Investor Agenda
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Last update: January 2022
Seven major groups working with investors — AIGCC, CDP , Ceres , IIGCC , PRI and UNEP FI — created a a proactive collaboration to pull together and elevate the best investor guidance on tackling the climate crisis and advocate collectively for public policy to accelerate the net-zero transition.
Together, these groups form The Investor Agenda – a common leadership agenda on the climate crisis with the aim of being unifying, comprehensive, and focused on accelerating investor action for a net-zero emissions economy. It has a global reach and regional depth, allowing it to bring together and coordinate a number of investor and finance sector initiatives on the climate crisis.
Why it matters
The Investor Climate Action Plans (ICAPs) Expectations Ladder and Guidance provides investors with clear expectations for issuing and implementing comprehensive climate action plans, including steps investors can take to support the goal of a net-zero emissions economy by 2050 or sooner.
The framework aims to help investors navigate existing expectations and initiatives on climate change. It is inclusive and unique in that it sets out expectations for investors wherever they may be on their climate journey.
The ICAPs Expectations Ladder summarizes the key climate actions investors can take right now in the four interlocking areas of the Investor Agenda: investment, corporate engagement, policy advocacy, and investor disclosure. Governance is a cross-cutting theme across all four areas.
Main areas of work related to climate mainstreaming:
The Investor Agenda draws on expertise from across the investor landscape to set out joint expectations in four interlocking areas – corporate engagement, investment, policy advocacy and investor disclosure:
- Corporate Engagement: engaging companies to drive and demonstrate real progress in line with a 1.5-degree Celsius future.
- Investment: managing systemic climate risks in investor portfolios and enabling the transition by shifting capital to value-creating businesses set to succeed in a net-zero future.
- Policy Advocacy: advocating for policies aligned with delivering a just transition to a net-zero economy by 2050 or sooner.
- Investor Disclosure: enhancing investor disclosure to help stakeholders track investor action in line with a 1.5-degree Celsius pathway.