Course Details

Secure Your Operations: Climate Risk & Business Continuity Planning Training Course

INTRODUCTION

Climate change is no longer a distant threat; it's a present reality impacting businesses globally. This training course equips you with the essential skills to integrate climate risk assessment into your business continuity planning. Learn to identify vulnerabilities, develop robust resilience strategies, and ensure your organization's operational continuity in the face of escalating climate-related disruptions.

DURATION

5 days

TARGET AUDIENCE

This course is designed for:

• Business Continuity Managers: Professionals responsible for developing and implementing business continuity plans.
• Risk Managers: Individuals tasked with identifying and mitigating organizational risks.
• Operations Managers: Professionals responsible for maintaining operational continuity.
• Facilities Managers: Those overseeing physical infrastructure and assets.
• Supply Chain Managers: Individuals responsible for ensuring supply chain resilience.
• Corporate Executives: Leaders seeking to understand and manage climate-related strategic risks.
• Sustainability Officers: Professionals integrating sustainability into business operations.
• Anyone responsible for organizational resilience.

Course Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Understand the various types of climate risks and their potential impact on business operations.
• Conduct thorough climate risk assessments and vulnerability analyses.
• Integrate climate risk considerations into existing business continuity plans.
• Develop strategies for mitigating climate-related disruptions and ensuring operational resilience.
• Establish effective communication and response protocols for climate-related emergencies.
• Understand the regulatory and reporting requirements related to climate risk.
• Implement scenario planning for various climate impact possibilities.
• Build organizational climate resilience.

Course Modules:

1. Understanding Climate Risk:
• Introduction to climate change and its business implications.
• Identifying physical and transitional climate risks.
• Understanding the financial and operational impacts of climate change.
• The importance of climate risk in business continuity.
2. Climate Risk Assessment and Vulnerability Analysis:
• Methodologies for assessing climate risks.
• Identifying critical assets and vulnerabilities.
• Using climate data and scenario planning.
• Risk mapping and prioritization.
3. Integrating Climate Risk into Business Continuity Planning:
• Aligning climate risk management with existing BCP frameworks.
• Developing climate-specific business continuity strategies.
• Incorporating climate risk into business impact analyses.
• Creating adaptable plans.
4. Developing Climate Resilience Strategies:
• Strengthening infrastructure and operational resilience.
• Diversifying supply chains and building redundancy.
• Implementing climate-adaptive technologies and practices.
• Nature based solutions for resilience.
5. Emergency Response and Communication:
• Establishing effective communication protocols for climate-related emergencies.
• Developing emergency response plans and procedures.
• Conducting drills and exercises.
• Stakeholder communication.
6. Regulatory and Reporting Requirements:
• Understanding climate-related regulations and reporting standards (e.g., TCFD).
• Ensuring compliance with environmental and climate policies.
• Reporting on climate risk and resilience measures.
• Understanding legal liability.
7. Scenario Planning and Adaptation:
• Developing climate change scenario's.
• Testing business continuity plans against various scenarios.
• Creating flexible and adaptable adaptation strategies.
• Long term planning.
8. Building Organizational Climate Resilience:
• Fostering a culture of climate awareness and preparedness.
• Engaging employees and stakeholders in climate resilience efforts.
• Continuous improvement and adaptation of climate risk management strategies.
• Building climate resilience into the organizational culture.

CERTIFICATION

• Upon successful completion of this training, participants will be issued with Macskills Training and Development Institute Certificate

TRAINING VENUE

• Training will be held at Macskills Training Centre. We also the training upon request at different locations across the world.

AIRPORT PICK UP AND ACCOMMODATION

• Airport pick up and accommodation is arranged upon request

TERMS OF PAYMENT

• Payment should be made to Macskills Development Institute bank account before the start of the training and receipts sent to info@macskillsdevelopment.com