Ep 188: Climate-Related Disclosure Rules Are Here - Now What w/ Judson Aiken (AuditBoard)

This week, our guest is Judson Aiken, Head of Risk and ESG Solutions at AuditBoard. In this episode, Judson delves into the realm of ESG and the SEC's climate-related disclosure rules. He discusses audit's role, where teams are on the maturity model, the timeline for compliance, and what Internal Audit should be doing next regardless of where they are now.   Be sure to connect with Judson on LinkedIn.   Also, be sure to follow us on our new social media accounts on LinkedIn, Instagram, and TikTok.   Also be sure to sign up for The Audit Podcast newsletter and to check the full video interview on The Audit Podcast YouTube channel.   Timecodes: 4:26 - Climate-Related Disclosure Are Here 5:18 - Implementing ESG in Various Maturity Models 7:48 - How to Start ESG 9:30 - The Social Aspect of ESG 10:58 - the Role of ESG in Audit 16:00 - Background for an ESG Controller 16:53 - SOX and ESG 19:50 - The Impact of ESG on ERM 22:33 - How to Begin the ESG Process 28:18 - Final Thoughts   *   This podcast is brought to you by Greenskies Analytics, the services firm that helps auditors leap-frog up the analytics maturity model. Their approach for launching audit analytics programs with a series of proven quick-win analytics will guarantee the results worthy of the analytics hype.  Whether your audit team needs a data strategy, methodology, governance, literacy, or anything else related to audit and analytics, schedule time with Greenskies Analytics.