Corporate Engagement Working Group
We support capacity building on engagement for Australian investors through briefings, knowledge sharing and master classes on climate related active stewardship challenges and engagement.
To avoid conflicts of interest, working group meetings are open only to full IGCC members and Australia/New Zealand Climate Action 100+ signatories; asset owners and asset managers.
Chair
Richard Proudlove
Director, Corporate Engagement, IGCC
Practices
Investor Briefings
We organise investor briefings and webinars to highlight notable corporate decarbonisation matters and to engage and upskill institutional investors on the latest corporate climate engagement announcements, research and trends.
This includes pre-AGM briefings on climate-related resolutions, expert analysis on sector specific decarbonisation barriers and enablers, and investor insights related to engagement on corporate climate disclosures, strategies and governance.
Relevant News, Events, and Resources
Submission: Safeguard Mechanism reforms for industrial transformations
Submission | Bethany Richards, Francesca Muskovic | 14 October 2026
The Safeguard Mechanism (SGM) works well in delivering abatement while keeping compliance costs low, but it does little to support or incentivise on-site abatement and the transition to resilient and competitive low-carbon industries. The review of the SGM presents an opportunity to accelerate Australia’s energy transition, strengthen energy resilience and support industrial competitiveness and development.
Submission: Safeguard Mechanism reforms for industrial transformations
14 October 2026
IGCC proposes reforms that will improve the Safeguard's ability to support on-site emissions reductions and create a productive, futureproofed industrial base that can serve the Australian economy to Net Zero and beyond, addressing transition barriers that inhibit companies from deploying near-term abatement technologies, and demonstrating efficiencies that can be gained by introducing more nuance into the scheme.Roman Davas-Fahey
As Analyst, Corporate Engagement, Roman supports the coordination of collaborative and systemic investor engagement initiatives that drive company-level decarbonisation outcomes. Roman’s experience spans extractives governance, anti-corruption, climate governance, and sustainable agri-food systems. He holds a Master of Environment from the University of Melbourne, specialising in sustainable business, environmental policy, and governance.
Safeguard Mechanism Reforms: How to Futureproof Industry
17 August 2026
New modelling by EY shows the lowest-cost, most-efficient settings for the Safeguard Mechanism to guide Australia's industrial base to long term success.
Beyond Commitments: A Canbury Insights analysis using IGCC’s Capital Allocation Alignment Framework
25 May 2026
Beyond Commitments assesses whether 26 high-emitting companies are backing their climate strategies with capital — using IGCC's Capital Allocation Alignment Framework.