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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last month issued guidance to public companies on the SEC's disclosure requirements as they relate to climate change. This guidance reflects a growing consensus that climate change legislation and regulation, in addition to the physical impacts of climate change, could affect the operating and financial decisions as well as the future performance of many publicly traded companies. The guidance requires public companies to consider current rules and obligations as well as the potential for new regulation and legislation, when evaluating their climate change disclosure. Companies must carefully monitor legislative and regulatory developments in the area of climate change and evaluate whether there are any direct or indirect climate change impacts or trends that require disclosure.

Webinar participants will examine the requirements of the SEC's disclosure guidance and learn how it may apply to their companies. The webinar will consider how existing regulatory agency efforts - such as those undertaken by the EPA and the Council on Environmental Quality - should be reflected in the reporting, as well as on how to deal with the uncertainties posed by pending legislative measures such as a federal Cap-and-Trade program. The webinar will also address how those climate change policies may impact business costs, revenues and overall profitability. Finally, the webinar will offer a blueprint on how companies can leverage the systematic processes for gathering, analyzing and documenting information suggested in the SEC guidance for additional value to a company-in terms of both SEC compliance and the ability to make more informed decisions-using tools to evaluate the effects of potential climate change policies on their business.

Who Should Attend

• Internal auditors
  
• External auditors
  
• Compliance officers
  
• Emissions management teams
  
• Environmental (EH&S)
  
• Legal counsel
  
• Finance officers and reporting staff
  
• Regulatory affairs
  
• Program and project managers
  
• Risk management officials
  
• Accountability office staff
  
• Contract managers
  
• Treasury officials
  
• Accounting

Learning Outcomes

• Assess the applicability and requirements of the SEC climate change guidance
  
• Evaluate how the latest international, legislative, and regulatory developments in climate change policy need to be reflected in SEC reporting
  
• Identify the steps your company can take to comply with the SEC guidance
  
• Distinguish how the information indicated in the SEC guidance can help companies make key decisions, assess climate change "materiality," and supply verified information that could be disclosed to auditors
  
• Recognize the importance of a coordinated strategy in both regulatory and voluntary disclosures
  
• Assess climate change-related economic modeling and its value in facilitating the collection of GHG-related company data, estimating carbon price trajectories, and the impacts on revenues and expenses of climate change policies
  
• Identify how your company can take concrete steps to internalize climate change policies in business decisions

Requirements for Successful Completion of Program

Participants must be logged in to the web conference for its entirety to receive continuing education credit.

Instructional Methods

Web-based PowerPoint presentation and on-line interactive question/answer session.

Continuing Education Credits:

EUCI is authorized by IACET to offer up to 0.1 CEUs for this program.