A4S Workshop for Finance: Nature and Introduction to TNFD
11 Sep (Thur) Day 1 : 10:15 – 13:00
This interactive workshop will provide an overview of the global nature landscape and the urgent need for action, introduce the Taskforce for Nature-Related Financial Disclosure (TNFD), explore the role of finance and sustainability professionals, and equip participants with the knowledge and ideas to develop actionable steps to get started in embedding nature considerations into organizations’ strategies and operations.
A key component of the workshop will be to discuss approaches and challenges with other participants to enable peer exchange, as well as insights and practical examples.
Learnings
- Share an overview of the global nature landscape and the urgent need for action
- Take away some ideas on how to embed nature considerations into your organizations’ strategies and operations
- Introduce the Taskforce for Nature-Related Financial Disclosure (TNFD) recommendations and examples
- Explore the role of finance/sustainability professionals in valuing, protecting and restoring nature
- Develop actionable steps to get started
Participants should ideally be at sufficiently senior level positions in their organizations to enable a high level understanding of their business operations to relate to their nature considerations.
Post-Event Actions
- Describe the importance of understanding and embedding nature related considerations into organizations
- Understand the role of finance/sustainability professionals in enabling the valuing, protecting and restoring nature
- Develop actionable steps to get started on embedding in their own organizations
Session Information
Duration: 2.5 hours (Session commences at 10.30)
Workshop capacity: Up to 32 participants
Format: In person, in working groups/tables of 6 to 8 per table group
Target audience: Finance, accounting and sustainability professionals with involvement in corporate reporting. Given workshop space capacity, places will be limited to two (2) attendees per organization and successful registrants will receive confirmation of their attendance.
Speakers
Pooi Funn Moong
Director, Asia Pacific
Accounting for Sustainability
Pooi Funn Moong
Accounting for Sustainability
Director, Asia Pacific
Pooi Funn MOONG is Director for Asia Pacific and leads A4S activities in the region, including the Asia Pacific Chapter of the A4S CFO Leadership Network and supporting CFOs and finance teams to embed sustainability.
Prior to joining A4S, Pooi Funn was at Deloitte professional services and assisting organisations on reporting, internal controls, business processes, risk management and governance. She has worked with a wide range of organisations in the global financial services industry, has held regional roles and led complex projects involving cross-border and cross-functional teams in the UK, Middle East, and Southeast Asia.
Pooi Funn is a Fellow Chartered Accountant, member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), and member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA).
Elizabeth To
Consultant
Accounting for Sustainability
Elizabeth To
Accounting for Sustainability
Consultant
Elizabeth is a chartered accountant and sustainability professional with over 20 years of cross-industry experience working in consultancy and in-house roles covering Asia Pacific, Europe, North America and the Middle East.
At A4S, she is responsible for the development and implementation of knowledge and technical programmes, including the A4S Nature Guidance series and the A4S Academy for accounting and finance professionals. Her experience spans across sustainability/ESG strategy formulation, governance and management practices, and reporting and communications.
She has led various learning and development programmes on sustainability/ESG for corporates and finance professionals and managed large-scale environmental and social impact projects involving multiple stakeholders.
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