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Policy & Advocacy

IGCC is the investment community’s authoritative voice on climate change.

Our policy positions are created through extensive member consultation, thought leadership, and research based on the latest science.

IGCC then advocates for these policies by engaging with relevant decision-makers across Parliament, government departments, media and other key stakeholders.

We publish thought-leading resources based on exclusive research and our unique position in a network of investors, analysts, academic researchers and policy-makers.

Download IGCC’s Policy Positions 2026-2030 (pdf).

Our People

Francesca Muskovic, Executive Director, Policy

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Michael Bones, Senior Manager, Advocacy

Dr Kate Simmonds, Senior Manager, Climate Resilience

Katharina Surikow, Special Policy Advisor – Climate Finance and Economics

Bethany Richards, Manager, Policy

Parliamentary Engagements

The Investor Group on Climate Change has deep relationships with key decision makers. We engage across parliament to advocate for policy that avoids systemic climate risks and unlock substantial investment in a clean economy.

Regular Engagements

As a bipartisan organisation, we engage regularly with ministers, opposition, and the crossbench.

Canberra Roadshow

We regularly take senior investment professionals to Canberra, arranging meetings with key departments, political offices, and senior media.

Roundtable Discussion

We organise high level roundtable events between representatives of some of the country’s largest investors and the Treasurer and key ministers.

Working Groups

Where we share information, build capacity, and work on collaborative projects with members.

Policy & Advocacy

Coordinates government engagement and maintains oversight on the role companies and industry associations play in delivering constructive climate policy outcomes.

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Ian Lieblich
Energy Transition Subgroup

Chair: Ian Leiblich
Head of ESG, EG

Develops effective energy transition policy required to achieve net zero emissions, including in response to the latest Capacity Investment Scheme.

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Good energy policy is key to good economic policy.


We need groups like the IGCC to continue making the case to all Australians that good climate policy is good for investment and good for jobs.

– Chris Bowen MP
Minister for Climate Change & Energy
IGCC Summit June 2022

Latest Policy & Advocacy News, Resources, and Events

Submission on methane accounting standards under NGERS legislation

13 May 2026

Investors rely on reported emissions data to provide an accurate picture of companies’ emissions and transition risk, to assess current and prospective investments as well as the risk to asset value.
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Budget Risks Investment in Clean Energy and Industry

12 May 2026

The budget tabled by the Treasurer tonight is full of mixed messages.
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Anna Hancock

Anna works at the intersection of energy system, decarbonisation, advocacy and enterprise leadership. She brings 25-years of energy and industrial experience in strategy, operations, policy and investment. She also chairs the board of the Renewable Energy Alliance, serves as a Member on the Clean Energy Regulator board, and serves on the advisory board of TheEnergy.co.

Submission: More work needed on the foreign resident capital gains tax regime for renewables

Submission | Katharina Surikow (IGCC) | 24 April 2026

IGCC respects the Government’s intentions to strengthen and provide clarity to the foreign resident CGT regime. However, the draft legislation contains a number of elements that will chill much-needed investment in renewable energy and create undue sovereign risk. More analysis of the economic impact of the proposed changes is required to establish a level playing field for all investors and appropriate transition arrangements that avoid jeopardising Australia’s energy transition.

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Submission: CCA Evidence Platform to Support Investors on Progress to Net Zero

Submission | Bethany Richards (IGCC), Dr Kate Simmonds (IGCC), Nayanisha Samarakoon (RIAA) and Tori Huggins (RIAA). | 30 April 2026

While the government’s sector decarbonisation plans and National Adaptation Plan and National Climate Risk Assessment are positive steps towards a resilient, net-zero economy, they have been less useful in identifying how much and when climate-aligned investment is required. These documents lack short- and medium-term decarbonisation and adaptation goals and milestones, and don’t provide investment roadmaps across key sectors.

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