Building resilience.
Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, provided a short pre-recorded video to introduce the issues addressed at the conference. He spoke about how the finance market is addressing the risks presented by climate change and how the same approach can be used in other industries.
This year's conference focused on three areas:
Leading edge insights into EU public policy changes that may soon impact Australian businesses.
Power generators’ insights into navigating the changes in markets and regulations.
The challenges equities investors face in managing their portfolios, in the face of these changes.
Our Keynote Speaker, Dr Paul Fisher (a former executive of the Bank of England) was joined by Theo Comino, AGL's Manager of Greenhouse and Sustainability and Judith Fox, CEO of the Australian Shareholders’ Association.
MC and panel moderator was Mr Adrian King, Partner in Charge, Sustainability Services, KPMG Australia.
This year's conference focused on the assessment and disclosure of climate-related risk.
Fiona Wild, VP Climate Change and Sustainability at BHP, outlined the work the TCFD has done to date, provided an overview of their recommendations, and a snapshot of what is coming.
Dr Paul Fisher spoke about the wider policy risks from the transition, in particular how the EU is developing a comprehensive policy agenda on Sustainable Finance.
Chloe Munro, former Chair of the Clean Energy Regulator and member of the Finkel Review panel, spoke about how the Australian energy market could tackle the transition risks to a lower-carbon economy.
Dr Karl Mallon, Director, Climate Risk, discussed hostile analytics: how the physical climate change risks to infrastructure and property can now be assessed by investors and competitors, with or without the disclosure of their corporate owners.
MC and panel moderator was Mr Adrian King, Partner in Charge, Sustainability Services, KPMG Australia.
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