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Former Macquarie chief joins IGCC lineup

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... experience. "It's coming at a crucial time: The first National Climate Risk Assessment has made it clear that physical climate risk is now a core financial issue for Australia. Asia's clean energy and resilience needs are growing rapidly, and Australia ...

Investors paying premium for inaccurate physical climate risk models

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... Climate scientist and Emmi co-founder Ben McNeil authored a recent report that identifies the key failings of physical climate risk modelling for investor decisions. The Built for Insurers but Sold to Investors: How physical risk methods need a different ...

IGCC priorities heard at reform roundtable

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
Many of the priorities the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) took to the recent Economic Reform Roundtable were well received, including the need for a strong 2035 target. With its chief executive Rebecca Mikula-Wright in attendance, IGCC was ...

Australian Ethical calls out QBE over climate risk concerns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... warming," Australian Ethical said. "It is unclear whether QBE is assessing how this policy may be exacerbating physical climate risk over the long term and further threatening its ability to provide general and commercial insurance at the current scale." ...

Shift away from responsible investing 'overstated': PRI

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
Investors are continuing to engage on responsible investment issues such as climate related risks, governance, and human rights and social issues, new analysis from the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) show. The analysis shows investors are ...

CEFC gives $160m to sustainable real estate credit projects

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... to operational energy efficiency and embodied carbon, as well as meeting additional requirements around physical climate risk assessments and consideration of stretch targets aligned to the International Energy Agency definition for zero-carbon-ready ...

Back on the huddle, fund flows into clean energy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Physical climate risks could wipe out the lion's share of investor money into infrastructure assets by 2050, research shows, but there is a way to dodge a crisis, delegates heard. Day two of the IGCC summit kicked off with a brighter mood than the ...

Disorderly transition may spark financial meltdown

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... what transition policies will be implemented across the various nations." If current policies continue, physical climate risk will amount to a US$3.25 billion impact on GDP by 2030; US$6.75bn by 2050; and US$27.4bn by 2100. An orderly transition to net ...

QIC taps resilience skills

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... sweeping change to the investment market. The transition to a low-carbon economy which, when layered with physical climate risk, cyber threats, and geopolitical tensions, demands a greater focus on resilience and innovation. QIC Infrastructure sustainability ...

One in three analyse physical climate risk: IGCC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Aussie investors ramp up climate action but need to focus on physical climate risks and near-term emissions reduction targets. The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) has put out it's State of Net Zero Investment Report for 2024, with data as of ...