Resources for Directors
Understand climate-related risks and opportunities and build climate competence to remain competitive
Future Urban Risk Landscapes: An insurance perspective
By 2050, more than two thirds of the world’s population is projected to live in cities. Urbanisation is associated with fundamental socio-economic changes that present formidable challenges to socio-economic resilience and have significant risk management and insurance implications. This report explores the link between urbanisation and the dynamics of risk landscapes and examines insurers’ potential […]
Read moreDirectors’ Guide to the SASB Standards
This Guide to SASB Standards for Corporate Directors provides industry-by-industry guidance on how directors can use the SASB Standards to inform and enhance their engagement with management. SASB Standards identify the sustainability issues most likely to impact financial performance of companies in 77 industries. For every industry, Guide suggests questions that facilitate a more complete […]
Read moreSink or Swim: Transforming Canada’s economy for a global low-carbon future
The global low-carbon transition needed to avoid the worst impacts of climate change has already begun sweeping across economies and industries around the world, and it is building strength. In response, Canada faces a critical choice that will define our economic prospects for generations: will we fight against the tide, simply tread water, or will […]
Read moreLegal Opinion on Directors’ Duties and Disclosure Obligations under Hong Kong Law in the Context of Climate Change Risks and Considerations
We are instructed by the Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative to provide our joint opinion on: (i) the extent to which directors of for-profit corporations are permitted or required, in the discharge of their duties under Hong Kong law, to have regard to considerations and risks associated with climate change; and (ii) in the case […]
Read moreCanada’s transition to net zero: Accelerating collaboration to meet 2050
CPA Canada’s report on Canada’s Transition to Net Zero: Accelerating Collaboration to Meet 2050 offers practical actions key players can take to facilitate a unified, inclusive, and just transition that positions Canada to remain competitive in a global low-carbon future. The report will help Canada’s key economic sector leaders, policymakers, and the investment community, by providing them […]
Read moreFiduciary Duties and Climate Change in the United States
Our understanding of climate change has evolved from an “ethical, environmental” issue to one that presents foreseeable financial and systemic risks (and opportunities) over mainstream investment horizons. This evolution has substantially changed the relevance of climate change to the governance of corporations. A critical corollary of that evolution is that there are implications for the […]
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