about money as global investors drive low-carbon transition
This article was first published on Renew Economy on 14 December 2017. If the previous decade has seen the climate change space occupied by activists, scientists, denialists, and fossil fuel companies, a coordinated push from investors for derisked portfolios, is setting the stage for a very different 2018 and beyond.
19 December 2017
Investors were looking for a plan for the future in the 2017 Climate Change Policy Review to manage climate-related financial risk and unlock new investment. But they didn’t get it.
Commenting on the Review, Investor Group on Climate Change Chief Executive Officer Emma Herd stated: “The 2017 Climate Change Policy Review doesn’t deliver the long term market signal that investors are looking for.
12 December 2017
Australia and New Zealand’s biggest institutional investors have joined more than 225 global investors with over US$26 trillion in assets under management to engage the world’s largest emitting companies to act on climate change.
Climate Action 100+ launched today by five investor organisations in Paris at the One Planet Summit hosted by President Macron, is a new five-year project harnessing the weight and influence of global investors to engage the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitting companies on climate action.
21 November 2017
Representatives of Australia’s businesses, communities, environment, the energy industry, and workers are calling on the Commonwealth and States to work together in good faith and a spirit of compromise to make further development of the National Energy Guarantee (the Guarantee) their top priority.
Australia is suffering unsustainably high electricity prices and rising emissions, and our reliability and cost challenges will worsen if the retirement of aging generators is not managed well.
13 November 2017
Bonn, November 13, 2017. The US government may have announced plans to pull out of the Paris Agreement but this has not derailed climate progress around the globe as investors, governments and other stakeholders look to ramp up their climate commitments at COP23.
According to a new survey published in September by financial market researchers East & Partners on behalf of HSBC, institutional investors are gearing up to plough increasing amounts of cash into the low carbon transition, with two-thirds saying they plan to increase their level of investment in climate mitigation efforts.
1 November 2017
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10 October 2017
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) and the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC) have collaborated to develop a new Investor Toolkit aimed at raising awareness of climate change-related risks and opportunities in the land sector and practical guidance for investors on how to respond.
The guide – Connecting Commodities, Investors, Climate, and the Land: a Toolkit for Investors – sets out the land sector’s economic and emissions profile in Australia, New Zealand, and Asia and current policy responses.
10 October 2017
For the first time, Australia’s largest investors have commissioned a report to map the disruption of the coal sector in Australia, community impacts and associated risks and opportunities for investors.
Supported by two of Australia’s largest superannuation funds, First State Super and Cbus, Coal, Carbon and the Community: Investing in a Just Transition, is being launched by the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) which represents institutional investors with total funds under management of over $1.6 trillion.
9 October 2017
Reports of the Government’s decision to step back from implementing the Clean Energy Target are concerning for investors and for business calling for greater regulatory certainty in the energy sector.
“Investors couldn’t be more clear – Australia desperately needs an effective climate change response for the energy sector. Without it, the investment strike will continue,” said Emma Herd, Chief Executive Officer of the Investor Group on Climate Change.