Mastering Corporate Climate Reporting
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Four-week course covering climate-related financial disclosures and reporting requirements that have increasingly become mandatory in markets across the world.
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Created by —
Katherine Markova
Climate Consultant, former Big 4 Director
Intermediate level
Familiarity with financial reporting is beneficial, but not required
Flexible schedule
Learn according to your schedule with fully asynchronous learning
4 weeks / 4 hours per week
Expected commitment. We will help keep yourself accountable with timely check-ins
Certificate & Office-hours
Coming soonOptional add-on: Certificate and office-hour meetings with course creator and other learners
Course overview
This course covers existing and upcoming climate reporting regulations, which are now required by law in large global markets such as California and the EU. We’ll dive into the details of landmark frameworks for climate-related financial risk reporting, such as TCFD, and mandatory disclosure regulations, such as EU CSRD, California SB 253, and SB 261. You’ll learn how to determine regulatory climate reporting requirements for your company and practice building scaffolding for sustainability reports.
You will walk away from the course with an understanding of how climate reporting is becoming more integrated with financial reporting and why sustainability and finance professionals within organizations will increasingly be working together.
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Skills you will learn
Navigate climate disclosures
Decipher the mandatory and voluntary climate disclosures across the globe, with a focus on newly passed EU and CA legislation
Understand TCFD recommendations
Gain insight into the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures, the cornerstone of global corporate climate frameworks and regulations
Assess materiality
Determine what data is material (and doubly material) to a company
Comprehend integrated reporting
Integrate climate data into financial reporting
Who is this course for?
Sustainability professionals
Prepare for the upcoming wave of regulation that will impact your work
Investment analysts
Understand how to leverage increased reporting for your climate data research and analysis
Financial reporting professionals
Learn the fundamentals of sustainability reporting and the key differences between it and financial reporting
Newly appointed ESG controllers
Set yourself up for success by ensuring you can speak the language of both sustainability and finance functions
Course syllabus
Voluntary and mandatory climate financial disclosure
Voluntary and mandatory climate financial disclosure reporting requirements: recent trends and future developments
Readings/viewing: Navigating California’s SB 253 and SB 261
Deep dive into three reporting frameworks
Readings/viewing: Sustainability Standards: What Next? Assess which mandatory frameworks a company has to comply with
Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)
Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations in detail
Readings/viewings: TCFD Knowledge Hub, and guidance on the use of scenario analysis
Integrating sustainability and financial reporting
Readings/viewings: Integrated Report review and summary of key takeaways. Develop a contents page for a sustainability report
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Meet the course creator
Katherine pivoted into climate work following a 20-year career in accounting and reporting with KPMG, during which she advised many of the world’s largest companies. Katherine’s main areas of expertise are corporate sustainability and transparency. In her most recent role with 3Degrees Group Inc., Katherine supported corporate clients with greenhouse gas emissions measurement, climate target setting, climate risk assessment and sustainability reporting.
Katherine is also an active member of several climate advocacy groups that are working towards enhanced corporate transparency through strengthened regulations. She was involved with the recent passage of SB 253 and SB 261 in California in a volunteer capacity and has detailed knowledge of these bills.
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