Sustainability & Climate Risk Reporting

Integrated Reporting Workshop

Climate Change and Risk
Reporting Workshop

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Companies worldwide are facing financial losses as a result of climate change – with an increased focus on planning for and reporting the risk. The risk-return profile of companies exposed to weather volatility is substantial, The Economist Intelligence Unit estimates that nearly US $43 trillion of manageable assets may be at risk globally by the end of the century.

Sharing the climate-related financial information is going mainstream. This ensures appropriate controls over the reporting of climate risk data, and the “rewiring” of contracts across national and international jurisdictions.

Future governance and disclosure arrangements will mirror those for public financial disclosures, and likely involve detailed reviews by chief financial officers, audit committee, or the board.

The Thomson Reuters’ workshop on Climate Change and Risk Reporting Workshop unpacks the legalities around future risk reporting and disclosure. This hands-on workshop is led by a leading climate change, governance, and risk reporting expert, Phoebe Roberts, Senior Associate, MinterEllison.

Join us for a deeper understanding of the climate change risk reporting arrangements, across national and international jurisdictions. This is your chance to better understand the financial risks associated with climate change, and corporate obligations.

What will you learn?

  • Adapt to new market regulation, and contractual arrangements
  • Address stakeholder demand for climate risk information
  • Clarify the climate change-related disclosures requirements
  • Manage the climate-related due diligence arrangements
  • Address a potential increase ‘climate litigation’ and financial losses
  • Streamline the institutional investor, and debt finance arrangements
  • Clarity the requirements for integrated reporting
  • Manage climate-related disclosures and expectations

Who should attend?

This workshop is suitable for Chief financial officers, Heads of risk and compliance, Accountants, Legal professionals, Auditors, Company directors, and Board members

We look forward to meeting you at the 2022 Integrated Reporting Workshop.

For any event enquiries, please email eventsanz@thomsonreuters.com

Dates & Locations

Sydney & Livestream
1 December 2022

Your Investment

Face to Face

$650 + GST One Day

Livestream

$550 + GST One Day

9:00AM - 12:30PM AEDT

3.5 CPD points one-day workshop

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Speaker


Phoebe Roberts , Senior Associate , MinterEllison

Phoebe Roberts is a Senior Associate in the market leading Climate Risk Governance team at MinterEllison. Phoebe advises on climate-related reporting and disclosure, contractual climate risk exposures (and opportunities) and the implementation of decarbonisation strategies. With a background in the procurement of major public infrastructure and construction projects both in Australia and the UK, Phoebe brings a specialist understanding of the complex legal and commercial nature of procurement and supply chains to climate risk advisory. Phoebe’s clients include the ASX5 to ASX200, large financial institutions, governments and large corporates.  

Phoebe is the Co-Lead of APAC and Director of Implementation at The Chancery Lane Project, a pro bono collaboration mobilising the legal profession to re wire contracts and laws to tackle climate change. Phoebe regularly convenes and delivers workshops across APAC, the UK and EU with lawyers and industry experts to address climate change-related risks and embed climate solutions into commercial contracts, including across land, agriculture, and supply chains.

Agenda

Start time 9:00am

Introduction to sustainability and climate-risk related reporting frameworks


  • Expectations and developments from regulators and standard-setters both locally and internationally
  • The role of accountants in integrating sustainability into decision-making as well as climate-related reporting
  • Understand the impact of the newly established International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) by the IFRS who will set a comprehensive global baseline of high quality, transparent and comparable reporting by organisations on climate and other ESG-related areas
  • Unpacking the UN Climate Change Conference held in Glasgow
  • Explore the various sustainability-related frameworks currently available

Develop the first steps towards your organisations sustainability-related reporting


  • Understanding the key elements of ESG (environmental, social and governance) reporting
  • Reporting in accordance with the GRI Standards and enhancing the credibility of sustainability reporting and understanding the recent changes
  • Understanding the recommendations of the Task Force for Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) on climate-change related risks
  • Gain an understanding of the expectations around assurance over sustainability reporting

Finish time 12.30pm