Topic: Investor Group on Climate Change
6 September 2016
To mark the launch of the new Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC) today in Singapore, the group is releasing the most comprehensive analysis to date of climate finance sector activity in Asia.
The report –
Investing for the climate in Asia undertaken by Asia Research and Engagement (ARE), with the support of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ), reviewed the disclosure of leading domestic financial institutions across the Asia Pacific region to understand the state of the finance industry’s response to climate change.
24 August 2016
Representatives of Australian communities, including civil society, households, workers, investors, business energy users and energy suppliers today challenged all political leaders to stop partisan antics and work together to reform Australia’s energy systems and markets. There is simply no room for partisan politics when the reliability, affordability and sustainability of Australia’s energy system is at stake.
18 July 2016
The Investor Group on Climate Change welcomes the appointment of Josh Frydenberg as Minister for the Environment and Energy.
“We look forward to working with Minister Frydenberg on behalf of investors focused on climate change”, said Emma Herd, Chief Executive Officer of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC).
“Investors welcome a more integrated approach to energy and climate policy in Australia”.
2 June 2016
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) has today published seven climate change policy priorities which investors believe are critical for managing risk and unlocking investment in low carbon finance opportunities.
“The seven policy priorities identified by investors have to be part of the climate change policy response in Australia to build investor confidence and get capital moving”, said Emma Herd, Chief Executive Officer of the Investor Group on Climate Change.
13 May 2016
Today a unique coalition of global investor and property groups will launch the
Sustainable Real Estate Investment – Implementing the Paris Climate Agreement: An Action Framework in Australia for the first time.
Five of the world’s largest investor networks and RICS have come together, supported by the Global Alliance for Building and Construction, to publish a concise, actionable framework for Real Estate investors to help them make sense of existing Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) guidance and to accelerate their integration of ESG and climate risks and opportunities into investment decisions.
29 April 2016
A week after more than 170 countries signed the Paris Agreement and investors voted on a shareholder climate risk resolution at the AGM of US utility AES Corporation, a global network of more than 270 institutional investors (representing assets worth over €20 trillion) has published a guide setting out the threats facing the utilities sector and investor expectations for how these companies must act to adapt their business strategies to a 2°C climate change pathway.
27 April 2016
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) welcomes the release of Labor’s Climate Change Action Plan. This policy package includes many elements that investors are looking for, including long term policy signals, an integrated approach to carbon and energy policy and market-based carbon pricing mechanisms.
“If Australia is to meet the goals set out in the Paris Agreement signed last week, we need a clear and credible pathway to a net-zero carbon economy”, said Emma Herd, Chief Executive Officer of the Investor Group on Climate Change.
19 April 2016
IGCC has joined global investor groups calling for world leaders to sign and accede to the Paris Climate Agreement rapidly.
The letter is published on the Investor Platform on Climate Change here.