Framework

ESG Risk Framework™

Identify and manage ESG and climate-related risks and prepare for disclosure obligations.

Overview

ESG risk covers environmental, social, governance and climate exposures and obligations. This framework manages materiality, climate scenarios, metrics and disclosure readiness.

Business problem

ESG and climate risks — and the disclosure expectations around them — are growing faster than most organisations' ability to assess and report them.

Purpose

Identify and manage ESG and climate-related risks and prepare for disclosure obligations.

Who it's for
  • Boards
  • Sustainability leaders
  • CROs
  • Investors-facing teams
Components
  • ESG materiality
  • ESG risk taxonomy
  • Climate scenario analysis
  • Metrics & targets
  • Disclosure readiness
  • ESG governance
Governance Structure
  • The board/sustainability committee owns; the CRO integrates ESG into ERM; reporting flows to the board and external stakeholders.
Maturity Levels (shared spine)
L1

Fragile

Maturity level 1 of the shared Outliers risk spine — Fragile.

L2

Functional

Maturity level 2 of the shared Outliers risk spine — Functional.

L3

Disciplined

Maturity level 3 of the shared Outliers risk spine — Disciplined.

L4

Strategic

Maturity level 4 of the shared Outliers risk spine — Strategic.

L5

Resilient

Maturity level 5 of the shared Outliers risk spine — Resilient.

Roadmap
Step 01
  • Assess ESG materiality
Step 02
  • Build the ESG risk taxonomy
Step 03
  • Run climate scenario analysis
Step 04
  • Set metrics and targets
Step 05
  • Prepare for disclosure
Deliverables
  • ESG risk register
  • Climate scenario pack
  • Disclosure-readiness assessment
Policies & documents
  • ESG risk policy
  • Climate risk standard
  • ESG disclosure standard
Metrics & KRIs
  • Material ESG risks tracked
  • Climate scenario exposure
  • ESG metric/target attainment
  • Disclosure-readiness score
Board oversight questions
  • What are our material ESG and climate risks?
  • How resilient are we to climate scenarios?
  • Are we ready for current and forthcoming disclosure rules?
  • Are ESG metrics integrated with strategy?

Across the ecosystem

Knowledge graph · 4 relations

operationalised by
ResourceESG Risk RegisterResourceClimate Scenario Analysis Template
prioritises (inverse)
IndustryPlaybookInsurance