Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour
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Chair
Patrick Learmonth, Partner, Stace Hammond Lawyers
Latest Insights on Climate Related Disclosures
- Market trends in Year 1 of reporting
- Deep dive on key disclosure challenges: scenario analysis, risk and opportunity identification and metrics/targets
- Focus on areas for FY25/26: identification of anticipated financial impacts of climate change, financial quantification of risks, and transition planning
- Update on reform proposals: adoption provisions, scope of regime, director liability
- Overview of Australian and international regimes
Presented by Nicola Swan, Partner, Chapman Tripp
Learning Objectives:
- Understand key challenges and trends in climate-related disclosures under NZ’s reporting regime
- Identify upcoming compliance priorities and potential legal risks, including director liability and financial impact reporting
Presenters
Patrick Learmonth, Partner, Stace Hammond Lawyers
Patrick Learmonth is a partner in the Auckland office of Stace Hammond Lawyers and specialises in advising business clients on a wide range of legal issues relevant to their businesses. He has over 30 years experience advising on corporate, commercial and trust matters with particular expertise in company law and insolvency, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, succession planning, joint ventures and shareholder agreements, trust law and trustee advice, intellectual property - licensing, copyright, and franchising, information technology - software development and licensing and websites and trade practices, fair trading and anti competitive behaviour in business markets, privacy law and mediation of commercial and trustee disputes. Patrick acts for a wide range of business clients, local and international, particularly in the consumer product retail, wholesale and manufacturing sectors and the IT industry. Patrick is a member of the New Zealand Law Society Complaints Service Committees and also convener for the Franchise Association of New Zealand complaints committee. Prior to joining Stace Hammond Patrick was a partner for over 20 years at the Auckland office of national law firm, Kensington Swan.
Nicola Swan, Partner, Chapman Tripp
Nicola is a Partner in Chapman Tripp’s Dispute Resolution and Climate Risk practices based in Wellington and leads the firm's International Law practice. She has a significant focus on sustainability and climate change risk and reporting and is recognized as a thought-leader in this area. Nicola has expertise in climate related disclosure (CRD) reporting implementation, having advised both government actors and regulated entities (listed issuers, banks, insurers, fund managers) as the legislation and associated climate standards have been developing. Nicola is currently acting for a range of New Zealand banks, fund managers, insurers and listed issuers on climate risk assessment, CRD, emissions targets, and related liability/litigation risk. Nicola is also regularly approached to develop ESG policies, codes of conduct, and to advise on sustainability governance. Nicola is currently acting for several New Zealand corporates in climate related and greenwashing litigation currently before the courts. In the last three years, Nicola has co-authored published New Zealand legal opinions on fiduciary duties and obligations on boards of directors, fund managers and trustees to consider climate risk to businesses and investments, and several guides for company directors, fund managers and trustees to consider climate risk to businesses and investments. Nicola is recognized in Chambers Asia Pacific 2024, Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024 and Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration 2024. Nicola was also listed in NZ Lawyer's Elite Women List 2023.
