Investments
Briefing paper
Climate policy improves investment confidence – Australia’s institutional capital market
Investor sentiment on Australia’s climate policy has significantly improved since 2021, according to data outlined in this briefing paper.
Evaluation
Part A: an evaluation of the Australian Government Reef Trust water quality investments
This evaluation seeks to identify the success factors for and barriers to effective program delivery and provide recommendations, strategies or options to strengthen and improve future Reef Trust water quality investments. The report makes 36 recommendations across 8 themes in order to respond to changing environmental and economic challenges facing the Reef and its community.
Report
Investing for Australia: clarifying climate risk expectations of the Future Fund
This report assesses Australia's Future Fund's climate risk management using publicly available information. It uses established tools and compares the Future Fund's climate risk approach to practices at other institutional investors, including other sovereign wealth funds.
Working paper
Public investment must be paired with regulation to stop climate change
Climate policy has entered a new era, as public investment increasingly moves to centre stage. While essential for decarbonisation, public investment is not enough—the carrots of investment need to go hand in hand with regulatory sticks. This paper advances our understanding of how to tie climate requirements to public investment.
Report
Making the transition happen: investment policy for a net zero emissions economy
This document articulates the public policy priorities that investors seek so they can deploy capital into the opportunities and solutions to climate change. It is based on extensive input from the IGCC’s membership, industry peak bodies and a wider set of stakeholders.