The Integrated Balance Sheet: From Invisible Risk to Recognised Value
Capital markets increasingly price climate risk. Core financial statements often do not explicitly recognise it.
Major climate-related risks and investments are frequently treated as peripheral disclosures rather than embedded in core accounting. The result? Distorted signals for capital allocation and tension between transition investment and short-term financial metrics.
This event convenes the practitioners and frameworks working to close that gap. This conversation is rooted in what can be done today. We will highlight how integrating climate into financial statements is not a distant reform; it is achievable within existing accounting standards today.
Why does this matter? Because financial accounting drives capital allocation. When risks and assets are recognised on the balance sheet, they influence cost of capital, investment decisions, and corporate strategy, helping mobilise capital at the speed and scale required for climate mitigation.
The session will include 90 minutes of discussion followed by a reception.
17:00 Welcome and Fireside Chat with Paul Munter, former Chief Accountant at the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
17:30 Kim Fisher, Global Sustainability and Impact Lead Private Equity @ Goldman Sachs and Natasha Landell-Mills, Partner and Head of Stewardship at Sarasin & Partners LLP
18:00 Climate on the balance sheet in practice:
Pathway A: Rethinking Capital - Luke Baldwin
Pathway B: Capitals Coalition - Madeleine Evans and Tom Beagent
Pathway C: True and Fair - Ben Carpenter
18:30 Reception