What's it like working in climate accountancy and finance

About

• What are the climate risks in finance

• Difference between Financial Accounting and Climate Accounting

• What training/CPD opportunities are availble out there to get develop skills in Climate Accountancy

Event panellists

Ian Thomson, Professor of Accounting and Sustainability, University of Dundee

Ian Thomson is a Professor of Accounting and Sustainability at the University of Dundee, with extensive experience in academia and prior roles at Birmingham Business School, University of Strathclyde, and Heriot-Watt University. He is a renowned expert in responsibility, sustainability, and accountability, with over 30 years of research spanning various topics including cleaner technology implementation, stakeholder engagement, climate change, and sustainable development indicators. Ian is actively involved in numerous projects such as carbon accountability and operationalising the SDGs for businesses. He has collaborated with organizations like Business in The Community, served as an expert reviewer for the IPCC, and advised governmental bodies and large corporations on sustainability strategies. His contributions extend to board memberships in several charities and recognition as BAFA Distinguished Academic of the year in 2019. Prior to academia, he gained experience as a management accountant for NHS Scotland and BBC Scotland.

Poppy Laila - Personal Development and Inclusion Manager, Kaplan

Poppy's career in education and apprenticeship has seen her involvement in coordinating additional learning needs provisions to maximise equity for all learners by removing any barriers and making learning as inclusive as possible. Additionally, she is the current careers lead at Kaplan, a qualified Mental Health First Aider, safeguarding representative at the London center and chairs the EDI champions at Kaplan to promote equality, diversity and inclusivity in all areas of education and apprenticeship at Kaplan.

Jenny Pelling - Director of Apprenticeship Development and Diversity at Kaplan Financial

Jenny's career in education and apprenticeships has seen her involvement in designing programmes and enhancing provision for learners and employers' benefit. She is the strategic lead for careers and personal development for apprentices, is a qualified Mental Health First Aider, as well as being responsible for governance. She is part of the Apprenticeship Leadership Team and the EDI Steering Group.

Who is this suitable for?

This is suitable for Kaplan apprentices, Kaplan UK students, Kaplan staff, and any employers who want to join. We have a limit of available places, which will be allocated on a first come first-served basis. We look forward to seeing you all there!

Joining the webinar

Upon signing up through Eventbrite, you'll receive a confirmation email which will direct you to a Zoom link where the session will be hosted. Use this link to join at the scheduled time. The link will also be sent again as a reminder two days, and 2 hours, before the webinar. This event will be run as a Zoom meeting with two way video and audio. The session will be recorded.

You'll need to access Zoom via the Zoom Desktop, Browser or your Mobile device. Visit the Zoom website for more information on how to do this, or to download the Zoom Desktop application.

Register now to reserve your space!

If you have a question…

If you have a specific question or topic ahead of the session that you would like us to cover, please use the contact button below to submit your query. We will try our best to discuss as many of these as possible during the meeting!

Webinar Recording

This webinar will be hosted on Zoom and will be recorded, along with any participant questions, however, images of participants will not be captured on the recording. You may choose what name you wish to be visible. Once you have registered for the webinar we will send a calendar invite to your email address and email you reminders about the upcoming event. After the event, we will email all participants with a copy of the recording and further relevant information including a request for feedback. If you do not wish to receive these emails please let us know by clicking the ‘Contact’ button at the bottom of this page. We may also use the recording for promotional/marketing purposes. The recording will only be kept as long as is necessary. We will not share your email address with other participants, however, we may share your contact details with the partner we are hosting the webinar with. We may also update your profile on our customer management system to reflect your attendance at this webinar. To find out more about how we handle personal data please see our privacy notice here.

Event Venue

Online