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Topic: Physical Risk, Adaptation & Resilience
Climate Change and Natural Hazards SEPP: Submission to NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure
Submission | Kate Simmonds | 16 March 2026
Investors are strongly supportive of introducing an overarching climate risk clause in the Climate Change and Natural Hazards State Environmental Planning Policy
Investors are broadly supportive of the Draft Climate Scenario Guidelines, which address a clear need for consistency in physical climate risk assessments. Download
31 March 2026
Mobilising capital for clean energy, industry and climate resilience.
Climate Scenario Guidance: Submission to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Submission | Kate Simmonds | 17 December 2025
Investors welcome the draft Climate Scenario Guidance, which addresses a critical challenge for investors: the lack of consistency in physical climate risk assessments, but recommend some adjustments.
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13 October 2025
As climate impacts intensify, investors are calling for stronger corporate action to assess, manage and disclose physical climate risks. IGCC’s Investor Expectations of Companies on Physical Risk and Resilience report sets out clear guidance on how boards and executives can strengthen governance, strategy and transparency to build climate-resilient businesses.
Beyond Risk to Building Resilience
Report | Kate Simmonds, Fergus Pitt | 13 October 2025
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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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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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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.
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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