Strategic and Organisational Integration

The board should ensure that management factors material climate-related risks and opportunities into the company’s strategy, risk management processes and investment decisions.

The board should ensure that climate systemically informs strategic investment planning and decision-making processes and is embedded into the management of risk and opportunities across the organisation.

Guiding questions

  • Does your corporate strategy include a holistic climate strategy informed by scenario analysis, i.e. climate risk mitigation and adaptation as well as business continuity and opportunities?
  • Is climate integrated into the “three lines of defence” and the Enterprise Risk Framework (ERM) for the company?
  • How does the board ensure that climate risks and opportunities are identified, mitigated, managed, and monitored across the company?

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[Source: to see more background on this principle and further guiding question, see the World Economic Forum Guide: How to Set up Effective Climate Governance on Corporate Boards: Guiding principles and questions, p14-15]

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