Describe the organisation's processes for identifying and assessing climate-related risks
TCFD Risk Management Disclosure (a) requires organisations to describe the processes used to identify and assess climate-related risks — frequency, methodology, materiality definition, and integration with broader risk management.
RM-a is where TCFD discloses HOW the organisation actually identifies climate risks. Investors look for substantive processes (not just lists) that surface emerging risks early.
RM-a is the process underlying S-a risk identification. Its quality determines whether the organisation has structured climate-risk surfacing or relies on ad-hoc detection.
A focused 6-step methodology calibrated to deliver process for identifying and assessing climate risks as a working capability — not a documented compliance artefact.
Document how climate risks are identified — workshops, expert input, scenario analysis, scientific literature, regulatory horizon scanning.
Define materiality criteria — financial threshold, operational severity, stakeholder concern; align with corporate risk matrix.
Establish annual risk identification cycle with quarterly emergent reviews; align with strategic planning.
Maintain climate risk register with TCFD risk types, time horizons, materiality scores, ownership.
Integrate climate risks into corporate ERM; specify dual-materiality assessment for CSRD compliance.
Author RM-a per TCFD; align with IFRS S2 / CSRD ESRS.
Decision-gated workflow showing the actual sequence of activities — from initiation through steady-state operation — with key decision points highlighted.
We can scope this element implementation against your facility, regulatory context, and existing management-system maturity — and integrate it with the other Climate Risk & TCFD / ISSB S2-Aligned Disclosure elements you already operate.