How Are Businesses Responding to Investor Pressure on Climate Change?

Many businesses are already feeling the effects of climate change. As a consequence, investors are expecting far greater insight and transparency around the ways in which organisations are preparing for the shorter and longer-term risks and opportunities that might arise.Just how are businesses responding to this challenge? And where do the complexities lie? This event brings together consultants, academics, NGOs and corporate managers to discuss the work they have been involved in, in responding to such challenges and complexities.Part Two of The Business Making of Climate Change series.The Business Making of Climate Change series of public talks brings together investors, lawyers, insurers, corporates, consultants and scientists, as they collectively consider why climate change is increasingly relevant to the business community and how businesses can make sense of climate change in a way that is relevant to them.Timestamps00:00 Welcome and Introduction – Tanya Fiedler10:42 Consistency of Climate Risk Reporting – Kate MacKenzie20:25 Translating Transition Scenarios – Amber Johnston-Billings24:30 How Energy Companies Respond to Scenarios – Theo Comino30:35 Banking Physical Risks – Cécile Walton36:25 Scenario Planning – Sharanjit Paddam45:10 Who are the People that Matter on Boards?1:06:15 Q&ASpeakersTheo Comino, AGLDr Tanya Fiedler (Chair), University of SydneyAmber Johnston-Billings, KPMGKate MacKenzie, European Climate FoundationSharanjit Paddam, QBE Insurance GroupCécile Walton, Commonwealth Bank of AustraliaThis event was held at the University of Sydney on Wednesday 5 June, 2019.For more information: https://bit.ly/2ZsDgMr Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.