Climate Governance Forum – on demand

About these sessions 

If you were unable to join us at the 2024 Climate Governance Forum, get access to all nine sessions on demand to watch whenever suits you. 

Exploring the board’s role in climate change governance and the transition to a low-carbon economy, these sessions are designed to help you understand the part you can play in supporting your organisations to respond to climate change and create enduring value.

Explore the sessions included in the bundle below: 

Climate governance leadership - Lisa Tumahai CNZM
(46 minutes)

Boards are expected to lead on reducing climate impacts and adapting to a low-emissions, climate-resilient future—a responsibility recognised by stakeholders and embedded in directors' fiduciary duties globally.

In this session, Lisa explores whether climate action, just transitions, and long-term sustainability can co-exist to create value for shareholders, the environment, and future generations.

Directors' duties: legal, risk & reporting update - Nicola Swan
(59 minutes)

Boards are essential in addressing climate and nature-related risks to ensure their organisations' long-term sustainability and resilience.

In this session, Nicola discusses key legal insights on directors' duties of care and diligence, showing that climate change and environmental factors pose clear, foreseeable financial risks to businesses both locally and globally.

Opportunities, risk management & scenarios - Alec Tang MInstD
(49 minutes)

Climate risk management is a core part of business strategy, yet traditional methods may miss the scale of change and opportunities climate issues present.

In this session, Alec explores opportunity identification and climate scenarios, guiding your board in building resilient strategies that can reveal cost savings, efficiencies, and new markets.

Climate case study - Catherine McMillan CMInstD and Alec Tang MInstD
(25 minutes)

Join Catherine McMillan CMInstD for a case study exploring the complex challenges directors face on climate change, including balancing short-term viability with long-term sustainability, maintaining social license, meeting evolving stakeholder demands, and navigating tough trade-offs.

Fast Fact: Responding to ESG backlash - Malcolm Johns
(16 minutes)

Despite the strategic importance of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors for boards and their organisations, the growing backlash against ESG can’t be ignored. What are the drivers behind the backlash and how can boards respond to the concerns about virtue-signaling and greenwashing? How can boards address the conflicting views of what’s good for business and what isn’t?

Fast Fact: Does AI’s value go beyond its emissions? - Oliver Bruce MInstD
(25 minutes)

AI's growing carbon footprint is raising concerns with the amount of computational power used for AI estimated to be doubling every 100 days. Equally, the use of AI can contribute to the knowledge about and fight against climate change. Does AI’s climate impact go beyond its emissions?

Panel discussion: The director voice on transition planning - Karen Price CFInstD, Marama Royal, Phil Veal MInstD and Caren Rangi ONZM, MInstD
(51 minutes)

Transition planning is not an easy task, but it is essential for the long-term sustainability of businesses. Hear from this experienced panel for an insightful discussion on strategic alignment, risk management, sustainable business models, shareholder and stakeholder expectations and where boards can truly add value in transition planning.

Beyond climate-related disclosures - Lisa Kelsey and Michele Embling MInstD
(33 minutes)

This session outlines key climate disclosure requirements and their benefits for non-reporting entities, and the broader local and global impacts of climate and sustainability reporting requirements.

Fireside chat with a senior NZ chair - Julia Hoare CFInstD and Kirsty Campbell CMInstD
(39 minutes)

Fireside chat with Julia Hoare CFInstD, facilitated by Kirsty Campbell CMInstD. Julia is a professional independent director and was a partner with PwC NZ for 20 years where she sat on the Government’s review into the emissions trading scheme and also set up and led PwC’s local sustainability and climate change services practice.

Duration 

The nine sessions combined total approximately five-and-a-half hours.

CPD 

You may self-log 5 CPD points for watching this on demand content.

Additional information 

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