Available to watch on demand: edie’s TCFD webinar with Landsec, Avara Foods and CDSB

Experts from Avara Foods, Landsec and the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) discussed how businesses should interact with the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFDs) to improve sustainability, as part of a webinar that is now available to watch on-demand.


Available to watch on demand: edie’s TCFD webinar with Landsec, Avara Foods and CDSB

The webinar is now available on-demand for registrants

The webinar took place at 11am on Tuesday 10 December and offered advice and insight from sustainability and finance experts on how businesses can use TCFD recommendations to improve sustainability strategies and align business outlooks with the growing demands of green investors.

—WATCH THE WEBINAR ON DEMAND HERE—

Launched in December 2015 by Bank of England governor Mark Carney, the TCFD lays out the recommendations for businesses to identify and disclose information sought by investors and other external shareholders to assess the climate-related risks of their operations.

Notably, the recommendations call on companies to include the potential business impacts of different climate scenarios – including the 2C and 1.5C pathways of the Paris Agreement. Green groups have gone as far as to argue that the UK will not meet its 2050 net-zero goal unless all corporates begin to embed the TCFD recommendations within their business strategies.

Almost 800 organisations have expressed support for the recommendations, and include the world’s largest banks, asset managers and pension funds, responsible for assets of $118trn. Yet, best-practice examples of enacting the TCFD recommendations remain scarce. With that in mind, this webinar will hear from sustainability reporting experts and organisations that have actively aligned with the TCFD recommendations, showing you exactly what best practice looks like.

Avara Foods’s energy compliance and sustainability manager Baishakhi Sengupta, Landsec’s sustainability reporting manager Fernanda Amemiya and Gemma Clements were all on hand to discuss to opportunities and ways to align with the recommendations.

The webinar topic of climate-related financial disclosure is a key focus area for the Sustainability Leaders Forum 2020. Taking place on 4-5 February at the Business Design Centre in London, the Forum is the UK’s only dedicated sustainability event that combines strategic insight with practical outputs for business leaders.

Discussion points:

  • The changing sustainability expectations of investors
  • How businesses can align with the TCFD
  • Making sustainable business a board-level topic

The webinar is available to watch on-demand for those who have registered. Register here.


TCFD and Green Finance workshop at edie’s Sustainability Leaders Forum 2020

During the two-day event at London’s Business Design Centre on 4 & 5 February, some of the biggest companies, individuals and organisations championing sustainability will gather to discuss the emergency response in transitioning to a net-zero economy.

edie is hosting a pre-event workshop on 3 February on green finance. Starting with a panel discussion of senior financial professionals followed by an interactive roundtable exercise, the session will explore the biggest drivers, challenges and opportunities that businesses face when it comes to bridging the sustainable finance gap.

From understanding climate-related financial impacts and establishing the ESG factors that are material for your business; through to gathering and presenting data in a way that meets investor needs – the session will equip delegates with the information, insight and inspiration they need to accelerate the flow of capital towards a sustainable future.

The flagship, multi-award-winning event features keynotes speakers including former President of Ireland Mary Robinson; Rebecca Marmot, Unilever CSO; Gilbert Ghostine, Firmenich CEO, plus directors and senior managers from Pret-A-Manger, Interface, Vattenfall, Aviva, Pernod Ricard, LEGO Group, M&S, Diageo, Tesco, WSP, BASF, Mondelēz and more. For details and to register, visit: https://event.edie.net/forum/

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