WATCH ON DEMAND: Hitting the Mark on climate disclosure

Our recent webinar in partnership with Talent Nation centred around lessons from New Zealand’s climate reporting experience and provided insights and practical support for Australian climate reporting entities.

Key takeaways included:

1. Most organisations underestimate the effort required
A consistent theme was how much more involved climate disclosure is than expected, particularly when it comes to governance, internal alignment, and data readiness.

2. The real value is in the thinking, not the report
The strongest message was that climate disclosure works best when it informs strategy and decision-making, not when it’s treated as a compliance exercise.

3. Scenario analysis and Scope 3 are where most people get stuck
These were highlighted as the two most challenging (and often least mature) areas. The webinar highlighted the need for accurate, traceable emissions and financial data, and that it is never too early to start this process

4. Board engagement can make or break progress
Organisations that brought their boards along early had much stronger outcomes.

5. NZ’s experience shows it pays to start early, integrate and iterate
It’s important to integrate climate risks into governance and strategy, including engaging boards and executives as early as possible. Breakdown your workstreams and build a cross functional team. Don’t treat it like a box ticking exercise to meet minimum compliance, connect it with your business strategy because even if climate doesn’t impact your business model, it will affect other risks.

REPLAY THE WEBINAR

Q&A Session

Due to the volume of questions that came through both during, and prior to the webinar, they have been aggregated. We filmed a Q&A video post-event to share with you responding to these questions.