It is increasingly apparent that impacts from climate change pose not just financial and material risks to companies and industries, but in fact pose systemic risk to financial markets writ large. Given the nature of this risk, all corporate action—including corporate lobbying—should be proportional to the risk faced and aligned with the latest science on climate change. More and more investors understand that corporate lobbying that is not aligned with climate science is an investment risk. Ceres Blueprint for Responsible Policy Engagement on Climate Change provides detailed recommendations for how companies can align their risk, governance, and lobbying on climate change with the latest climate science and drive “risk aware” climate lobbying. Â
Moderator
Anne Kelly, Vice President, Government Relations, Ceres
Speakers
Brad Figel, VP Government Relations, Mars
Megan Lorenzen, Sustainability Manager, Salesforce
Veena Ramani, Senior Program Director, Capital Market Systems, Ceres
Val Smith, Chief Sustainability Officer, Citi
Hugh Welsh,General Counsel, Secretary & President DSM North America
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)