Sustainable Business Practices

Corporate sustainability strategy climate change Australia

Climate Change Risk Management and Treatment Workshop

Initiate a process to develop the risk management and treatment plans

Objectives

  • To confirm priority risks identified as per the risk assessment matrix in the Identification and Assessment Workshop
  • To develop ideas for the management and treatment of priority risks identified
  • To explore opportunities to engage with suppliers, customers and other key stakeholders
  • To suggest a monitoring process to measure progress against agreed plans

Pre-requisite: Risk Identification and Assessment Workshop
Audience: Heads of key divisions, sites and functions within the organisation
Participants: Maximum of 20
Duration: 1 day

Climate Change Risk Management and Treatment Workshop (Indicative only*)

Introduction

Company specific climate change risks

  • Confirm findings of identification and assessment workshop
  • Evaluate existing controls and mechanisms to manage risks
  • Prioritise residual risks and evaluate treatment options (initiatives and actions)

Partnering with stakeholders (suppliers, customers, advisers etc)

  • Review implications to key stakeholders including supply chain
  • Identifying opportunities for collaboration
  • Leveraging the business value chain

Management plan

  • Review suggested initiatives and actions
  • Review priority steps and allocation of key responsibilities

Monitoring progress

  • Help establish monitoring mechanisms for tracking project initiative progress and ensure effective management of risks and opportunities

Communication & Reporting

  • Internal (board, management, risk committees etc)
  • External - sustainability report, annual report
  • ASX requirements, investors
  • Carbon Disclosure Project

Conclusion

*Program to be developed based on specific needs of clients

Benefits

  • Risk management and treatment options identified form a part of the company's climate change risk management response
  • Develop basis of a management plan
  • Enhanced basis for communicating the organisation's climate change response to stakeholders
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