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This is a Must-Attend Event For:
Institutional
Investors
Institutional investors, from portfolio managers to responsible investment leaders — navigating policy uncertainty, climate risk and capital deployment decisions that now sit at the core of fiduciary duty.
Senior Investment Executives & Boards
Senior investment executives and trustees — including CIOs, CEOs and CROs — seeking system-level insight on climate risk, policy divergence and market signals shaping long-term capital allocation.
Policymakers &
Regulators
Policymakers and regulators engaging with institutional capital — seeking insight into investor expectations, market readiness and policy settings that unlock investment while managing systemic risk.
Service Providers &
Market Enablers
Advisers, data, legal and technology providers supporting institutional investors — aligning solutions with emerging standards, investor demand and the practical realities of climate implementation.
The Investor Group on Climate Change’s annual Summit brings together institutional investors
and economic leaders to navigate climate risks, opportunities and policy change.
For more than ten years, we have drawn on our network’s deep insight to help attendees make informed
investment decision at a time of increasing market and policy complexity.
Defined by the seniority of its participants, it is one of the most significant climate investment
gatherings in the region.
In 2026, the Summit confronts a new investment reality — and what it means for long-term capital.
$4.6 Trillion
AUM Represented Across
IGCC Membership
65%+
Executives & Senior Leaders
Typical Summit Composition
10+ Years
Convening the IGCC Summit,
Since 2015
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Be Part of the Climate Investment Summit Shaping The Region's Transition: Hear From and Meet Industry Leaders in Person
More speakers will be announced soon.
Elizabeth Thurbon, Ph.D.
Professor of International Political Economy | Director, Green Energy Statecraft Project | World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Equitable Transition (2025-2026)
Professor Christian Downie
Professor, Australian National University and co-editor of Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment
Kate Nelson
Head of Sustainability, Global Investment Management, Lendlease
Rebecca Mikula-Wright
CEO, Investor Group on Climate Change and Asia Investor Group on Climate
A New Investment Reality
The investment landscape is changing. A rupture in the global order — geopolitical disruption, fragmented markets, strategic rivalry and — is reshaping how institutional investors manage their portfolios.
Within that context, climate investment factors can no longer be viewed in isolation. They interact with economic strategy, trade and national security — shaping which industries attract capital, where infrastructure flows, and how quickly the energy system is rebuilt.
For Australian institutional investors, the implications are material and immediate. The question is no longer whether to act — it's how to deploy long-term capital with discipline in a volatile, uncertain environment where the quality of your insight determines the quality of your decisions.
For institutional investors navigating this environment, access to decision-grade insight has never mattered more. The IGCC Summit 2026 brings together the analysis, expertise and peer perspectives needed to navigate a system still adjusting.
Explore the Questions Shaping Institutional Investment Decisions Today
Climate solutions strategies. Uninsurable risk. Capital deployment across Asia Pacific. The critical challenges ESG and investment teams are navigating together in 2026. Learn more.
What You’ll Gain at the IGCC Summit
Make better climate investment decisions — informed by credible insight, senior peers and direct engagement with policymakers.
Our Singular Focus on Climate Investment
Our Summit distils IGCC’s year-round work with investors, researchers and policymakers into a concentrated forum that equips professionals with the insight needed to manage climate risk and allocate capital with confidence.
Forward-Looking Intelligence on Key Developments
Focused on the most consequential developments in climate finance and policy — translating insight from across IGCC’s finance, research and policymaking networks into forward-looking intelligence that keeps investors ahead of market and regulatory change.
A Deeper Understanding
A focused forum for decision-grade climate investment insight — going beyond mainstream debate to provide the evidence, policy context and peer practice investors need to make informed capital allocation and risk management decisions.
A Premier Networking Experience
Previous IGCC Summits have seen more than 60% of attendees drawn from executive leadership and senior management, creating a uniquely senior forum for connection. Engage directly with policymakers and finance leaders in conversations that shape capital markets.
Where Capital Meets Policy
A rare opportunity to engage across the full climate finance ecosystem — bringing together institutional capital, policymakers and market leaders in one forum to align signals, surface constraints and accelerate practical progress.
"There’s enormous economic opportunity in climate action. Business opportunity, investment opportunity and jobs opportunity – all waiting to be tapped. I’ll continue to count on you, the IGCC, as a very important partner."
Hon. Chris Bowen MP
Minister for Climate Change and Energy
IGCC Summit, August 2023.
About the Organiser
Created by investors, for investors, the Investor Group on Climate has helped shape the climate investment landscape across Australia and New Zealand for more than two decades — empowering the region’s largest funds to embed climate into
core investment decisions and real-world action.
Today, IGCC represents investors with $4.6 trillion in assets under management across Australia and New Zealand.
Our members include the nations’ largest superannuation and retail funds, specialist investors and advisory groups.
Together, their beneficiaries represent over 15.8 million Australians and millions more New Zealanders.
Watch our story - told through the eyes of IGCC CEOs, past and present - or click 'Learn More' to explore our recent work.
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