About INCR

Who We Are

INCR partners with investors worldwide to advance the investment opportunities and reduce the material risks posed by sustainability challenges such as global climate change and water scarcity.

With its unique capacity to foster constructive engagement between investors, companies, environmentalists and policymakers, INCR has grown from 10 institutional investors managing $600 billion in 2003, to 100 members managing nearly $10 trillion in assets today.  Members include BlackRock, Deutsche Asset Management and TIAA-CREF, as well as public pension funds in California, Florida and New York.

INCR is coordinated by Ceres, a non-profit organization that leads a national coalition of investors, environmental organizations and other public interest groups working with companies to address sustainability challenges such as global climate change and water scarcity.

INCR Successes

• Spearheaded the successful effort to petition the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) and Canadian securities regulators to issue formal guidance on climate change-related disclosure that companies must provide to investors in their financial filings
• Leading investor efforts with major oil and gas companies to strengthen risk oversight measures for deepwater oil drilling, natural gas “fracking” and oil sands production
• Persuaded dozens of Fortune 500 companies to improve their climate policies, practices and disclosure
• Hosted 500 financial leaders managing $22 trillion in assets at the United Nations in 2010 to discuss investment opportunities and policy actions for mitigating global climate change