Advancing Climate Change Officers in the Private and Public Sectors

Human Capital: Informing Decision Making on Climate

Risks & Opportunities

Daniel KreegerExecutive Director & Mad Scientist

Association of Climate Change Officers

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Question for the Audience

If you don’t have the right people, with the right skills, in the right parts of your organization, how could one possibly hope to be successful in tackling the incredible set of challenges posed by climate change?

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Aspiration for a Climate Change Profession

ACCO envisions the transformation of business practices by a broad range of organizations large and small; innovative partnerships that revolutionize the resiliency of supply chains; and authentic governmental engagement with the problem of climate change to achieve the scale of mitigation and adaptation that can undergird a world economy and society based in resiliency and health. Climate change officers play a key role in bringing about this much-needed transformation.

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Core Competencies Required to Meaningfully Address Climate

Foundational knowledge and skills include science literacy, environmental literacy, knowledge of the policy landscape, and management acumen.

Organizational knowledge and experience include strategic planning, decision-making, compliance, enterprise risk management, asset management, the management of value and supply chains, corporate communications and corporate social responsibility, and organizational governance.

Strategic execution competencies are largely skills-based and include supporting organizational change, helping to mitigate risk, engaging stakeholders, and being actively involved in policy efforts beyond the walls of the organization and maintaining other external partnerships.

http://competencies.ACCOonline.org

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Diversity of Human Capital Needs

Basics of Climate Science &

Sea Level RiseProjections, Tools,

Data & Downscaling Adaptation Planning

GHG Accountings & Basics of Disclosure

Gathering & Leveraging GHG Data

Advanced Structures & GHG Reduction Goals

Energy Audits & Basic Mgmt. Strategies

Strategic Energy Management

P3 Projects & Advanced Energy Contract Vehicles

Accounting for RECs & Offsets Markets & Strategies Advanced Projects

Gathering Actionable Data from Suppliers

Assessing & Quantifying Climate

Related Risk

Climate Smart Strategic Sourcing &

Procurement

Understanding Organizational Culture

& Change

Identifying Critical Success Factors &

Developing a StrategyOvercoming Challenges

Basic Project FinanceFinancing Energy & GHG Management

ProgramsQuantifying Cascading

Climate Risk

Climate Science, Risk & Adaptation Planning

GHG Management & Reduction Strategies

Energy Strategies

Commodities & Markets

Supply Chain Management

Change Management & Leadership Training

Project Finance & Economic Analysis

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CCO Certification & Training Roadmap

Basics of Climate Science &

Sea Level Rise

Projections, Tools, Data & Downscaling

Adaptation Planning

GHG Accountings & Basics of Disclosure

Gathering & Leveraging GHG Data

Advanced Structures & GHG Reduction

Goals

Energy Audits & Basic Mgmt. Strategies

Strategic Energy Management

P3 Projects & Advanced Energy Contract Vehicles

Accounting for RECs & Offsets

Markets & Strategies Advanced Projects

Gathering Actionable Data from Suppliers

Assessing & Quantifying Climate

Related Risk

Climate Smart Strategic Sourcing &

Procurement

Understanding Organizational

Culture & Change

Identifying Critical Success Factors &

Developing a Strategy

Overcoming Challenges

Basic Project Finance

Financing Energy & GHG Management

Programs

Quantifying Cascading Climate

Risk

Climate Science, Risk & Adaptation Planning

GHG Management & Reduction Strategies

Energy Strategies

Commodities & Markets

Supply Chain Management

Change Management & Leadership Training

Project Finance & Economic Analysis

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Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Module/Certificate

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About the Association of Climate Change Officers

ACCO serves climate change professionals working in all contexts within an organization, including:

Professionals whose role and responsibilities are focused exclusively upon addressing climate change impacts upon an organization’s operations;

Professionals charged with addressing sustainability and/or environmental issues related to an organization’s operations; and

Professionals whose primary functions are in areas that are not necessarily considered environmental roles (e.g. supply chain and procurement, facilities management, risk management, investor relations)

ACCO supports the professional development of individuals in positions having any level of climate focus, providing resources, outlining professional development tracks, and connecting them to their peers in order to share successful strategies and lessons learned.

www.ACCOonline.org

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