Advisers should lead from the front on climate disclosure

This week New Zealand became the first country in the world to introduce a law that requires the financial sector to disclose the impacts of climate change on their business and explain how they will manage climate-related risks and opportunities.

As well as being a moment where New Zealand is showing leadership on the world stage, one expert believes this is a moment for advisers to show leadership.

Dr Rodger Spiller, a noted ethical investment adviser says that advisers will be important educators for the public in the coming changes.

“The new regime raises the issue of education for clients. I think that includes clients understanding that a factor increasingly in the spotlight is climate disclosures.”