Resources for Directors
Understand climate-related risks and opportunities and build climate competence to remain competitive
In the Line of Duty? Institutional Investors’ Responsibilities Regarding Systemic Risks
Significant attention has been paid to how to mobilize trillions of dollars of private capital toward global climate goals. As part of that discussion, a great detail of attention has been paid to the question of whether institutional investors are permitted, and perhaps even required, to address those risks within their fiduciary duty. In the […]
Read moreBoard Pocket Guide: Nature and Climate Action
This board pocket guide provides a curated selection of global frameworks, methodologies, and standards essential for embedding nature and climate considerations into business operations, allowing boards to make informed decisions, manage risks, and seize opportunities for sustainability-driven growth.
Read moreVoluntarily applying ISSB Standards: A guide for preparers
By applying ISSB Standards voluntarily—in the absence of regulatory requirements—companies can provide decision-useful, globally comparable sustainability-related disclosures to investors. And, increasingly, investors around the world are calling on companies to do so. While meeting investor demand will be a key driver for many companies choosing to apply ISSB Standards voluntarily, as increasing numbers of jurisdictions […]
Read moreDirectors’ Duties Navigator: Climate Risk and Sustainability Disclosures
Climate change is a material, systemic and financial risk to corporations and their shareholders. This navigator on directors’ duties helps directors make informed decisions and understand their legal duties regarding how to manage that risk and understand the broader climate-related regulatory landscape in which they operate. This is the 4th edition of the previously titled […]
Read moreCultivating effective climate governance: A guide for small farm corporations in Canada
Planning for climate change, beyond the farmgate and the immediate crop season, is the purpose of this guide, intended for farms smaller than 5,000 hectares (12,355 acres). Directors of smaller farm corporations need to have effective climate governance in place and consider climate-related risks and opportunities in their decision-making to ensure the farm business they […]
Read moreStocktake on Nature-related Risks: Supervisory and regulatory approaches and perspectives on financial risk
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) conducted a stocktake of regulatory and supervisory initiatives associated with the identification and assessment of nature-related financial risks, including an investigation of the perception of central banks and supervisors regarding whether nature degradation, such as biodiversity loss, is a relevant financial risk. The stocktake summarizes current and planned regulatory and […]
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