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Thursday, July 8, 2021; 12 pm ET

Complimentary audio webinar

If your chief financial officer is the last person you would think of to take charge on climate change, think again. Today, smart organizations are shifting sustainability responsibilities to the finance function.

There are several reasons for this change. Climate change will require trillions of dollars of investment. Cutting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions leads to cost savings. Investors are pushing to integrate climate risks in corporate financial disclosures. And, the business opportunities for climate change solutions are blooming.

Taken together, these shifts are leading finance teams to include what were formerly called “nonfinancials” in their daily jobs.

In this Ask HBR webinar, Laura Palmeiro, senior adviser to the UN Global Compact and Delphine Gibassier, a professor of accounting for sustainable development at Audencia Business School—will share four key ways sustainability is being centralized in the finance function.

Coauthors of the recent HBR article “Your Company’s Next Leader on Climate Is…the CFO,Palmeiro and Gibassier will also provide company success stories and will answer questions around why this change is happening and how finance leaders can move these efforts forward in their own organization.

If your organization is eying the risks and opportunities associated with climate change and discussing which function(s) should lead these activities, join Palmeiro, Gibassier, and HBR on July 8 to gain insights on why your company’s next leader on sustainability is the CFO. Submit your questions in advance to: askhbr@hbr.org.