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At IIGCC, we believe in creating change the world needs by unlocking investor action on climate change.

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We are the leading European-focused investor membership organisation for collaboration on climate change.

Policy

Our policy work helps shape sustainable finance, sectoral policies and global climate initiatives in line with investors' needs.

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Through our advocacy and engagement with policymakers, we encourage the development of a supportive policy environment for scaling financial flows in line with climate goals and decarbonising the real economy. We advocate for high ambition outcomes from key international milestones, like the annual UNFCCC COPs, to ensure the successful implementation of the Paris Agreement.

 

Our work helps our members to:
Investor voice

Amplify the investor voice on priority global, regional and national policy issues, across real economy and sustainable finance

Ensure their feedback

Ensure their feedback from wider investor activities, including corporate engagement and net zero implementation, is incorporated into policy advocacy

Implement climate regulation

Implement climate regulation, as well as providing opportunities to feed into the development of future regulation or reform existing regulation

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Address implementation barriers to net zero portfolio alignment and leverage policy-related opportunities to reduce emissions in the real economy.

To achieve our policy-related objectives, our work focuses on several key areas.

Sustainable finance:

We advocate for credible and coherent sustainable finance regulation that increases transparency over climate-related risks and opportunities and encourages the reorientation of capital towards the transition. Through the creation of an enabling policy environment, we aim to ensure that investment flows to the areas of the economy that will have the greatest impact on real world decarbonisation. We also support our members with the implementation of their own regulatory obligations, whilst advocating for regulation that is both ambitious and workable in practice.

Real economy:

We amplify the investor voice on real economy policy, encouraging the setting of ambitious national and international targets and near-term sectoral policies that provide investment incentives and certainty for the net zero transition. In doing so, we hope to see future policy frameworks that encourage the meeting, or better still, the exceeding of existing climate targets.

Global advocacy and initiatives:

We take a prominent role in key global forums, including UNFCCC COPs, in order to advocate for an ambitious approach to global frameworks and their implementation. We showcase investor contributions to the goals of the Paris Agreement, and amplify the voice of investors to support policy outcomes which reflect investors' needs.

We advocate for credible and coherent sustainable finance regulation that increases transparency over climate-related risks and opportunities and encourages the reorientation of capital towards the transition. Through the creation of an enabling policy environment, we aim to ensure that investment flows to the areas of the economy that will have the greatest impact on real world decarbonisation. We also support our members with the implementation of their own regulatory obligations, whilst advocating for regulation that is both ambitious and workable in practice.

We amplify the investor voice on real economy policy, encouraging the setting of ambitious national and international targets and near-term sectoral policies that provide investment incentives and certainty for the net zero transition. In doing so, we hope to see future policy frameworks that encourage the meeting, or better still, the exceeding of existing climate targets.

We take a prominent role in key global forums, including UNFCCC COPs, in order to advocate for an ambitious approach to global frameworks and their implementation. We showcase investor contributions to the goals of the Paris Agreement, and amplify the voice of investors to support policy outcomes which reflect investors' needs.

Latest insights

04.09.23

What to look out for at New York Climate Week 2023

Opening on Sunday 17 September, some 400 sessions will take place across the city, with the main events hosted by...
22.08.23

Key points from UK sustainable finance policy event held during LCAW

During London Climate Action Week (LCAW), PRI, the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) and IIGCC...
10.08.23

Contradictory policy signals leave investors unclear on UK net zero ambition

The UK government announced support for new carbon capture and storage clusters alongside 100 new oil and gas licenses,...
31.07.23

IIGCC statement on European Sustainability Reporting Standards

IIGCC welcomes the publication of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) which should help to address...
07.07.23

Joint statement on European Sustainability Reporting Standards

Eurosif, IIGCC, PRI, EFAMA and UNEP FI have called on the European Commission to uphold the integrity and ambition on...

Policy programme

Members can find out more about current work within the policy programme here.