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We support institutional investors engaging with heavy emitters in the Australian economy, aiming for a level of ambition that aligns with a 1.5° pathway.
Corporate engagement helps investors:
maximise long-term, risk-adjusted value,
reach their portfolio climate targets,
improve the climate risk profile of their portfolio, and
reduce and mitigate systemic climate risk in the broader economy.
Key Resources for Corporate Engagement
The Investor Group on Climate Change has created foundational pieces of thought leadership for institutional investors.
Investor Expectations for Corporate Just Transition Planning
November 2024
Practical tools and insights to evaluate and engage on company Just Transition plans within transition strategies.
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Incentivising Climate Action with Executive Remuneration in Australia
November 2024
This report provides investors with guidance to support their engagement with companies on the integration of climate goals with executive remuneration.
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Supporting Investors on Engagement
The all-member Corporate Engagement Working Group focuses on current and emerging climate stewardship objectives and challenges. Sub-working groups are convened on an as-needs basis to address specific sector or thematic barriers to progress
Leading the Implementation of the Climate Action 100+ Initiative
As a founding partner of this global initiative, we facilitate investor engagement with 14 ASX-listed companies on climate related risks and opportunities.
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Developing Thought Leadership, Analysis & Guidance
On climate risks and opportunities across key sectors and themes (including climate governance, capital alignment, disclosure and target setting).
Capacity Building on Engagement
Through member briefings, knowledge sharing and master classes on climate related active stewardship challenges, engagement and corporate transition plans.
Connecting IGCC Members and Local Signatories to Global Climate Action 100+ Projects
Representing IGCC members and local signatories on global Climate Action initiatives, projects and working groups, and facilitating cross-border engagement initiatives.
Providing Updates on Global Trends in Stewardship and Engagement
Highlighting relevant shareholder resolutions, and global research and initiatives focused on relevant key sectors and themes.
We are a founding partner of Climate Action 100+ and facilitate its implementation in Australasia.
Climate Action 100+ is the world’s largest investor-led initiative to ensure the world’s largest corporate greenhouse gas emitters take necessary action on climate change.
Read the latest progress report
US$68t
signatories' combined AUM
80%+
of global industrial emissions produced by focus companies (est).
75%
of focus companies now commit to net zero.
Net Zero Company Benchmark 2.0
Climate Action100+ assesses companies against the Net Zero Company Benchmark, which was produced in close consultation with investors and has been updated to ensure that it continues to effectively support investors’ engagements.
Read about the benchmark and the recent updates
Australasian Region Focus Companies
Climate Action 100+ focuses on the biggest public company emitters. In Australasia this includes companies in the Cement, electric utilities, diversified mining, steel, chemicals, oil & gas, airlines, other industrials, consumer goods & services sectors.
Adbri Limited
Dyno Nobel (formerly Incitec Pivot Limited)
Santos
Key Developments for Phase Two
The initiative’s new phase, launched in June 2023,
updates its core goals,
improves and expands the ways investors can participate,
enhances the investor engagement model, and
updates the list of focus companies to reflect changes like mergers and acquisitions.
The new phase, running until 2030, shifts the focus from corporate climate-related disclosure to the implementation of climate transition plans. It intends to inspire a global scale-up in active ownership.
Read the media release…
Latest Corporate Engagement News, Resources, and Events.
13 March 2026
This newly created role will be responsible for implementing IGCC’s Asia Pacific methane initiative with the execution of high-priority projects and engagements focused on methane.
19 February 2026
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) has released its Strategy to 2030. It sets out how we will help accelerate progress toward a climate-resilient economy that is on track, by 2030, for net zero emissions in 2050.
19 February 2026
In 2025, IGCC represented institutional investors with more than $4.6 trillion under local management on behalf of more than 15.8 million Australians and millions more New Zealanders.
Working Group Meeting | Online via Zoom | 10 December 2026 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Working Group Meeting | Online via Zoom | 31 March 2026 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm