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SEC Climate-Related Disclosures - Overview ON DEMAND

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1.0 Credits

Member Price $29.00

Non-Member Price $33.00

Overview

On March 6, 2024, the SEC released its long-awaited final rules with respect to climate-related disclosures for public companies. These rules reflected the SEC’s attempt at responding to investors’ demand for more information about climate-related risks while also balancing the costs of implementing the disclosure requirements. This course provides brief overview of the climate-related disclosure requirements along with information about when public companies must start including these disclosures in their respective filings.

Highlights

SEC climate-related disclosures. Climate-related risks. Guidance on climate-related opportunities. Transition plans, scenario analysis, and internal carbon prices. BOD oversight of climate-related risks. Targets and goals. Financial statement effects. Expenditure effects. Financial statement disclosure requirements.

Prerequisites

None.

Designed For

CPAs, CEOs, CFPs, and other financial managers.

Objectives

Recognize how the SEC climate-related disclosures have evolved. Identify types of climate related risks. Recognize qualitative and quantitative climate-related disclosures. Identify assurance requirements and compliance dates for different types of entities.

Preparation

None.

Notice

None.

Leader(s):

Leader Bios

Kelen Camehl, Western CPE

Kelen is a recognized author and reviewer of CPE courses and has authored over 85 courses (225+ CPE credit hours) covering a range of accounting, auditing, financial reporting, regulatory, and ethics topics. His courses are available for purchase from many online CPE providers including the AICPA. Kelen has also remained involved in CPA exam content development for nearly 10 years and has authored more than a thousand multiple choice questions for various sections of the CPA exam. He also serves as an Editorial Advisor for the AICPA’s “Journal of Accountancy”.

Kelen has over 15 years of progressive finance and accounting experience. He currently serves as an Accounting Policy Consultant with HP, Inc. in Dallas, TX. Most recently he was located in Budapest, Hungary on a three-year international assignment and served in the company’s Houston, TX location prior to this assignment. Prior to HP, he served in multiple accounting roles in the oil & gas industry with ConocoPhillips including technical accounting policy, SOX compliance, and internal audit. He also gained public accounting experience with PricewaterhouseCoopers, working with various clients in the energy, electric, power, gas, and utility sectors.

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Non-Member Price $33.00

Member Price $29.00