Accounting for Climate & ESG: From Reporting to Financial Statements
With Jose Hopkins ACA
Duration: Less than 3 hours
Starting On: 2026-05-12(09:00)
About The Course
The Accounting for Climate & ESG Masterclass is designed for finance professionals navigating the growing intersection between sustainability, financial reporting, and regulatory scrutiny.
As climate and ESG considerations increasingly influence asset valuations, provisions, impairment testing, disclosures, and governance expectations, finance teams are under increasing pressure to demonstrate how these factors have been reflected within financial statements.
This challenge has evolved significantly across jurisdictions — from TCFD and HM Treasury’s TCFD-aligned guidance, through UK requirements, to ISSB, UK Sustainability Reporting Standards (UK SRS), and emerging international frameworks such as Australian climate disclosures. These developments require organisations to demonstrate clear connectivity between climate-related disclosures and financial reporting outcomes.
This masterclass focuses on how to translate climate reporting into accounting and financial statement impacts. Drawing on real-world experience, it provides a practical, finance-led approach to linking climate-related risks to financial statements in a way that is consistent, defensible, and audit-ready.
What You Will Learn
(a) Translating Climate Risk into Financial Statement Impacts
Time Allocation: 30 minutes
Purpose:
To understand how climate-related risks translate into financial reporting impacts.
To understand how climate-related risks translate into financial reporting impacts.
Key Topics:
- How climate risks affect asset valuation, impairment, and provisions
- Connecting narrative disclosures (TCFD, ISSB, UK SRS) to financial statements
- Key areas of judgement and estimation uncertainty
- Case study: translating climate risk into financial statement impact
(b) Applying Accounting Judgement and Materiality in Practice
Time Allocation: 30 minutes
Purpose:
To apply climate-related considerations within accounting judgements and financial reporting decisions.
To apply climate-related considerations within accounting judgements and financial reporting decisions.
Key Topics:
- Linking risk assessment outputs to accounting decisions
- Applying materiality in a climate and ESG context
- Common audit challenges and areas of regulatory focus
- Case study: audit challenge and defensible judgement
(c) Governance, Controls and Audit-Ready Outputs
Time Allocation: 20 minutes
Purpose:
To ensure organisations can evidence and support climate-related accounting decisions.
To ensure organisations can evidence and support climate-related accounting decisions.
Key Topics:
- Board and Audit Committee expectations
- Strengthening documentation and audit trails
- Internal controls over sustainability-related data
- Case study: building audit-ready documentation
Closing Discussion and Q&A
Time Allocation: 10 minutes
- Key takeaways and practical reflections
- Open discussion on real-world challenges
- Participant Q&A
By the End of This Session
Participants will be able to:
- Translate climate-related risks into financial statement impacts
- Apply judgement and materiality in a sustainability context
- Ensure consistency between narrative disclosures and financial reporting
- Strengthen audit readiness and documentation
- Bridge the gap between climate reporting and accounting
Why This Course Helps Your Career
Professionals who can translate climate reporting into financial statements are increasingly in demand.
This course provides a practical, applied understanding of how climate-related risks impact accounting and financial reporting, enabling you to contribute more effectively to financial statements, audit processes, and regulatory discussions.
You will also receive a professional certificate recognising your expertise in climate and ESG financial reporting.
Delivery Details
Delivery Method: Live Online (Zoom or equivalent)
Duration: 90 Minutes
Certificate: Professional Certification
Price: EUR 200
Duration: 90 Minutes
Certificate: Professional Certification
Price: EUR 200
Presented by: Jose Hopkins ACA
Course Dates
- 12 May 2026
- 22 September 2026
About the Presenter
Jose Hopkins ACA is a Chartered Accountant with over 16 years of international experience across audit, financial reporting, and sustainability. He began his career at KPMG, where he progressed to Senior Manager, leading complex global audit engagements and supporting listed and multinational organisations.
He has since specialised in climate and ESG reporting, with a particular focus on greenhouse gas (GHG) measurement and Scope 3 emissions. His experience includes supporting organisations in building GHG inventories aligned with the GHG Protocol, developing methodologies for Scope 3 categories such as purchased goods and services, and addressing common challenges including incomplete data, proxy assumptions, and inconsistent categorisation.
Jose works closely with finance teams to ensure emissions data is structured, documented, and aligned with financial reporting and internal controls. His work focuses on building audit-ready methodologies, strengthening evidence trails, and supporting organisations in preparing for increasing levels of assurance and regulatory scrutiny.
He has also supported organisations in aligning with frameworks such as TCFD, HM Treasury’s TCFD-aligned guidance, and ISSB, translating sustainability data into financial and risk management outputs that are consistent, defensible, and capable of withstanding audit challenge.
Categories
SUSTAINABILITY SERVICES
Type
Masterclass
Keywords
ESG Strategy
ESG Communication
Facilitators
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Jose Hopkins ACA
€202.10
Certificate
Professional Certification
Price
Paid Course
Next Live Class
2026-05-12