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; asset owners and asset managers.

Chair

Andrew Grey
Director, ESG & Stewardship, AustralianSuper

Contact

Kate Donnelly
Corporate Engagement Manager, IGCC

Email Kate

Practices

Pre-AGM Investor Briefings

We organise pre-AGM investor briefings to inform investors on AGM-related matters, including climate-related resolutions, strategies to enhance corporate climate disclosures and targets, board climate competencies and capabilities.

Webinars

In collaboration with other NGOs, we produce webinars to engage and upskill institutional investors on the latest announcements and recommendations in corporate engagement.

Relevant News, Events, and Resources

Australian company assessments show progress but actions still fall well short of 1.5°C goal

28 September 2023

Climate Action 100+ has just released the assessments of the 14 Australian focus companies showing many companies are lagging in their climate ambition.
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When Selling Emissions-Intensive Assets Doesn’t Reduce Climate Risk: A New Discussion Paper

21 September 2023

Our new discussion paper explores the tension that arises when companies divest themselves from emissions-intensive assets: Such exits may reduce the transition risk associated with that particular asset, but overall systemic risk may be maintained, or even increase.
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Emissions-Intensive Asset Exits: A Universal Owner Perspective on Sales & Managed Closures

Report | Kate Donnelly & Dr Ian Woods | 21 September 2023

This discussion paper explores a tension that arises when companies divest themselves from emissions-intensive assets: Such exits may reduce the transition risk associated with that particular asset, but overall systemic risk may be maintained, or even increase. It also identifies four broad areas in which investors can act to alleviate

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Net Zero Standard For Diversified Miners Now Available

7 September 2023

This standard, produced by Climate Action 100+, will provide investors with the necessary metrics to help assess diversified mining companies’ transition plans to net zero.
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Investor Expectations for Diversified Mining

Guide | Dani Siew, Kate Donnelly, Dr Sam Cornish, Dan Gardiner, Jheel Baldi | 7 September 2023

Investor Expectations for Diversified Mining is a supporting resource to be used in conjunction with the Net Zero Standard for Diversified Mining. The Standard is an adaptable and rigorous framework for institutional investors to ascertain how mining companies are navigating the multi-faceted and complex sector-specific aspects of the global transition

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