Business Continuity & Climate Change
Is your organisation exposed to climate risk?
Climate change is no longer a future risk for Australian organisations — it's a present one. Floods, bushfires and extreme heat events are already disrupting operations, supply chains and staff, and regulatory pressure on climate-related disclosure is increasing rapidly.
We help organisations understand their climate risk exposure and build it into their resilience planning — in practical terms, and in line with emerging regulatory requirements.
Climate risk is particularly important for:
Importers of raw materials or finished goods with long supply lines
Businesses with assets in locations exposed to fire, flood or storm
Financial services companies with diverse investment portfolios subject to regulated risk reporting
Two types of climate risk
Physical risks
These are the direct operational impact of climate change: floods and storm surge affecting facilities, bushfires disrupting supply chains, extreme heat affecting staff and infrastructure, water scarcity affecting manufacturing. Australia's geographic remoteness amplifies these risks — extended supply chains mean more points of failure as climate events become more frequent.
Transitional risks
These arise from the shift to a lower-carbon economy: new regulations, legal obligations, changing market expectations and technology disruption. Climate risk disclosure is increasingly mandated for APRA-regulated entities and ASX-listed companies.
What we do
Climate change risk assessment
We lead or assist comprehensive climate risk assessments — identifying your exposure to both physical and transitional risks, assessing likelihood and impact, and recommending strategies to manage them.
Gap analysis
If you already have climate risk assessments or sustainability plans, we review them against current best practice and regulatory requirements, and identify gaps.
Location risk assessments
For organisations with multiple facilities or complex supply chains, we conduct detailed location-level assessments using physical climate data to assess exposure at specific sites.
Integration with business continuity planning
Climate risks need to be reflected in your BCP, not treated as a separate workstream. We integrate climate risk findings into your broader resilience program, so your recovery plans account for the disruptions most likely to affect your organisation.
We partner with XDI, which offers physical climate risk analysis at asset and portfolio level — from a single site to portfolios of tens of thousands — quantifying the cost of extreme weather and climate change to physical assets, and supporting due diligence and adaptation planning.
Regulatory context
Listed companies and APRA-regulated entities face increasing disclosure obligations around climate risk:
ASIC RG 280 — guidance on climate risk disclosure obligations for financial services licensees and listed entities
APRA CPG 229 — guidance on climate change financial risks for regulated entities
IFRS — now holds monitoring and oversight responsibility for climate-related disclosure standards, following the TCFD's disbandment in late 2023
If you're APRA-regulated, climate risk disclosure also sits alongside your broader CPS 230 obligations.
Ready to talk?
Climate risk is already affecting Australian organisations. The question is whether you're managing it, or reacting to it. Contact us to talk through your exposure.
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