SEC Climate Rule Live Event Series

SEC Climate Rule Webcast Part 1: What Does the Rule Require? (Session 1)

Date: March 13, 2024 | Time: 2:00 p.m. ET | CPE: 1 credit

With its final climate rule, the SEC aims to provide more consistent, comparable and reliable information for investors. While scaled back from the initial proposal, the final rule significantly expands the reporting required by registrants. Join our discussion to understand what’s required. Led by Maura Hodge, ESG Audit Leader, and members of the ESG Team in the Department of Professional Practice, Julie Santoro, Anita Chan, and Bryce Ehrhardt.

At the end of this webcast, participants will have an understanding of:

•  Who and what are in scope
• Required financial statement disclosures
• Required climate risk disclosures, including greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and assurance
• Effective dates and transition
• Implications for processes and controls
• How the requirements compare to other frameworks

CPE Credit: Participants will be eligible for 1 CPE credit in the field of accounting for attending one of the 60-minute sessions and responding to live check-ins. Since the content for the March 13 and 26 sessions will be the same, participants are only eligible to receive CPE for attending one session.

SEC Climate Rule Webcast Part 1: What Does the Rule Require? (Session 2)

Date: March 26, 2024 | Time: 11:00 a.m. ET | CPE: 1 credit

With its final climate rule, the SEC aims to provide more consistent, comparable and reliable information for investors. While scaled back from the initial proposal, the final rule significantly expands the reporting required by registrants. Join our discussion to understand what’s required. Led by Maura Hodge, ESG Audit Leader, and members of the ESG Team in the Department of Professional Practice, Julie Santoro, Anita Chan, and Bryce Ehrhardt.

At the end of this webcast, participants will have an understanding of:

•  Who and what are in scope
• Required financial statement disclosures
• Required climate risk disclosures, including greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and assurance
• Effective dates and transition
• Implications for processes and controls
• How the requirements compare to other frameworks

CPE Credit: Participants will be eligible for 1 CPE credit in the field of accounting for attending one of the 60-minute sessions and responding to live check-ins. Since the content for the March 13 and 26 sessions will be the same, participants are only eligible to receive CPE for attending one session.

SEC Climate Rule Webcast Part 3: The Impact on Companies’ Reporting, Data & Technology and Governance

Date: April 23, 2024
Time: 11:00 a.m. ET
CPE: 1 credit

Discuss impact of the SEC’s climate rule across the enterprise through data and technology, reporting and governance initiatives. Led by Maura Hodge, ESG Audit Leader, Angie Ty, ESG Reporting Leader, Pravin Chandran, ESG Data & Technology Leader,  and Steve Estes, ESG Governance Leader.

By the end of this webcast, participants will learn how to:

• Leverage ESG reporting to bring value to your organization beyond compliance
• Prepare an integrated ESG data and technology ecosystem to automate and streamline metrics calculations, reporting and enable SEC governance
• Apply learnings from early implementation of the SEC’s proposed rule and compliance with other sustainability reporting rules e.g. CSRD, ISSB
• Consider different ways to structure your ESG reporting groups in accounting, finance, internal audit, SOX into an integrated and value add part of your organization
• Instill the importance and need for process, controls, and governance in your sustainability reporting operating model and across the organization