Topic: Investor Group on Climate Change

Investor groups collaborate for Australian launch of new action framework on sustainable real estate

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.  

Global investors launch guide to drive engagement on climate risk with the electric utilities sector

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.

ALP climate change policy marks positive progress

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.

Global investor groups urge world leaders to sign and accede to the Paris Climate Agreement rapidly

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.

Investors welcome government decision to support clean energy investment

23 March 2016

The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) welcomes reports of the Government’s decision to retain the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and to establish the Clean Energy Innovation Fund (CEIF). “The decision to retain and support Australia’s clean energy finance bodies is a positive one”, said Emma Herd, Chief Executive Officer of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC).