Managing Climate Risk

Overview

This important book explains how organizations can:

• Reduce their exposure to direct threats
• Improve their efficiency
• Learn how to gain from shifts in the way their markets operate

In a clear, informative style it explores:

• Techniques for identifying climate risks and systems for managing them
• How to prepare for contingencies caused by extreme weather changes
• Options for controlling emissions and improving resource efficiency
• How to find alternative sources of energy and minimise waste
• Smarter working practices, flexible travel plans and greener building
• How an innovative response can strengthen the brand

Who is this book for?

This book is ideal for:

• Leaders and policy-makers across business and industry as well as central and local government
• HR Managers
• Facilities and Property Managers
• Consultants specialising in risk management, change management and human resources
• Ecology experts

Content

• The case for action
• Executive response
• Managing physical risks
• Emissions control
• Resource efficiencies
• Alternative energy sources
• Product lifecycles
• Smarter working practices
• Transport
• Greener buildings

The author

Adam Jolly writes regularly for many leading financial and technical journals. He is Editor of The Growing Business Handbook and co-author of The International Patents Handbook and The Pension Trustee’s Investment Guide.