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NACD highlights the key board-related elements of the SEC’s new rule and provides 5 questions to support initial discussions.
Build your climate governance capabilities and learn from emerging oversight practices.
NACD is the proud US member of the global Climate Governance Initiative. Use these resources to learn insights from global peers.
Use these tools, checklists, and guides to structure climate discussions at your next board meeting.
Checklist
This checklist addresses why boards should know the impacts their organization has on biodiversity loss and how to align biodiversity targets with climate goals.
Boardroom Tool
This tool is a summary of the forces driving board/management climate engagement, the structural options for interaction, and topics that may be part of the dialogue.
Checklist
NACD has developed a comprehensive checklist of what directors should know before speaking with investors about climate change.
Quick Reads from Directorship®
Check out these articles from Directorship® magazine for additional insights on climate governance and oversight.
DIRECTORSHIP MAGAZINE
Five practices for navigating conversations regarding ESG in the current environment.
DIRECTORSHIP MAGAZINE
Discover legislative, regulatory, and legal developments impacting boards.
DIRECTORSHIP MAGAZINE
With backlash buffeting ESG strategies, initiatives, and disclosures, and regulatory requirements looming, boards are attempting to navigate the best path forward.
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Six actions boards can take to aid their companies during climate transition planning.
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Five best practices to guide the procurement of carbon credits and other environmental project units.
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As companies continue to recognize climate risk as a material financial risk to their business, conversations are occurring in the boardroom regarding how to address these new risks.
Looking to learn more about evolving climate governance practices? Explore these resources from partners and policy makers.
CLIMATE GOVERNANCE INITIATIVE
Learn how directors can address sustainability during times of accelerated change.
Climate Governance Initiative
The CGI presents a series of business case studies on the experiences of leading companies driving climate action from the board level.
Climate Governance Initiative
The third edition of the primer provides an overview of the foreseeable financial and systemic risks over short, medium and long-term investment horizons.
International Financial Reporting Standards
Learn more about the ISSB’s general requirements for disclosure of sustainability-related financial information.
Deloitte Insights
This article provides board chairs with a perspective on how their counterparts are navigating the climate change agenda, stakeholder interests, and management oversight.
Climate Disclosure Standards Board
This handbook offers companies a framework for reporting environmental and social information with the same rigor as financial information.
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