A global ‘stock-take’ on where we’re at regarding environmental reporting
Post the TCFD report and evolving country and EU regulatory moves: what are investors actually expected to do now on assessing and communicating climate risk exposure?
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• A changing world of compliance
The world of climate reporting is moving fast and investors need to understand what their responsibilities are in multiple jurisdictions and how climate data can best serve them.
• Hard vs soft law
Countries including France, Sweden, Japan, Switzerland and the US state of California have introduced a variety of hard and soft laws. TCFD is voluntary and the EU’s plans look likely to be so also: what’s an investor supposed to do?
• How to?
Investors need guidance and takeaways for action.
• Trump v the States?
What does the evolution mean for US investors in the light of the US government’s withdrawal from Paris and California and other states’ counter moves?
• What’s expected versus what’s possible?
Investor leadership in times of compliance requirements.
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Speakers:
Robin Edme, Senior Policy Officer Green and Sustainable Finance, European Commission
Dr. Maximilian Horster, Managing Director, ISS Ethix Climate Change Solutions
Christina Olivecrona, Sustainability Analyst, AP2
Moderator:
Hugh Wheelan, Managing Editor, Responsible Investor
Presented by: Responsible Investor & ISS Ethix