From global supply chain disruptions to local power outages, from rising commodity prices to facilities flooding, climate change hazards and their cascading effects can have major consequences on companies’ financial results. This course addresses whether and how climate risks should be included in public disclosure and reports. Course curriculum includes a methodical breakdown of climate impacts, and an overview of legal requirements and best practices in disclosure and reporting through a combination of interactive discussions and scenario analyses.

Learning Objectives

  • Categorizing and analyzing impacts (e.g. regulatory, market, physical, investments, insurance, direct and indirect losses)

  • Understanding materiality (e.g. legal definition, reporting frameworks) and the value of the materiality assessment process

  • Leveraging tools, methods and techniques for quantifying climate change impacts

  • Assessing reporting and disclosure options

  • Identifying resources and best practices to support climate risk reporting and disclosure

Course Architects

  • Bill Baue – Co-Founder and Chief Engagement Architect, Convetit

  • Stephen Donofrio – Principal & Founder, GreenPoint Innovations

  • Julie Fox Gorte – Senior Vice President for Sustainable Investing, Pax World Management LLC

  • David Hitchings – Director, greeNG Program, Northrop Grumman

  • Treazure Johnson – Partner, Dentons

  • Daniel Kreeger – Executive Director, ACCO

  • Brendan LeBlanc – Partner, Americas Climate Change & Sustainability Services, EY

  • Emilie Mazzacurati – Founder and CEO, Four Twenty Seven

  • Josh Nothwang – Practice Lead, Sustainability and Energy, WSP

  • Christina O'Connell – Director, North America, CRedit360

  • Nick Shufro – Assistant Administrator for Risk Management, Federal Insurance & Mitigation Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency

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Course Reviewers (2021-2023)

  • Jennifer Aiosa -- Chief Sustainability Officer, Baltimore County, Maryland

  • Rachel Bannon-Godfrey -- Vice President, SDG Impact Leader, Stantec

  • Louise Bedsworth -- Executive Director, Center for Law, Energy, and the Environment, University of California, Berkeley

  • Manishka De Mel — Senior Staff Associate II, Columbia Climate School Center for Climate Systems Research

  • Gavin Dillingham -- Vice President of Research, HARC

  • Jason Dubow -- Manager, Resource Conservation & Management Unit, Maryland Department of Planning

  • Tim Frazier -- Full Professor and Faculty Director, Georgetown

  • Tyler Hansen -- Postdoctoral Researcher, Technical University of Denmark

  • Sandy Hertz -- Director, Office of Climate Change Resilience and Adaptation, Maryland Department of Transportation

  • Brent Jett -- Coastal Resiliency Group Leader, GMB

  • Adam Johnson -- Director of Workforce Development, Northern Pennsylvania Regional College

  • Yohannes Mariam -- Senior Economist, People's Counsel of the Distract of Columbia

  • Don Pagach -- Professor, NC State University

  • Quin Robertson -- Senior Scientist, Coastal Protection Engineering

  • Sim Segal -- President, SimErgy Consulting and Director of ERM Program, Columbia University

  • Anthony Underwood -- Associate Professor of Economics, Dickinson College

  • Hilari Varnadore -- Vice President for Cities, USGBC

  • Jeff Yorzyk -- Director of Sustainability, HelloFresh US