This year, The Cooler Earth 2021 takes place from 23 - 27 September 2021 and will continue with an urgent call-to-action on sustainable development and discuss how our actions today will directly impact the well-being of the current and future generations. 

This year’s Summit continues to put its focus on the ASEAN region, and through virtual engagements, encourages participation of leading industry practitioners, global experts, leaders, financiers, investors, policy-makers, and every individual who wishes to influence the present and shape our future.

The special report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2018, seeks to limit global average temperature to well below 2ºC. It has also marked 1.5-degree as a key tipping point beyond which the risk of extreme drought, wildfires, floods and food shortages will increase dramatically. The Earth is already at 1.3C, and a global response is urgently needed to prevent irreversible damages that climate change brings.

One year on and we are still trying to manage and cope with the wrath of the Covid-19 pandemic – the impact is far from over. There are now surges of third waves across the globe, intensifying the challenges for boards to lead effectively in an environment of recurring outbreaks that has created an unprecedented stop-and-start economy. This has forced companies and organisations to rethink what skillsets, qualities and experience their boards and executives should have if the business is to succeed. 

Join us for the launch webinar where a panel of legal, director and investor experts will share insights on the climate-related legal risks and duties that board directors must understand and act upon in order to steer their companies to resilience and commercial success in a zero-carbon world.

2020 presented new challenges with Covid-19 disrupting organisations and how teams worked. It placed extraordinary demands on leaders in businesses and added pressure on Internal Audit teams to change and deliver their work. Organisations rely heavily on the expert inputs from their Internal Audit teams to provide assurance that the Governance of their companies are not being compromised. Internal Auditors have once again found themselves stepping up to deliver the assurance that are relied on by their Boards, Audit Committees and Management.

Carbon targets in Malaysia: Challenges and Opportunities

Countries and companies across the world are setting increasingly ambitious climate goals. Twenty countries have pledged net zero under the Paris Agreement.