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Executive Education - Sustainability

Board Oversight of Climate Risks and Opportunities
(Registration Closed)

Executive Education - Sustainability

Board Oversight of Climate Risks and Opportunities
(Registration Closed)

23 April 2024

Date

9.00am - 5.00pm

Time

RM 2,500

Program Fee

Hybrid

Format

Directors and corporate leaders are generally aware that climate change has caused a lot of damage and disruption; and is bound to do far worse as it intensifies. However, they may not understand well the specific impact that climate change has and will likely have on their businesses.

Given the widespread direct and indirect effects of global warming, all companies are exposed to climate-related risks and opportunities, which they must properly consider.

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  • Identify the types of climate risk their organizations are exposed to
  • Assess the risks and opportunities created by climate change on their organization
  • Adopt an effective climate governance framework
  • Put in place appropriate governance and management structures to oversee and manage climate risks, including setting clear roles and responsibilities
  • Implement a robust materiality assessment and linking this to strategy, risk management, metrics and targets
  • Evaluate whether and how to include climate metrics and targets in management remuneration
  • Implement effective climate risk management, contingency planning, scenario analysis and planning
  • Apply good practices in climate reporting, including integrating with financial reporting
  • Understand and mitigate risks of greenwashing
  • Board of Directors
  • Members of Risk Management and Sustainability Committees
  • Senior Management
  • Anyone else who may find this program helpful.

Faculty Profile

Professor Mak Yuen Teen PhD is Professor (Practice) of Accounting at the NUS Business School, National University of Singapore (NUS). He was a former Vice Dean of the School and the founder of the first corporate governance centre in Singapore at NUS. He recently founded the Centre for Investor Protection at NUS. He holds first-class honours, master and PhD degrees in accounting and finance.

Prof Mak has served on three of the four corporate governance committees set up by the Singapore authorities to develop and revise the code of corporate governance for listed companies, including the first committee in 2000. He currently serves on the Corporate Governance Advisory Committee under the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

He was a former member of the governing council of the Singapore Institute of Directors, and is currently a member of the international advisory board of the Hawkamah Institute for Corporate Governance in Dubai and a senior advisor and advisory council member of the Vietnam Independent Directors Association.

Dr Khoo Guan Seng has over 28 years of experience in the design and implementation of enterprise-wide investment, banking and risk management models, systems and processes, including ESG/responsible investing. He gained deep practical insights from a career with financial institutions in the US, Canada, UK and Singapore, including the Man Group, where he was the Principal Scientist, designing and running an algorithmic AI-based hedge fund; and American Bourses Corporation, which provided robo-based analytical solutions and financial info-utilities to traders and investors.

He has also served at ATOS Origin, RHB Capital, Singapore Exchange, Standard Chartered Bank, Temasek Holdings, Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo), Changi Airports International, and the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW). He holds a PhD in Computational Physics (Material Science) from the National University of Singapore, with post-doctorate R&D in AI-based data mining and applications in Japan and the US.

Professor Mak Yuen Teen PhD is Professor (Practice) of Accounting at the NUS Business School, National University of Singapore (NUS). He was a former Vice Dean of the School and the founder of the first corporate governance centre in Singapore at NUS. He recently founded the Centre for Investor Protection at NUS. He holds first-class honours, master and PhD degrees in accounting and finance.

 

Prof Mak has served on three of the four corporate governance committees set up by the Singapore authorities to develop and revise the code of corporate governance for listed companies, including the first committee in 2000. He currently serves on the Corporate Governance Advisory Committee under the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

 

He was a former member of the governing council of the Singapore Institute of Directors, and is currently a member of the international advisory board of the Hawkamah Institute for Corporate Governance in Dubai and a senior adviser and advisory council member of the Vietnam Independent Directors Association.

Dr Khoo Guan Seng has over 28 years of experience in the design and implementation of enterprise-wide investment, banking and risk management models, systems and processes, including ESG/responsible investing. He gained deep practical insights from a career with financial institutions in the US, Canada, UK and Singapore, including the Man Group, where he was the Principal Scientist, designing and running an algorithmic AI-based hedge fund; and American Bourses Corporation, which provided robo-based analytical solutions and financial info-utilities to traders and investors.

 

He has also served at ATOS Origin, RHB Capital, Singapore Exchange, Standard Chartered Bank, Temasek Holdings, Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo), Changi Airports International, and the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW). He holds a PhD in Computational Physics (Material Science) from the National University of Singapore, with post-doctorate R&D in AI-based data mining and applications in Japan and the US.

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Board Oversight of Climate Risks and Opportunities

RM 2,500