Experience
As a current Company Secretary, and as an former Executive responsible for life safety and extreme natural hazard risk in Queensland, James knows how to set up your Board for success with regard to risks, and obligations around natural hazards. He has been accountable, and responsible for the strategic planning horizon related to climate change, and understands that the first step to assessing impacts of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) projections is to know the credible, existing risk envelope for your enterprise, location, or project. At a more granular level, he has management and technical experience of the policy, systems, and processes required for practical natural hazard risk management to ensure duties are discharged.
Services
Director Duties for Natural Hazards
- Risk appetite statements and enterprise integration
- Opportunity and mobilising the new climate advantage
- Policy development that’s nimble and flexible
- Culture, natural hazards and leadership
- Director duties for safety in a changed and changing climate (see below)
- Common learnings for directors from case studies
- Cyber risk mitigation in environmental monitoring and physical assets.
- Crisis framework and continuity plan integration
- Regulatory framework integration
Climate Change Disclosure
Low risk doesn’t mean no risk. The importance of understanding credible risk exposure is increasingly important for strategy, risk and planning. Credible risk scenario testing at a technical, and corporate level is a key activity for evolving climate disclosure frameworks and requires in-depth subject matter expertise. Key principles associated with our enterprise physical risks framework are:
- Focus on opportunity
- Integrate with technology, financial, reputational
- Minimise complexity and integrate with existing frameworks
- Align with business continuity and crisis frameworks
- Involve your people. They already know the answer
- Go above and beyond. This is about reputation
- Cyber risk is a key part of climate risk management
Safety Obligations for natural hazards
Natural hazards are a safety matter for Officers and Directors. In a variable climate, that means constant attention to ensure your meet the required bar of managing risk in so far as reasonably practicable. Safety legislation is already fit for future judgement of climate decisions made now. Climate Resilience can’t tell you what to do, however, we do have a framework, underpinned by learnings, case studies and that has a focus on safety outcomes and ensures an inclusive approach ensuring maximum participation, and enthusiasm from teams.
We also provide Officer and Director familiarisation on key principles associated with managing natural hazard risk in so far as reasonably practicable.