From value chain disruptions and operational downtime to stranded infrastructure and over-heated employees, most companies know that physical climate risks are increasing. However, fewer know how to act on them or why resilience efforts stall.
In this webinar, the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) and Systemiq share findings from our new report, Climate Resilience as Strategy: Scaling Corporate Action on Physical Risks from Climate Change. In the report, we move beyond the now-familiar finding that most companies are underprepared to address physical climate risks and instead pinpoint exactly where companies face the largest barriers—and what it would take to help overcome them. Drawing on interviews and roundtables with more than 40 companies, as well as an analysis of 30 leading frameworks, standards, and tools, C2ES and Systemiq propose four concrete recommendations for what is needed to drive corporate climate resilience at scale.
Join us on June 30 at 11:00am ET to hear key findings and recommendations from the report, gain insights from the companies leading the way on climate resilience, and explore what the path forward looks like for companies ready to move from recognition to readiness.
Speakers (alphabetical by first name)
Dee Yang
Partner and Head of US Office, Systemiq
Dee previously spent 12 years at McKinsey & Company, where she was the Partner founder and co-lead of the Nature and Natural Capital service line and founder and co-lead of Climate for Financial Institutions in North America. Dee was a core leader in Mission Possible Partnership, where McKinsey provided analytical…
Fiona Watson
Vice President, Corporate Performance & Accountability, WBCSD
Fiona leads WBCSD’s work on Corporate Performance & Accountability, working with members and partners to streamline and accelerate the integration of sustainability-related impacts, risks and opportunities into financial decision making to drive capital allocation for transformation at scale. This work includes WBCSD member programs on corporate transparency, transformation and aligning…
Tessa Ide
Corporate Climate Resilience Manager, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
Tessa Ide is the Corporate Climate Resilience Manager at the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES). Ms. Ide works with businesses, policymakers, and other stakeholders to advance corporate action on climate resilience through the Climate Resilient Pathways Initiative. Ms. Ide facilitates a community of practice for companies seeking to…
Theo Bachrach
Head of Business Engagement, Programmes, and Strategic Partnerships
Theo Bachrach has a background in campaigns and coalition building where he has worked at the national and sub-national level across Europe, North America and Africa within the private and public sector. His professional and personal interests include mobilising non-state actors to understand and build resilience to the impacts of…
Tucker Van Aken
Senior Director, Systemiq
Tucker co-leads Systemiq’s North America office in New York City, where I work with leaders across business, finance, philanthropy, and government to turn ambitious sustainability goals into investable, implementable change, with a particular focus on resilience across economic systems.
Verena Radulovic
Vice President for Business Engagement, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
Verena Radulovic is Vice President for Business Engagement at the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions. Ms. Radulovic works with businesses, policymakers and other stakeholders to advance business action on climate mitigation and resilience and help galvanize business support for ambitious, practical climate policies and solutions. She manages the Business…