Resources for Directors

Understand climate-related risks and opportunities and build climate competence to remain competitive

Jan 11th, 2022

Retail’s Route to Net-zero Emissions: The Canadian Retail Sector and Effective Climate Governance

Authored by Dr. Janis Sarra, Professor of Law at the University of British Columbia and Principal Co-Investigator of the CCLI, the guide provides an accessible summary of the legal duties of retail directors and officers in the transition to a net-zero economy. It offers examples of best practices in climate governance as well as a […]

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Dec 10th, 2021

Directors’ Liability and Climate Risk: White Paper on Hong Kong

This White Paper complements and extends the analysis in the “Legal Opinion on Directors’ Duties and Disclosure Obligations under Hong Kong Law in the Context of Climate Change Risks and Considerations”. It is well-established that climate-related risks pose a material threat to the financial performance of companies and the authorities in Hong Kong have issued […]

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Nov 25th, 2021

CDSB Framework Application guidance for biodiversity-related disclosures

The CDSB Framework application guidance for biodiversity-related disclosures (the Biodiversity Application Guidance) has been produced by CDSB to assist companies in the disclosure of the material information about the risks and opportunities that biodiversity presents to an organisation’s strategy, financial performance and condition within the mainstream report (biodiversity-related financial disclosure). It is designed to supplement […]

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Nov 24th, 2021

Fiduciary Duties and Corporate Climate Responsibility

In this paper, Professor Cynthia Williams takes up this question by reference to a public law issue much in focus today, that of climate change. In Part I, she provides an extremely brief overview of the understanding of climate risk as a financial risk, connecting that overview to the question of why private law fiduciary […]

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Nov 22nd, 2021

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 […]

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Nov 11th, 2021

Directors’ 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 […]

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