12th September Breakfast & Lunch Roundtables
12th September Breakfast & Lunch Roundtables
(By Invitation Only)
(Breakfast Roundtable) The Role of the CFO in Enabling the Transition and Creating Value
Friday, 12 September
08:15-09:45
Renaissance Hotel, Wan Chai
By invitation only
The Role of the CFO in Enabling the Transition
supported by Swire Pacific
In an era of rapid technological disruption, climate urgency, and shifting stakeholder expectations, the role of the CFO has evolved beyond traditional stewardship.
For the first time, ReThink HK will partner with Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) to host an exclusive breakfast roundtable, alongside the main conference and exhibition, that invites local and regional CFOs to deep dive into the role they can play in the sustainable transition, the challenges faced by CFOs in embedding sustainability into strategy and decision-making and how these challenges can be overcome.
Provisional schedule
- Opening Address from Mr Martin Murray, Finance Director of Swire Pacific Limited
- the changing role of a CFO
- taking a wider view of value creation, embedding sustainability into strategy
- the relevance of transition planning to help create and preserve value
- practical examples from participating organisations
Hosted by
Pooi Funn Moong
Director, Asia Pacific
Accounting for Sustainability
Supported by
With thanks to
(Lunch Roundtable) Investing in Resilience: Quantifying Climate Risk for Smarter Decisions
Friday, 12 September
12:15-14:00
Renaissance Hotel, Wan Chai
Lunch – by invitation only
Participants will debate and discuss the importance of quantifying the financial impacts of climate change and natural hazards. This goes beyond regulatory compliance and shifts the conversation to focused actions to make companies more resilient to the evolving climate.
Learnings
- Importance of financial quantification in climate resilience with a focus on wind, flood and storm surge
- Examples of adaptation measures to improve resilience
- Hints and tips on adaptation financing strategy
Post-Event Actions
- Build focused climate resilience strategies within their firms, with a focus on quantifying the financial impacts before investing in resilience
- implement low hanging fruit adaptation strategies to build resilience NOW.
Hosted by
Michael Szwajda
Broker Management & Business Development Leader
Zurich Insurance Company
With thanks to
