Episode 8 – Climate Transition Planning

Module Overview

Most transition plans fail before they are ever challenged. Nobody in finance has seen the numbers. I see it constantly: a net zero pledge with no interim targets, no costed levers, no line in the budget. Under AASB S2, if you have a climate transition plan, you must disclose it: the targets, how it is financed, how progress is monitored.

In this module I walk through the seven elements a credible transition plan needs, from ambition through to metrics and disclosure, and the five tests I use to check whether a plan is real or still aspirational. We also look at how Limon Pty Ltd built theirs in eight weeks, with capex and opex numbers integrated into the business plan, not sitting in a sustainability annex. Get this wrong and your plan becomes a liability the moment someone asks for the budget line.

What you’ll learn

By the end of this episode, you’ll be able to:

• Build a transition plan around the seven elements a credible plan needs
• Set interim targets that create genuine board accountability
• Stack decarbonisation levers into a cost-and-readiness curve
• Integrate transition plan costs into your capital program and annual budget
• Apply five tests to check whether an existing plan is credible or still a draft
• Design governance and engagement structures that survive more than one annual review
• Connect transition plan targets directly to the KPI structure your dashboard already tracks

Key topics covered

• Two starting points: existing commitments vs. building the analysis first
• The seven key elements needed for a transition plan
• Building a decarbonisation curve
• Financial planning maturity
• The five tests for a credible transition plan
• Limon Pty Ltd case study
  

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