Sustainability Finance 101: Organizational Resilience to the uncertainties arising from sustainability-related risks.

In the last Sustainability & Sustainable Financial Success 101 post we discussed the effects of climate and other sustainability-related risks and opportunities on your business’ financial position and performance and the effects on cash flow.  In this post we will pose the questions your business should be asking to determine its organizational resilience to the uncertainties arising from sustainability-related risks.

·       How does your business assess its own resilience to uncertainties due to future events that can disrupt its operations, strategy and financial plan?

·       How often does your business revisit this assessment?

·       Does your business’ resilience assessment account for uncertainties due to climate risk?

·       Do you use scenario analysis to conduct your business’ resilience assessment?

·       Do you use scientifically derived scenarios related to keeping global warming below 1.5°C past pre-industrial times, to avoid deleterious, irreversible outcomes such as sea-level rise?

·       What are the potential business outcomes you have identified for the diverse scenarios?

·       Can your business nimbly adjust its strategy & business model based on these outcomes?

·       What are the inputs, assumptions and reporting periods of your scenario analysis?

·       Are your investors satisfied with your planning and preparedness for diverse outcomes?

SELE Solutions can help your business answer the above questions and make meaningful progress in resiliency planning based on scenario analysis.  Time is running out.  Reach out to SELE Solutions to get kick-started on your journey to sustainable development.

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