Season 3, Episode 9: The ‘G’ of ESG essential after COP26

In the ninth episode of season 3 of the Compliance Clarified podcast Susannah Hammond is joined by Lindsey Rogerson and Henry Engler to revisit ESG – that is environmental, social and corporate governance with a particular focus on the ‘G’ – governance together with the ramifications for financial services firms coming out of COP26.

For the last couple of weeks practically every headline has been about COP26 and the agreements reached or indeed not reached. Those agreements and the governance element of ESG are inextricably linked – without robust corporate governance financial service firms (among others) will simply not be able to deliver on the environmental and social challenges.


As mentioned in the podcast some additional resources:

Formation of International Sustainability Standards Board "pivotal moment" https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6869302667005571072/


COP26 Deforestation & methane pledges will help banks, asset managers get to net zero
https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en-us/posts/news-and-media/cop26-deforestation-methane-pledges/?utm_source=TRI&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Govt_COP26_Deforestation_Methane_Pledges_Social

Link to prototype ISSB climate standard
https://www.ifrs.org/content/dam/ifrs/groups/trwg/trwg-climate-related-disclosures-prototype.pdf

Link to prototype ISSB general standard
https://www.ifrs.org/content/dam/ifrs/groups/trwg/trwg-general-requirements-prototype.pdf

Oliver Wyman - Climate And Compliance The Time To Engage Is Now!
https://www.oliverwyman.com/content/dam/oliver-wyman/v2/publications/2021/oct/Climate_and_compliance_.pdf

Special report: ESG report highlights new challenges for financial institutions
https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en-us/posts/legal/esg-report-2021/

Further information on Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence can be found at: https://legal.thomsonreuters.com/en/products/regulatory-intelligence?elqTrackId=73370082102a4669b4d34524158b501c&elqaid=3945&elqat=2