[MCN] What industries should disclose exposure to financial risk from climate change?

[Lance Olsen]

Excerpt from G2O Nations’ Task Force on disclosure of financial risk from climate change:

In addition to guidance for all sectors, the Task Force developed supplemental guidance for financial and non-financial organizations to assist those organizations in implementing the recommended disclosures. 

Non-Financial Groups 
– Energy 
– Transportation 
– Materials and Buildings 
– Agriculture, Food, and Forest Products 

The non-financial groups identified by the Task account for the largest proportion of GHG emissions, energy usage, and water usage.

Financial Industries 
– Banks 
– Insurance Companies 
– Asset Managers 
– Asset Owners 

The financial sector was organized into four major industries largely based on activities performed. The activities are lending (banks), underwriting (insurance companies), asset management (asset managers), and investing (asset owners).

https://www.fsb-tcfd.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/TCFD-Recommendations-Overview-062717.pdf <https://www.fsb-tcfd.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/TCFD-Recommendations-Overview-062717.pdf>

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with.”

Edward S. Deevey, Jr. Mineral Cycles.
Scientific American, September 1970

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