Pullman Hotel
Regatta A
Corner Waterloo Quadrant & Princes Street
Auckland City
Arrival Time: 8.45am
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SESSION TOPICS OF THE 2 DAY CLASS
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Day 1 |
SESSION 1. The NZ Climate Standards - How and why these standards inform your strategy
FACILITATOR: Erica Miles, Director, West Nine Consulting |
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SESSION 2. Climate Science Fundamentals for Business - why and how a changing climate really matters This session will provide participants with an overview of climate science and climate change risks. This includes helping participants gain an appreciation of the sheer magnitude of the impact and appreciate just why climate change will have a profound impact on your business. Key topics will include:
FACILITATOR: Luke Harrington, Senior Lecturer in Climate Change, Waikato University |
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SESSION 3. Climate Change and Financial Stability - why we want to avoid a “too little too late” scenario Climate change is, and can have, significant impacts on the economy, either directly and indirectly through the actions taken to address its impacts. This session seeks to help participants understand the system-level impacts of climate change and its link to financial stability. It will then outline the importance of an orderly transition, and why a “too little too late” scenario will negatively impact the financial system. The session will conclude with a practical worked example demonstrating how climate change has the potential to impact financial performance and position at the firm-level. FACILITATOR: Craig Weise, Climate Investment Leader |
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SESSION 4. Climate Risk Management This session will provide participants with an introduction to climate risk management. This session will cover:
FACILITATOR: Ross Liston, Crucible & Co Ltd |
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SESSION 5. Practical Strategies to Mitigate Greenwashing and Other Legal Risks This session will provide participants with an awareness of the key legal and reputational risks associated with making forward looking statements, including projections of anticipated financial impact, the disclosure of potentially confidential information around strategy, and the costs of executing that strategy. The session will then outline practical strategies for mitigating these risks. It will include potential approaches and tools that can be used to practically support your organisation, and its directors, such as peer reviews and assurance. FACILITATORS: Nicola Swan, Partner, and Alana Lampitt, Partner - Environmental and Resource Management, Chapman Tripp
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Day 2 |
SESSION 6. Materiality - Applying the concept of materiality to your Climate Statements Materiality is a concept outlined in NZ CS3. In this session, participants will gain an appreciation of:
FACILITATOR: Erica Miles, Director, West Nine Consulting |
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SESSION 7. What’s the “So What” of scenario analysis - How to leverage scenario analysis to support your strategy and transition planning As a key tool for identifying and assessing climate risks and testing the resilience of strategy, this session will:
FACILITATOR: Andrew Jamieson, Partner, Sustainability, Climate & Nature, PwC |
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SESSION 8. Transition planning - how to seize the opportunities This session will allow participants to gain knowledge about what’s involved in successful transition planning. The session will include:
FACILITATORS: Jack Bisset, Policy Manager, XRB and Kate Wilson Butler, Director - Climate, Sustainability & ESG, Chapman Tripp |
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SESSION 9. From impact to financial impact - how to quantify the financial impacts Filling the gap from ambition to action:
FACILITATORS: David Phillips, Director, Accounting & Reporting Advisory and Rikki Stancich, Partner, Deloitte |
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SESSION 10. Accounting for climate - Achieving coherence between your Climate Statements and Financial Statements This session will help participants understand the requirements in the New Zealand accounting standards relating to climate-related matters in financial statements. This includes gaining an appreciation of:
FACILITATORS: Jonathan Skilton, Assurance Partner, Lead Partner Sustainability Reporting & Assurance and Tiniya du Plessis, Partner, Capital Markets Accounting Advisory Co-Leader, PwC |
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SESSION 11. Expectations of the FMA In this session the FMA will provide participants with an overview of their expectations for Climate Statements.
FACILITATOR: Michael van Zijl, Acting Manager, Climate Related Disclosures, FMA |