Overview

This is Module 3 of the Sustainability Excellence for Talent Certification Programme (SET), which aims to provide learners with comprehensive knowledge on topics such as sustainability reporting frameworks, ESG ratings, climate risks, and net zero.

Climate risks are becoming increasingly imminent to businesses with the associated negative business and financial implications. Incorporating climate risks into existing risk management processes will be key to ensuring companies properly consider climate risks when making business decisions. This seminar provides an overview of the approach to identify, assess, prioritise and manage climate risks, and key consideration factors in integrating climate risks into your overall risk management.

Check out the other modules in the Programme:
Introduction to IFRS S1 and S2
Introduction to HKEX Listing Rule – ESG Code
ESG Data & Rating in Practice
Introduction to GHG Emissions
Introduction to GRI
Scenario Analysis in Practice
Scope 3 Emissions in Practice (Financial Services) or Scope 3 Emissions in Practice (Corporates)
Science-based Target Setting in Practice (Financial Services) or Science-based Target Setting in Practice (Corporates)

Objective

On completion of this webinar, you will be able to:
• Define the role and responsibilities at each governance level in an organisation
• Apply the step-by-step process of climate risk management
• Recognise methods of integrating climate risks into a business

Content

• Roles and responsibilities of Board and management at different functions
• Overview of climate risk management process (identification, assessment, prioritisation and management)
• Examples of climate risks integration into key business decisions and enterprise risk management programme

Who should attend

This course is primarily targeted at corporate sustainability officers, fund managers, compliance officers, risk managers, senior management of business entities, and those who are interested in this topic.

Financial Incentive Scheme of the WAM Pilot Programme

This course has already been approved as an eligible course of the Financial Incentive Scheme for Professional Training (“the Scheme”) under the Pilot Programme to Enhance Talent Training for the Asset and Wealth Management Sector (“the Pilot Programme”). The Scheme aims to enhance the competency and professionalism of in-service practitioners within the asset and wealth management sector and to assist other practitioners within the financial services industry in acquiring the knowledge and skills required for entering the sector. Eligible applicants will be subsidised 80% of the course fees by the HKSAR Government upon satisfactory completion of the courses approved by Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute, subject to a ceiling of HKD15,000. Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute is appointed as the implementation agent of the Pilot Programme. Regarding the details of eligible criteria and application procedures, please refer to the dedicated web-site of the Pilot Programme (https://www.wamtalent.org.hk/).