Resources for Directors
Understand climate-related risks and opportunities and build climate competence to remain competitive
Audit Committees and Effective Climate Governance, A Guide for Boards of Directors
Authored by Dr. Janis Sarra, Professor of Law at the University of British Columbia, with contributing authors Meghan Harris-Ngae, Ernst & Young, Roopa Davé, KPMG, and Ravipal Bains, McMillan LLP, this guide draws together current legal standards and best practice guidance for Canadian audit committees, to assist them in taking a leadership role in effective […]
Read moreThe Global GHG Accounting and Reporting Standard for the Financial Industry
The Standard, developed by the PCAF Global Core Team, provides detailed methodological guidance to measure and disclose GHG emissions associated with six asset classes: listed equity and corporate bonds; business loans and unlisted equity; project finance; commercial real estate; mortgages; and motor vehicle loans.
Read moreChapter Zero: A climate change boardroom toolkit
This toolkit has been developed for Chapter Zero, the directors’ climate forum, by The Berkeley Partnership working with the Hughes Hall Centre for Climate Change Engagement in Cambridge. This toolkit has been deliberately designed to provide an accessible resource to be used and dipped in-and-out of, rather than as a detailed ‘academic’ document to be […]
Read moreICGN Global Stewardship Principles
The ICGN Global Stewardship Principles (Principles) set out ICGN’s view of current best practices in relation to investor stewardship obligations, policies, and processes. These Principles provide a framework to implement stewardship practices in fulfilling an investor’s fiduciary obligations to beneficiaries or clients. We encourage all ICGN investor members to endorse the Principles, and we consider […]
Read moreThe Goal 13 Impact Platform: Emerging Findings
The report investigates how companies are managing the transition to a low-carbon, resilient and valuable future, and highlights key learnings from the research so far, including company commitments, the drivers of change, key barriers and next steps.
Read moreThe 1.5°C Business Playbook
Climate change is already harming societies and the global economy. Evidence shows that humanity is taking grave risks with the stability of the Earth’s life support system if global average surface temperature continues to rise. Reducing this risk means working together to stabilise temperature rise to a maximum of 1.5°C above pre-industrial temperatures. To achieve […]
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