Topic: Physical Risk, Adaptation & Resilience

From Risk to Resilience: What Investors Expect from Companies on Physical Climate Risk

13 October 2025

IGCC’s Climate Capability for Boards report sets out what good climate governance looks like — and how investors can assess and engage company boards on transition readiness. It identifies five principles for effective oversight and provides practical tools to guide investor engagement.

Beyond Risk to Building Resilience

Report | Kate Simmonds, Fergus Pitt | 13 October 2025

The Investor Expectations of Companies on Physical Risk and Resilience report outlines what investors want to see from companies in assessing, managing, and disclosing physical climate risks. It provides practical guidance for boards and executives to strengthen climate resilience — outlining investor expectations on governance, strategy, and transparency to help safeguard long-term value and support a well-managed transition from risk to resilience.

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Australia’s First National Climate Risk Assessment and Adaptation Plan: What Investors Need to Know

19 September 2025

Australia’s first National Climate Risk Assessment and Adaptation Plan set a new benchmark for physical risk. IGCC’s climate resilience and policy team unpacks what this means for portfolios — from infrastructure and supply chains to health, nature and mandatory disclosures.

Submission to the Senate Climate Risk Assessment Inquiry

Submission | Fergus Pitt | 9 September 2025

Covering IGCC’s policy priorities on the National Climate Risk Assessment and the National Adaptation Plan, and responses to the inquiries specific terms of reference.

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Physical Climate Risk Assessments of Infrastructure Assets

Report | Marwa Curran, Kate Simmonds and IGCC's Real Assets Sub Working Group | June 2025

This report synthesises the Phase 2 results of the Real Assets Sub-Working Group, comprised of investors in real assets and convened by the Investor Group on Climate Change. In 2024, the group focused on the challenges related to assessing the physical climate-related risks to and resilience of infrastructure holdings.

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Unlocking Climate Capital: Priorities for the 48th Parliament

5 May 2025

Australia’s investment sector looks forward to working with Australia’s new parliament on the policies that will keep building momentum towards a climate-resilient net-zero emissions economy. 
State of Net Zero Report 2025

Report: State of Net Zero Investment Australia 2025

Report | Investor Group on Climate Change | 3 April 2025

IGCC’s State of Net Zero report is Australia’s most comprehensive and rigorous analysis of investors’ climate progress. This year’s findings show that Australia’s institutional investors remain firmly attuned to the risks and opportunities of climate change – and how they align with their fiduciary responsibilities.

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IGCC Annual Report 2024: Year In Review

Report | Investor Group on Climate Change | 27 February 2025

The Investor Group on Climate Change has released its 2024 Annual Report, highlighting a year of significant climate action by investors and policy progress throughout Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.  

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