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Sustainable finance: what The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures means for business
24 March 2022, 11.00am GMT
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Sustainable finance: what The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures means for business
Overview
In line with Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations, April 2022 will see rules come into force obliging large companies in the UK to disclose climate-related financial information. This step will make the UK the first G20 nation to require companies to make their climate-related risks and opportunities public, and is part of an overall government roadmap which will be rolled out to the entire economy. By 2025, every UK-based business will have to make climate-related disclosures.
What can in-house counsel do to prepare their businesses for this new era of climate-based disclosures, and what does TCFD mean for the wider ESG agenda? In this webinar, our expert panel will discuss how companies can get their best foot forward and successfully incorporate the new requirements into their wider ESG plan. Among other talking points, we will cover:
- Why TCFD is a priority for boards.
- How businesses can implement the recommendations.
- The other major ESG challenges for boards in a post-Cop26 world.
- Challenges for specific industries.
Speakers
Adrian Fleming
Vice president, ESG and sustainability, Diligent Adrian is a father of two, self-confessed sports mad, technology enthusiast with a passion for environmental conservation.
He combines this unique combination of interests with a passion for easy-to-use technology to enable large organisations do more to improve their impact on the environment, the economy and society in general. Adrian’s background prior to his current role was in technical architecture with Accenture, and Dell as a software development project manager after completing his BSc degree in computer science at UCD.
Natalie Salunke
Head of Legal, RVU Natalie is a member of The O Shaped Lawyer committee and is the head of legal for RVU – a group of online companies that work to empower consumers by helping them compare home services and financial products. Their leading brands, Uswitch, Confused.com, Rastreator and LeLynx exist to empower the consumer to make more confident home services and financial decisions. Prior to her role at RVU, Natalie carried out similar roles for Fleetcor, a global provider of specialised payment products and services to commercial fleets, major oil companies and petroleum marketers; the US’s largest car rental company, Enterprise Rent-A-Car; for US-listed cloud software provider, NetSuite (now part of Oracle), and was group head of legal and company secretary of Venda, a UK-based eCommerce SaaS provider.
Anthony Kenny
Assistant general counsel for corporate, GSK