Oct 7, 2021
Today’s episode is all about how to navigate the increasingly
complex landscape of climate disclosures, sustainability reporting
frameworks and green taxonomies that have emerged over the last few
years.
This episode will address:
- What role disclosures should be playing in driving the transition to a low carbon economy
- Recent efforts to move beyond a narrow focus on climate to incorporate factors such as nature, biodiversity and water into disclosure frameworks
- The attributes that risk and finance professionals will need to ensure that they understand the risks and are supporting the transition, not greenwashing
Links from today’s discussion:
Learn more about CDSB: https://www.cdsb.net/
TCFD Knowledge Hub: https://www.tcfdhub.org/
Free Online Climate Risk/Reporting Courses: https://learn.tcfdhub.org/
For more information on climate risk, visit GARP’s Climate
Resources Hub: https://climate.garp.org/
If you have any questions, thoughts or feedback regarding this
podcast series, we would love to hear from you at: climateriskpodcast@garp.com
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Mardi McBrien - Managing Director at the Climate
Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB)
For over a decade Mardi has played a leading role in driving the
integration of climate and environmental information into corporate
reporting with the same rigour as financial information,
globally.
Prior to CDSB, Mardi has enjoyed an eclectic career which has seen
her lead flagship environmental campaigns for WWF to working on the
United Kingdom’s carbon market policy for their Department for
Energy and Climate Change and public private partnership management
for the UK timber supply chain, amongst other challenging roles.
Mardi is a member of the UK Financial Reporting Council Advisory
Panel, a fellow of the RSA, and has participated in a number of
industry related advisory boards and committees as part of her role
at CDSB, including the IFRS Foundation Technical Readiness Working
Group for the new International Sustainability Standards Board, GRI
Stakeholder Council, Corporate Reporting Dialogue, Australian
Sustainable Finance Initiative (ASFI) and the IIRC Council.
Originally qualifying as a forester and environmental scientist
(Melbourne University) and agricultural economist (SOAS), she
volunteered as a trustee of one of the oldest environmental NGO’s
in the world, the International Tree Foundation, and she is a
founding Board member of WOCAN – Women Organising for Change in
Agriculture and Natural Resource Management.