COMMERCIAL BANKING CONFERENCE

Climate Change: What are the risks, realities, and challenges?

What you must know to prepare for this eventuality

Thursday, April 28, 2022, 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.

Conference slides

Commercial Banks face a myriad of risks, especially in today’s environment.  Keeping track, mitigating, and managing risks has become a major focus of commercial banks internally.  An emerging risk that has garnered the attention and focus of the regulatory environment is Climate Risk, and all that it entails.  Regulators are now poised to include this risk in its examination routines, at least for banks over $100 billion in assets.  However, with the emergence of this focus, the writing is on the wall that Climate Risk will become a challenge for all banks, as has been the history with other risks.  Get ahead of the curve by joining this “thought-provoking” and informative conference to plan and prepare for this  for the future. 

Conference program

Meet the speakers

Come and listen to experts in this field including:

  • David Carlin, Program Lead of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure, of the United Nations Environment Program
  • Ariana Gomez, founder and CEO of Technology for Impact a next generation consulting firm focused on net-zero leadership
  • Michael Cohn, Principal, Wolf & Company, PC
  • Jason Lichtstein, partner of Akermann Law Firm, focused on environmental concerns and regulatory compliance.

They will impart best practices and critical information to aid you in managing this emerging risk.  The best way to plan is to be informed, and that is what this event is designed to do.  Know the requirements, who is affected, and how this risk will evolve in the future to protect your organization.

Thank you to our generous sponsors!

Bronze Level

  • BMO Harris
  • Johnson Bank
  • National Exchange Bank